Director
Michael Curtiz
139 years · Budapest, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary] · 146 films
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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Filmography 145
Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of
2012 · Self (archive footage)
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
2005 · Self (archive footage)
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995 · Self (archive footage)
The Comancheros
1961 · Director
Francis of Assisi
1961 · Director
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1960 · Director
A Breath of Scandal
1960 · Director
On Hoopla
The Hangman
1959 · Director
The Man in the Net
1959 · Director
On Amazon Prime Video
King Creole
1958 · Director
On Hoopla
The Proud Rebel
1958 · Director
On Philo
The Helen Morgan Story
1957 · Director
The Best Things in Life Are Free
1956 · Director
The Vagabond King
1956 · Director
The Scarlet Hour
1956 · Director, Producer
We're No Angels
1955 · Director
On Hoopla
White Christmas
1954 · Director
On fuboTV
The Egyptian
1954 · Director
On fuboTV
The Boy from Oklahoma
1954 · Director
Trouble Along the Way
1953 · Director
On HBO Max
The Jazz Singer
1953 · Director
The Story of Will Rogers
1952 · Director
I'll See You in My Dreams
1951 · Director
On HBO Max
Jim Thorpe – All-American
1951 · Director
On Tubi TV