MICHAEL CURTIZ

Michael Curtiz
Michael Curtiz
Gender: Male
Known for: Directing
Birthday: December 24, 1886
Deathday: April 10, 1962
Place of Birth: Budapest, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]

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.

Notable work

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Filmography

Starring

2012·
Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of
Self (archive footage)
2005·
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
Self (archive footage)
1953·
You're the Star
Self
1952·
This Is Your Life
Self
1951·
The Screen Director
Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)
1949·
It's a Great Feeling
Michael Curtiz (uncredited)
1948·
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1943·
Show-Business at War
Self
1913·
Atlantis
1912·
Today and Tomorrow
Arisztid

Production

1961·
Francis of Assisi
Director
1961·
The Comancheros
Director
1960·
A Breath of Scandal
Director
1960·
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Director
1959·
The Hangman
Director
1959·
The Man in the Net
Director
1958·
The Proud Rebel
Director
1958·
King Creole
Director
1957·
The Helen Morgan Story
Director
1956·
The Vagabond King
Director
1956·
The Best Things in Life Are Free
Director
1956·
The Scarlet Hour
Producer, Director
1955·
We're No Angels
Director
1954·
The Boy from Oklahoma
Director
1954·
White Christmas
Director
1954·
The Egyptian
Director
1953·
The Jazz Singer
Director
1953·
Trouble Along the Way
Director
1952·
The Story of Will Rogers
Director
1951·
Force of Arms
Director
1951·
I'll See You in My Dreams
Director
1951·
Jim Thorpe – All-American
Director
1950·
Bright Leaf
Director
1950·
The Breaking Point
Director
1950·
Young Man with a Horn
Director
1949·
Flamingo Road
Executive Producer, Director
1949·
My Dream Is Yours
Executive Producer, Director
1949·
The Lady Takes a Sailor
Director
1948·
Romance on the High Seas
Director
1947·
Life with Father
Director
1947·
The Unsuspected
Producer, Director
1946·
Night and Day
Director
1945·
Roughly Speaking
Director
1945·
Mildred Pierce
Director
1944·
Janie
Director
1944·
Passage to Marseille
Director
1943·
Mission to Moscow
Director
1943·
This Is the Army
Director
1943·
Casablanca
Director
1942·
Captains of the Clouds
Director
1942·
Yankee Doodle Dandy
Director
1941·
Dive Bomber
Director
1941·
The Sea Wolf
Director
1940·
Virginia City
Director
1940·
The Sea Hawk
Director
1940·
Santa Fe Trail
Director
1939·
Daughters Courageous
Director
1939·
Sons of Liberty
Director
1939·
Four Wives
Director
1939·
Dodge City
Director
1939·
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
Director
1938·
Gold Is Where You Find It
Director
1938·
Four Daughters
Director
1938·
Four's a Crowd
Director
1938·
Angels with Dirty Faces
Director
1938·
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Director
1937·
Marked Woman
Co-Director
1937·
Black Legion
Co-Director
1937·
Stolen Holiday
Director
1937·
Mountain Justice
Director
1937·
The Perfect Specimen
Director
1937·
Kid Galahad
Director
1936·
The Charge of the Light Brigade
Director
1936·
The Walking Dead
Director
1935·
Bright Lights
Producer
1935·
Front Page Woman
Director
1935·
Little Big Shot
Director
1935·
The Case of the Curious Bride
Director
1935·
Black Fury
Director
1935·
Captain Blood
Director
1934·
Mandalay
Director
1934·
British Agent
Director
1934·
The Key
Director
1934·
Jimmy the Gent
Director
1933·
Goodbye Again
Director
1933·
The Keyhole
Director
1933·
The Kennel Murder Case
Director
1933·
Female
Director
1933·
Private Detective 62
Director
1933·
Mystery of the Wax Museum
Director
1932·
The Strange Love of Molly Louvain
Director
1932·
Alias the Doctor
Director
1932·
The Woman from Monte Carlo
Director
1932·
20,000 Years in Sing Sing
Director
1932·
The Cabin in the Cotton
Director
1932·
Doctor X
Director
1931·
Demon of the Sea
Director
1931·
The Mad Genius
Director
1931·
God's Gift to Women
Director
1930·
Under a Texas Moon
Director
1930·
A Soldier's Plaything
Director
1930·
Bright Lights
Director
1930·
River's End
Director
1930·
The Matrimonial Bed
Director
1930·
Mammy
Director
1929·
Hearts in Exile
Director
1929·
Madonna of Avenue A
Director
1929·
Glad Rag Doll
Director
1929·
The Gamblers
Director
1928·
Tenderloin
Director
1928·
Noah's Ark
Director
1927·
A Million Bid
Director
1927·
Good Time Charley
Director
1927·
The Desired Woman
Director
1926·
The Third Degree
Director
1926·
The Golden Butterfly
Director
1926·
Cab No. 13
Director
1925·
Red Heels
Director
1924·
Harun al Raschid
Director
1924·
Moon of Israel
Director
1923·
Young Medardus
Director
1923·
Avalanche
Director
1922·
Samson und Delila
Costume Design
1922·
Sodom and Gomorrah
Writer, Director
1921·
Mrs. Dane's Confession
Director
1921·
Miss Tutti Frutti
Director
1921·
Good and Evil
Director
1921·
Dracula's Death
Writer
1921·
Labyrinth of Horror
Director
1919·
My Brother Is Coming
Director
1918·
Tavasz a télben
Director
1918·
A skorpió
Director
1918·
Az árendás zsidó
Director
1918·
Alraune
Director
1917·
A föld embere
Director
1917·
Tatárjárás
Screenplay, Director
1917·
A vörös Sámson
Director
1917·
A kuruzsló
Director
1917·
A szentjóbi erdö titka
Director
1917·
The Last Dawn
Director
1917·
The Wolf
Director, Screenplay
1917·
A magyar föld ereje
Director, Writer
1916·
The Coronation of King Charles IV
Director
1915·
The Undesirable
Director
1915·
Bánk bán
Director
1914·
Golddigger
Director
1914·
Rablélek
Director
1913·
The Last Bohemian
Director
1912·
Today and Tomorrow
Director