About

Known credits:
154
Birthday:
1886-12-24
Place of birth:
Budapest, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]
Website:
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Michael Curtiz

Overview

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 Actor Self (archive footage) 59
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2005 The Adventures of Errol Flynn Actor Self (archive footage) 59
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1953 You're the Star Actor Self N/A
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1951 The Screen Director Actor Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited) N/A
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1949 It's a Great Feeling Actor Michael Curtiz (uncredited) 59
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1943 Show-Business at War Actor Self 59
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1913 Atlantis Actor 59
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1912 Today and Tomorrow Actor Arisztid N/A
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Directing
1961 The Comancheros Directing Director 61
Fair
1961 Francis of Assisi Directing Director 60
Fair
1960 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Directing Director 59
Average
1960 A Breath of Scandal Directing Director 58
Average
1959 The Hangman Directing Director 59
Average
1959 The Man in the Net Directing Director 58
Average
1958 King Creole Directing Director 59
Average
1958 The Proud Rebel Directing Director 59
Average
1957 The Helen Morgan Story Directing Director 58
Average
1956 The Best Things in Life Are Free Directing Director 59
Average
1956 The Vagabond King Directing Director 59
Average
1956 The Scarlet Hour Directing Director 58
Average
1955 We're No Angels Directing Director 62
Fair
1954 White Christmas Directing Director 65
Fair
1954 The Egyptian Directing Director 59
Average
1954 The Boy from Oklahoma Directing Director 58
Average
1953 Trouble Along the Way Directing Director 59
Average
1953 The Jazz Singer Directing Director 58
Average
1952 The Story of Will Rogers Directing Director 59
Average
1951 I'll See You in My Dreams Directing Director 58
Average
1951 Jim Thorpe – All-American Directing Director 59
Average
1951 Force of Arms Directing Director 59
Average
1950 The Breaking Point Directing Director 60
Fair
1950 Bright Leaf Directing Director 58
Average
1950 Young Man with a Horn Directing Director 59
Average
1949 The Lady Takes a Sailor Directing Director 58
Average
1949 Flamingo Road Directing Director 60
Fair
1949 My Dream Is Yours Directing Director 59
Average
1948 Romance on the High Seas Directing Director 59
Average
1947 The Unsuspected Directing Director 59
Average
1947 Life with Father Directing Director 59
Average
1946 Night and Day Directing Director 58
Average
1945 Mildred Pierce Directing Director 66
Fair
1945 Roughly Speaking Directing Director 59
Average
1944 Janie Directing Director 58
Average
1944 Passage to Marseille Directing Director 59
Average
1943 This Is the Army Directing Director 58
Average
1943 Mission to Moscow Directing Director 58
Average
1943 Casablanca Directing Director 79
Good
1942 Yankee Doodle Dandy Directing Director 62
Fair
1942 Captains of the Clouds Directing Director 59
Average
1941 The Sea Wolf Directing Director 60
Fair
1941 Dive Bomber Directing Director 59
Average
1940 Santa Fe Trail Directing Director 58
Average
1940 The Sea Hawk Directing Director 61
Fair
1940 Virginia City Directing Director 59
Average
1939 Four Wives Directing Director 58
Average
1939 The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex Directing Director 59
Average
1939 Daughters Courageous Directing Director 58
Average
1939 Sons of Liberty Directing Director 59
Average
1939 Dodge City Directing Director 60
Fair
1938 Angels with Dirty Faces Directing Director 65
Fair
1938 Four Daughters Directing Director 59
Average
1938 Four's a Crowd Directing Director 58
Average
1938 The Adventures of Robin Hood Directing Director 68
Fair
1938 Gold Is Where You Find It Directing Director 59
Average
1937 The Perfect Specimen Directing Director 59
Average
1937 Kid Galahad Directing Director 59
Average
1937 Mountain Justice Directing Director 59
Average
1937 Stolen Holiday Directing Director 59
Average
1937 Black Legion Directing Co-Director 59
Average
1936 The Charge of the Light Brigade Directing Director 59
Average
1936 The Walking Dead Directing Director 59
Average
1935 Captain Blood Directing Director 63
Fair
1935 Little Big Shot Directing Director 59
Average
1935 Front Page Woman Directing Director 58
Average
1935 Black Fury Directing Director 59
Average
1935 The Case of the Curious Bride Directing Director 59
Average
1934 British Agent Directing Director 58
Average
1934 The Key Directing Director 58
Average
1934 Jimmy the Gent Directing Director 59
Average
1934 Mandalay Directing Director 59
Average
1933 Female Directing Director 59
Average
1933 The Kennel Murder Case Directing Director 59
Average
1933 Goodbye Again Directing Director 58
Average
1933 Private Detective 62 Directing Director 59
Average
1933 The Keyhole Directing Director 58
Average
1933 Mystery of the Wax Museum Directing Director 60
Fair
1932 20,000 Years in Sing Sing Directing Director 59
Average
1932 The Cabin in the Cotton Directing Director 59
Average
1932 Doctor X Directing Director 59
Average
1932 The Strange Love of Molly Louvain Directing Director 59
Average
1932 Alias the Doctor Directing Director 58
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1932 The Woman from Monte Carlo Directing Director 59
Average
1931 The Mad Genius Directing Director 59
Average
1931 God's Gift to Women Directing Director 58
Average
1931 Demon of the Sea Directing Director N/A
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1930 River's End Directing Director 59
Average
1930 A Soldier's Plaything Directing Director 58
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1930 Bright Lights Directing Director 58
Average
1930 The Matrimonial Bed Directing Director 59
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1930 Under a Texas Moon Directing Director 58
Average
1930 Mammy Directing Director 58
Average
1929 Hearts in Exile Directing Director N/A
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1929 The Gamblers Directing Director N/A
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1929 Madonna of Avenue A Directing Director N/A
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1929 Glad Rag Doll Directing Director N/A
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1928 Noah's Ark Directing Director 59
Average
1928 Tenderloin Directing Director N/A
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1927 Good Time Charley Directing Director N/A
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1927 The Desired Woman Directing Director N/A
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1927 A Million Bid Directing Director N/A
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1926 The Third Degree Directing Director N/A
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1926 The Golden Butterfly Directing Director N/A
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1926 Cab No. 13 Directing Director 59
Average
1925 Red Heels Directing Director 59
Average
1924 Moon of Israel Directing Director 59
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1924 Harun al Raschid Directing Director N/A
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1923 Avalanche Directing Director 59
Average
1923 Young Medardus Directing Director 58
Average
1922 Sodom and Gomorrah Directing Director 59
Average
1921 Labyrinth of Horror Directing Director 58
Average
1921 Mrs. Dane's Confession Directing Director 58
Average
1921 Good and Evil Directing Director N/A
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1921 Mrs. Tutti Frutti Directing Director N/A
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1919 My Brother Is Coming Directing Director 58
Average
1918 A skorpió Directing Director N/A
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1918 Az árendás zsidó Directing Director N/A
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1918 Tavasz a télben Directing Director N/A
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1918 Alraune Directing Director N/A
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1917 A vörös Sámson Directing Director N/A
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1917 A föld embere Directing Director N/A
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1917 A szentjóbi erdö titka Directing Director N/A
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1917 The Last Dawn Directing Director N/A
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1917 Tatárjárás Directing Director N/A
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1917 A kuruzsló Directing Director N/A
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1917 A magyar föld ereje Directing Director N/A
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1917 The Wolf Directing Director N/A
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1916 The Coronation of King Charles IV Directing Director N/A
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1915 Bánk bán Directing Director N/A
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1915 The Undesirable Directing Director 58
Average
1914 Golddigger Directing Director N/A
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1914 Rablélek Directing Director N/A
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1913 The Last Bohemian Directing Director 58
Average
1912 Today and Tomorrow Directing Director N/A
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Writing
1922 Sodom and Gomorrah Writing Writer 59
Average
1921 Dracula's Death Writing Writer 59
Average
1917 Tatárjárás Writing Screenplay N/A
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1917 A magyar föld ereje Writing Writer N/A
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1917 The Wolf Writing Screenplay N/A
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Production
1956 The Scarlet Hour Production Producer 58
Average
1949 Flamingo Road Production Executive Producer 60
Fair
1949 My Dream Is Yours Production Executive Producer 59
Average
1947 The Unsuspected Production Producer 59
Average
1935 Bright Lights Production Producer 58
Average

Costume & Make-Up
1922 Samson und Delila Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
Average