Michael Curtiz

Directing·Dec 24, 1886·Budapest, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]

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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.

Film	Credit
Charmed Lives: A Family Romance2028 · Self (archive footage)	Self (archive footage)
Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of2012 · Self (archive footage)	Self (archive footage)
The Adventures of Errol Flynn2005 · Self (archive footage)	Self (archive footage)
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies1995 · Self (archive footage)	Self (archive footage)
The Comancheros1961 · Director	Director
Francis of Assisi1961 · Director	Director
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn1960 · Director	Director
A Breath of Scandal1960 · Director	Director
The Hangman1959 · Director	Director
The Man in the Net1959 · Director	Director
King Creole1958 · Director	Director
The Proud Rebel1958 · Director	Director
The Helen Morgan Story1957 · Director	Director
The Best Things in Life Are Free1956 · Director	Director
The Vagabond King1956 · Director	Director
The Scarlet Hour1956 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
We're No Angels1955 · Director	Director
White Christmas1954 · Director	Director
The Egyptian1954 · Director	Director
The Boy from Oklahoma1954 · Director	Director
Trouble Along the Way1953 · Director	Director
The Jazz Singer1953 · Director	Director
YYou're the Star1953 · Self	Self
The Story of Will Rogers1952 · Director	Director
I'll See You in My Dreams1951 · Director	Director
Jim Thorpe – All-American1951 · Director	Director
Force of Arms1951 · Director	Director
TThe Screen Director1951 · Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)	Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)
The Breaking Point1950 · Director	Director
Bright Leaf1950 · Director	Director
Young Man with a Horn1950 · Director	Director
The Lady Takes a Sailor1949 · Director	Director
It's a Great Feeling1949 · Michael Curtiz (uncredited)	Michael Curtiz (uncredited)
Flamingo Road1949 · Director	Director
My Dream Is Yours1949 · Director	Director
Romance on the High Seas1948 · Director	Director
The Unsuspected1947 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Life with Father1947 · Director	Director
Night and Day1946 · Director	Director
Mildred Pierce1945 · Director	Director
Roughly Speaking1945 · Director	Director
Janie1944 · Director	Director
Passage to Marseille1944 · Director	Director
This Is the Army1943 · Director	Director
Show-Business at War1943 · Self	Self
Mission to Moscow1943 · Director	Director
Casablanca1943 · Director	Director
Yankee Doodle Dandy1942 · Director	Director