Michael Powell
Made films the shows talk about.
Wikidata Q55234: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by of 21 people by that name, the one in film or television.
Counted as director. The films the hosts said they directed, which the two lists below run through too: A Matter of Life and Death (1946); Black Narcissus; The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp.
Draws on
What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.
No line says they, or a film of theirs, drew on anything.
Drawn on by
What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.
Martin Scorsese: 1 line
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unmapped (mentor) · them, directly:
Michael Powell ⇒ Martin Scorsese (the host's read).
Powell, exiled British filmmaker married to Schoonmaker, mentored Scorsese and helped with After Hours' ending and tone.
“he was one of the people who helped him figure out the ending, helped him determine the tone.”
The Rewatchables · ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 1:36:57 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
What the speakers said they did
Directing (3) everyone in directing
- director, Black Narcissus (The Rewatchables, ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey)
- director, The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (The Rewatchables, ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey)
- director, A Matter of Life and Death (The Rewatchables, ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey)
Other (4) everyone in other
- visitor on set who pitched the 'back to work' ending, After Hours (Blank Check with Griffin & David, After Hours with Alison Sivitz)
- Scorsese mentor; advised against Shakespeare ending and noted glove color, Raging Bull (Blank Check with Griffin & David, Raging Bull with David Krumholtz)
- mentor, helped with ending/tone, After Hours (The Rewatchables, ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey)
- read the Goodfellas script and wrote Scorsese a letter, Goodfellas (Blank Check — Patreon, The Killing with Patton Oswalt (Ad-Free))
What was said about them, by kind
people (1)
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people (people):
Thelma Schoonmaker → Michael Powell.
Powell, Scorsese's mentor, married Schoonmaker around the time of After Hours, and the two of them helped Scorsese.
“became a huge mentor to Scorsese at this time and married Thelma Scoonmaker right before this movie, I think, or maybe right after.”
The Rewatchables · ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 1:36:40 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
unmapped (3)
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unmapped (mentor advice):
Michael Powell → Raging Bull.
Powell noted the gloves would not have been red in that era and rejected Shakespeare for the ending.
“the gloves wouldn't be red back then, because he had, like, red boxing gloves.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raging Bull with David Krumholtz · 1:08:39 · Griffin Newman or David Sims (0.40 sure it was them) -
unmapped (mentor):
Michael Powell → Martin Scorsese.
Powell, exiled British filmmaker married to Schoonmaker, mentored Scorsese and helped with After Hours' ending and tone.
“he was one of the people who helped him figure out the ending, helped him determine the tone.”
The Rewatchables · ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 1:36:57 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them) -
unmapped (early reader):
Michael Powell → Goodfellas.
Powell read the Goodfellas script and wrote Scorsese a letter praising it.
“he sent the script to Michael Powell of Powell and Pressberger to get his thoughts”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Killing with Patton Oswalt (Ad-Free) · 1:14:09 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)
Fun items about them
None.