Known For
Directing
Born
Dec 24, 1886
Died
Apr 10, 1962
Place of Birth
Budapest, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]
Credits
184 titles
Michael Curtiz
Biography
Michael Curtiz (December 24, 1886 — April 10, 1962), born Manó Kaminer, was a Hungarian-American film director. He had early credits as Mihály Kertész and Michael Kertész. He directed more than fifty films in Europe and more than one hundred in the United States. The best-known were The Adventures of Robin Hood, Angels with Dirty Faces, Casablanca, Yankee Doodle Dandy, and White Christmas. He thrived in the heyday of the Warner Bros. studio in the 1930s and '40s. Curtiz was less successful from the late 1940s onwards, when he attempted to move from studio direction into production and freelance work, but he continued working until shortly before his death.
Known For
Filmography
Charmed Lives: A Family Romance
Self (archive footage)
Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of
Self (archive footage)
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
Self (archive footage)
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Self (archive footage)
The Comancheros
Director
Francis of Assisi
Director
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Director
A Breath of Scandal
Director
The Hangman
Director
The Man in the Net
Director
King Creole
Director
The Proud Rebel
Director
The Helen Morgan Story
Director
The Best Things in Life Are Free
Director
The Vagabond King
Director
The Scarlet Hour
Producer
We're No Angels
Director
White Christmas
Director
The Egyptian
Director
The Boy from Oklahoma
Director
Trouble Along the Way
Director
The Jazz Singer
Director
You're the Star
Self
This Is Your Life
Self
The Story of Will Rogers
Director
I'll See You in My Dreams
Director
Jim Thorpe – All-American
Director
Force of Arms
Director
The Screen Director
Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)
The Breaking Point
Director
Bright Leaf
Director
Young Man with a Horn
Director
The Lady Takes a Sailor
Director
It's a Great Feeling
Michael Curtiz (uncredited)
Flamingo Road
Director
My Dream Is Yours
Director
Romance on the High Seas
Director
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
The Unsuspected
Producer
Life with Father
Director
Night and Day
Director
Mildred Pierce
Director
Roughly Speaking
Director
Janie
Director
Passage to Marseille
Director
This Is the Army
Director
Show-Business at War
Self
Mission to Moscow
Director
Casablanca
Director
Yankee Doodle Dandy
Director