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.
Acting (6 movies)
Directing (165 movies)
Casablanca
1943
Santa Fe Trail
1940
A magyar föld ereje
1917
Alraune
1918
Yankee Doodle Dandy
1942
The Adventures of Robin Hood
1938
Mildred Pierce
1945
Doctor X
1932
The Comancheros
1961
We're No Angels
1955
My Dream Is Yours
1949
Bánk bán
1915
The Egyptian
1954
Mystery of the Wax Museum
1933
The Wolf
1917
Captains of the Clouds
1942
The Sea Hawk
1940
The Walking Dead
1936
The Sea Wolf
1941
Flamingo Road
1949
Angels with Dirty Faces
1938
White Christmas
1954
Trouble Along the Way
1953
Young Man with a Horn
1950
The Unsuspected
1947
Life with Father
1947
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1960
The Cabin in the Cotton
1932
20,000 Years in Sing Sing
1932
Jim Thorpe – All-American
1951
I'll See You in My Dreams
1951
Romance on the High Seas
1948
Night and Day
1946
This Is the Army
1943
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
1939
Captain Blood
1935
The Man in the Net
1959
The Charge of the Light Brigade
1936
Four's a Crowd
1938
Dive Bomber
1941
The Breaking Point
1950
Private Detective 62
1933
Virginia City
1940
Dodge City
1939
The Hangman
1959
Passage to Marseille
1944
Four Daughters
1938
King Creole
1958
Jimmy the Gent
1934
A Breath of Scandal
1960
Kid Galahad
1937
Red Heels
1925
Female
1933
The Key
1934
The Scarlet Hour
1956
The Kennel Murder Case
1933
The Woman from Monte Carlo
1932
Black Fury
1935
Bright Leaf
1950
Mammy
1930
The Case of the Curious Bride
1935
God's Gift to Women
1931
Noah's Ark
1928
The Story of Will Rogers
1952
The Proud Rebel
1958
Francis of Assisi
1961
Force of Arms
1951
Little Big Shot
1935
The Best Things in Life Are Free
1956
Four Wives
1939
The Helen Morgan Story
1957
The Perfect Specimen
1937
Cab No. 13
1926
Moon of Israel
1924
Sodom and Gomorrah
1922
Sons of Liberty
1939
My Brother Is Coming
1919
The Last Dawn
1917
The Lady Takes a Sailor
1949
Roughly Speaking
1945
Mountain Justice
1937
Daughters Courageous
1939
British Agent
1934
Alias the Doctor
1932
The Mad Genius
1931
The Strange Love of Molly Louvain
1932
Mission to Moscow
1943
Front Page Woman
1935
The Matrimonial Bed
1930
River's End
1930
Bright Lights
1930
Avalanche
1923
Labyrinth of Horror
1921
The Boy from Oklahoma
1954
A Soldier's Plaything
1930
Mandalay
1934
Stolen Holiday
1937
The Keyhole
1933
Janie
1944
Gold Is Where You Find It
1938
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| The Wolf | 1917 | Screenplay |
| A magyar föld ereje | 1917 | Writer |
| Tatárjárás | 1917 | Screenplay |
| Dracula's Death | 1921 | Writer |
| Sodom and Gomorrah | 1922 | Writer |
| Bright Lights | 1935 | Producer |
| The Unsuspected | 1947 | Producer |
| My Dream Is Yours | 1949 | Executive Producer |
| Flamingo Road | 1949 | Executive Producer |
| The Scarlet Hour | 1956 | Producer |