Michael Curtiz

Known for: Directing
Born: December 24, 1886, Budapest, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]
Died: April 10, 1962
Movies: 176

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.

Upcoming Michael Curtiz Movies

Charmed Lives: A Family Romance

2028

May 11, 2028

Best-Known Movies

8.1

Casablanca

1943

7.5

The Adventures of Robin Hood

1938

7.2

White Christmas

1954

7.6

Mildred Pierce

1945

7.5

Angels with Dirty Faces

1938

7.3

Captain Blood

1935

7.0

Yankee Doodle Dandy

1942

6.7

The Comancheros

1961

7.2

We're No Angels

1955

7.2

The Sea Hawk

1940

Filmography

2028	Charmed Lives: A Family Romance	Self (archive footage)
2012	Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of	Self (archive footage)
2005	The Adventures of Errol Flynn	Self (archive footage)
1995	The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies	Self (archive footage)
1953	You're the Star	Self
1951	The Screen Director	Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)
1949	It's a Great Feeling	Michael Curtiz (uncredited)
1943	Show-Business at War	Self
1913	Atlantis
1912	Today and Tomorrow	Arisztid

Directing, Writing & Producing

1961	The Comancheros	Director
1961	Francis of Assisi	Director
1960	The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn	Director
1960	A Breath of Scandal	Director
1959	The Hangman	Director
1959	The Man in the Net	Director
1958	King Creole	Director
1958	The Proud Rebel	Director
1957	The Helen Morgan Story	Director
1956	The Best Things in Life Are Free	Director
1956	The Vagabond King	Director
1956	The Scarlet Hour	Producer, Director
1955	We're No Angels	Director
1954	White Christmas	Director
1954	The Egyptian	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	I'll See You in My Dreams	Director
1951	Jim Thorpe – All-American	Director
1951	Force of Arms	Director
1950	The Breaking Point	Director
1950	Bright Leaf	Director
1950	Young Man with a Horn	Director
1949	The Lady Takes a Sailor	Director
1949	Flamingo Road	Director
1949	My Dream Is Yours	Director
1948	Romance on the High Seas	Director
1947	The Unsuspected	Producer, Director
1947	Life with Father	Director
1946	Night and Day	Director
1945	Mildred Pierce	Director
1945	Roughly Speaking	Director
1944	Janie	Director
1944	Passage to Marseille	Director
1943	This Is the Army	Director
1943	Mission to Moscow	Director
1943	Casablanca	Director
1942	Yankee Doodle Dandy	Director
1942	Captains of the Clouds	Director
1941	Dive Bomber	Director
1941	The Sea Wolf	Director
1940	Santa Fe Trail	Director
1940	The Sea Hawk	Director
1940	Virginia City	Director
1939	Four Wives	Director
1939	The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex	Director
1939	Daughters Courageous	Director
1939	Sons of Liberty	Director
1939	Dodge City	Director
1938	Angels with Dirty Faces	Director
1938	Four Daughters	Director
1938	Four's a Crowd	Director
1938	The Adventures of Robin Hood	Director
1938	Gold Is Where You Find It	Director
1937	The Perfect Specimen	Director
1937	Kid Galahad	Director
1937	Mountain Justice	Director
1937	Stolen Holiday	Director
1936	The Charge of the Light Brigade	Director
1936	The Walking Dead	Director
1935	Captain Blood	Director
1935	Little Big Shot	Director
1935	Bright Lights	Producer
1935	Front Page Woman	Director
1935	Black Fury	Director
1935	The Case of the Curious Bride	Director
1934	British Agent	Director
1934	The Key	Director
1934	Jimmy the Gent	Director
1934	Mandalay	Director
1933	Female	Director
1933	The Kennel Murder Case	Director
1933	Goodbye Again	Director
1933	Private Detective 62	Director
1933	The Keyhole	Director
1933	Mystery of the Wax Museum	Director
1932	20,000 Years in Sing Sing	Director
1932	The Cabin in the Cotton	Director
1932	Doctor X	Director
1932	The Strange Love of Molly Louvain	Director
1932	Alias the Doctor	Director
1932	The Woman from Monte Carlo	Director
1931	The Mad Genius	Director
1931	God's Gift to Women	Director
1931	Demon of the Sea	Director
1930	River's End	Director
1930	A Soldier's Plaything	Director
1930	Bright Lights	Director
1930	The Matrimonial Bed	Director
1930	Under a Texas Moon	Director
1930	Mammy	Director
1929	Hearts in Exile	Director
1929	The Gamblers	Director
1929	Madonna of Avenue A	Director
1929	Glad Rag Doll	Director
1928	Noah's Ark	Director
1928	Tenderloin	Director
1927	Good Time Charley	Director
1927	The Desired Woman	Director
1927	A Million Bid	Director
1926	The Third Degree	Director
1926	The Golden Butterfly	Director
1926	Cab No. 13	Director
1925	Red Heels	Director
1924	Moon of Israel	Director
1924	Harun al Raschid	Director
1923	Namenlos	Director
1923	Avalanche	Director
1923	Young Medardus	Director
1922	Sodom and Gomorrah	Director, Writer
1921	Labyrinth of Horror	Director
1921	Mrs. Dane's Confession	Director
1921	Dracula's Death	Writer
1921	Good and Evil	Director
1921	Miss Tutti Frutti	Director
1920	The Scourge of God	Director, Screenplay
1920	The Star of Damascus	Director
1920	The Merry Widow	Director, Screenplay
1920	Boccaccio	Director
1919	The Lady with the Black Gloves	Director
1919	Lu, the Coquette	Director, Screenplay
1919	My Brother Is Coming	Director
1918	The Sunflower Woman	Director
1918	Magic Waltz	Director, Screenplay
1918	The Scorpion	Director
1918	The Judas	Director
1918	The Devil	Director
1918	Lulu	Director
1918	99	Director
1918	Jean the Tenant	Director
1918	The Story Of A Kreutzer	Director
1918	A csúnya fiú	Director
1918	Spring in Winter	Director
1918	Alraune	Director
1917	A vörös Sámson	Director
1917	Peace's Road	Director
1917	The Man Of The Earth	Director
1917	Secret of St. Job Forest	Director
1917	Nobody's Son	Director
1917	The Last Dawn	Director
1917	Tartar Invasion	Screenplay, Director
1917	The Charlatan	Director
1917	The Death-Bell	Director
1917	Master Zoard	Director, Screenplay
1917	A magyar föld ereje	Director, Writer
1917	The Black Rainbow	Director
1917	The Wolf	Director, Screenplay
1916	The Coronation of King Charles IV	Director
1916	Mr. Doctor	Director
1916	Melancholy Lady	Director, Screenplay
1916	The Carthusians	Director
1916	Seven of Spades	Director
1916	Haza, haza öreg baka	Director
1915	Akit ketten szeretnek	Director
1915	Bánk bán	Director
1915	A kölcsönkért csecsemök	Director
1915	The Undesirable	Director
1915	A paradicsom	Director
1914	A hercegnö pongyolája	Director
1914	Golddigger	Director
1914	Rablélek	Director
1913	The Last Bohemian	Director
1913	Házasodik az uram	Director
1912	Today and Tomorrow	Director

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