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.
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Movies (48)
Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of
as Self (archive footage)
2012
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
as Self (archive footage)
2005
The Comancheros
Director (Directing)
1961
Francis of Assisi
Director (Directing)
1961
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Director (Directing)
1960
A Breath of Scandal
Director (Directing)
1960
The Hangman
Director (Directing)
1959
The Man in the Net
Director (Directing)
1959
King Creole
Director (Directing)
1958
The Proud Rebel
Director (Directing)
1958
The Helen Morgan Story
Director (Directing)
1957
The Best Things in Life Are Free
Director (Directing)
1956
The Vagabond King
Director (Directing)
1956
The Scarlet Hour
Director (Directing)
1956
We're No Angels
Director (Directing)
1955
White Christmas
Director (Directing)
1954
The Egyptian
Director (Directing)
1954
The Boy from Oklahoma
Director (Directing)
1954
Trouble Along the Way
Director (Directing)
1953
The Jazz Singer
Director (Directing)
1953
You're the Star
as Self
1953
The Story of Will Rogers
Director (Directing)
1952
I'll See You in My Dreams
Director (Directing)
1951
Jim Thorpe – All-American
Director (Directing)
1951
Force of Arms
Director (Directing)
1951
The Screen Director
as Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)
1951
The Breaking Point
Director (Directing)
1950
Bright Leaf
Director (Directing)
1950
Young Man with a Horn
Director (Directing)
1950
The Lady Takes a Sailor
Director (Directing)
1949
It's a Great Feeling
as Michael Curtiz (uncredited)
1949
Flamingo Road
Director (Directing)
1949
My Dream Is Yours
Director (Directing)
1949
Romance on the High Seas
Director (Directing)
1948
The Unsuspected
Director (Directing)
1947
Life with Father
Director (Directing)
1947
Night and Day
Director (Directing)
1946
Mildred Pierce
Director (Directing)
1945
Roughly Speaking
Director (Directing)
1945
Janie
Director (Directing)
1944
Passage to Marseille
Director (Directing)
1944
This Is the Army
Director (Directing)
1943
Show-Business at War
as Self
1943
Mission to Moscow
Director (Directing)
1943
Casablanca
Director (Directing)
1943
Yankee Doodle Dandy
Director (Directing)
1942
Captains of the Clouds
Director (Directing)
1942
Dive Bomber
Director (Directing)
1941
