Michael Curtiz
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1886-12-24
Day of Death
1962-04-10 (75 years old)
Place of Birth
Budapest, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]
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
Acting
(2012)
Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of
as Self (archive footage)
(2005)
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
as Self (archive footage)
(1953)
You're the Star
as Self
(1951)
The Screen Director
as Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)
(1949)
It's a Great Feeling
as Michael Curtiz (uncredited)
(1943)
Show-Business at War
as Self
(1913)
(1912)
Today and Tomorrow
as Arisztid
Crew
(1961)
The Comancheros
Director
(1961)
Francis of Assisi
Director
(1960)
(1960)
A Breath of Scandal
Director
(1959)
The Man in the Net
Director
(1959)
The Hangman
Director
(1958)
King Creole
Director
(1958)
The Proud Rebel
Director
(1957)
The Helen Morgan Story
Director
(1956)
The Scarlet Hour
Director, Producer
(1956)
The Best Things in Life Are Free
Director
(1956)
The Vagabond King
Director
(1955)
We're No Angels
Director
(1954)
The Egyptian
Director
(1954)
White Christmas
Director
(1954)
The Boy from Oklahoma
Director
(1953)
Trouble Along the Way
Director
(1953)
The Jazz Singer
Director
(1952)
The Story of Will Rogers
Director
(1951)
Jim Thorpe – All-American
Director
(1951)
I'll See You in My Dreams
Director
(1951)
Force of Arms
Director
(1950)
Young Man with a Horn
Director
(1950)
The Breaking Point
Director
(1950)
Bright Leaf
Director
(1949)
My Dream Is Yours
Director, Executive Producer
(1949)
Flamingo Road
Director, Executive Producer
(1949)
The Lady Takes a Sailor
Director
(1948)
Romance on the High Seas
Director
(1947)
The Unsuspected
Director, Producer
(1947)
Life with Father
Director
(1946)
Night and Day
Director
(1945)
Mildred Pierce
Director
(1945)
Roughly Speaking
Director
(1944)
Passage to Marseille
Director
(1944)
Janie
Director
(1943)
Casablanca
Director
(1943)
This Is the Army
Director
(1943)
Mission to Moscow
Director
(1942)
Yankee Doodle Dandy
Director
(1942)
Captains of the Clouds
Director
(1941)
The Sea Wolf
Director
(1941)
Dive Bomber
Director
(1940)
Santa Fe Trail
Director
(1940)
The Sea Hawk
Director
(1940)
Virginia City
Director
(1939)
(1939)
Dodge City
Director
(1939)
Four Wives
Director
(1939)
Sons of Liberty
Director
(1939)
Daughters Courageous
Director
(1938)
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Director
(1938)
Angels with Dirty Faces
Director
(1938)
Four's a Crowd
Director
(1938)
Four Daughters
Director
(1938)
Gold Is Where You Find It
Director
(1937)
Kid Galahad
Director
(1937)
The Perfect Specimen
Director
(1937)
Mountain Justice
Director
(1937)
Stolen Holiday
Director
(1937)
Black Legion
Co-Director
(1936)
The Walking Dead
Director
(1936)
The Charge of the Light Brigade
Director
(1935)
Captain Blood
Director
(1935)
Black Fury
Director
(1935)
The Case of the Curious Bride
Director
(1935)
Little Big Shot
Director
(1935)
Front Page Woman
Director
(1935)
Bright Lights
Producer
(1934)
Jimmy the Gent
Director
(1934)
The Key
Director
(1934)
British Agent
Director
(1934)
Mandalay
Director
(1933)
Mystery of the Wax Museum
Director
(1933)
Private Detective 62
Director
(1933)
Female
Director
(1933)
The Kennel Murder Case
Director
(1933)
The Keyhole
Director
(1933)
Goodbye Again
Director
(1932)
Doctor X
Director
(1932)
The Cabin in the Cotton
Director
(1932)
20,000 Years in Sing Sing
Director
(1932)
The Woman from Monte Carlo
Director
(1932)
Alias the Doctor
Director
(1932)
(1931)
God's Gift to Women
Director
(1931)
The Mad Genius
Director
(1931)
Demon of the Sea
Director
(1930)
Mammy
Director
(1930)
The Matrimonial Bed
Director
(1930)
River's End
Director
(1930)
Bright Lights
Director
(1930)
A Soldier's Plaything
Director
(1930)
Under a Texas Moon
Director
(1929)
The Gamblers
Director
(1929)
Glad Rag Doll
Director
(1929)
Madonna of Avenue A
Director
(1929)
Hearts in Exile
Director
(1928)
Noah's Ark
Director
(1928)
Tenderloin
Director
(1927)
The Desired Woman
Director
(1927)
Good Time Charley
Director
(1927)
A Million Bid
Director
(1926)
Cab No. 13
Director
(1926)
The Golden Butterfly
Director
(1926)
The Third Degree
Director
(1925)
Red Heels
Director
(1924)
Moon of Israel
Director
(1924)
Harun al Raschid
Director
(1923)
Avalanche
Director
(1923)
Young Medardus
Director
(1922)
Sodom and Gomorrah
Director, Writer
(1922)
Samson und Delila
Costume Design
(1921)
Labyrinth of Horror
Director
(1921)
Dracula's Death
Writer
(1921)
Good and Evil
Director
(1921)
Miss Tutti Frutti
Director
(1921)
Mrs. Dane's Confession
Director
(1919)
My Brother Is Coming
Director
(1918)
Alraune
Director
(1918)
Az árendás zsidó
Director
(1918)
A skorpió
Director
(1918)
Tavasz a télben
Director
(1917)
A magyar föld ereje
Writer, Director
(1917)
The Wolf
Screenplay, Director
(1917)
The Last Dawn
Director
(1917)
A szentjóbi erdö titka
Director
(1917)
A kuruzsló
Director
(1917)
A vörös Sámson
Director
(1917)
Tatárjárás
Director, Screenplay
(1917)
A föld embere
Director
(1916)
(1915)
Bánk bán
Director
(1915)
The Undesirable
Director
(1914)
Rablélek
Director
(1914)
Golddigger
Director
(1913)
The Last Bohemian
Director
(1912)
Today and Tomorrow
Director