Editing Michael Powell (section)

==Personal life==
[[File:8 Melbury Road 06.jpg|thumb|upright|[[8 Melbury Road]] plaque in [[Holland Park]], [[Kensington]], central London]]
In 1927 Powell married Gloria Mary Rouger, an American dancer; they were married in France and stayed together for only three weeks. During the 1940s, Powell had love affairs with actresses [[Deborah Kerr]] and [[Kathleen Byron]].<ref name="ALIM" /> From 1 July 1943 until her death on 5 July 1983, Powell was married to Frances "Frankie" May Reidy, the daughter of medical practitioner Jerome Reidy; they had two sons: Kevin Michael Powell (b. 1945) and Columba Jerome Reidy Powell (b. 1951). He also lived with actress [[Pamela Brown (actress)|Pamela Brown]] for many years until her death from cancer in 1975.

Powell was introduced to [[Film editing|film editor]] [[Thelma Schoonmaker]] by [[Martin Scorsese]] and London-based film producer Frixos Constantine.<ref name=FT.com/> The couple were married from 19 May 1984 until his own death from cancer on 19 February 1990 at his home in [[Avening]], [[Gloucestershire]].<ref name=FT.com>{{cite news|last=Robson|first=Leo|title=Thelma Schoonmaker: the queen of the cutting room|url=http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/b718ca00-d4b5-11e3-bf4e-00144feabdc0.html#axzz31OYhFdMg|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210221240/https://www.ft.com/content/b718ca00-d4b5-11e3-bf4e-00144feabdc0#axzz31OYhFdMg|archive-date=10 December 2022|url-access=subscription|url-status=live|access-date=10 May 2014|newspaper=FT Magazine|date=9 May 2014}}</ref> The couple had no children.<ref name="TimeOut">Chris Tilly, [https://www.timeout.com/film/news/659.html "Thelma Schoonmaker Q&A"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060107231905/http://www.timeout.com/film/news/659.html |date=7 January 2006 }}, TimeOut.com, 26 September 2005.</ref>

His niece was the Australian actress [[Cornelia Frances]], who appeared in bit parts in her uncle's early films.