Michael Curtiz
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- 24 December 1886 · Budapest, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]
- Died
- 10 April 1962
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.
Known for
Acting 11
- 2028Charmed Lives: A Family Romance as Self (archive footage)
- 2012Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of as Self (archive footage)
- 2005The Adventures of Errol Flynn as Self (archive footage)
- 1995The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies as Self (archive footage)
- 1953You're the Star as Self
- 1951The Screen Director as Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)
- 1949It's a Great Feeling as Michael Curtiz (uncredited)
- 1948The Ed Sullivan Show as Self · 1 episode
- 1943Show-Business at War as Self
- 1913Atlantis
- 1912Today and Tomorrow as Arisztid
Directing 171
- 2026The Colonel · director
- 2026Ein Spiel ums Leben · director
- 2026Liliom · director
- 2025General Babka · director
- 2025Az éjszaka rabja · director
- 1961The Comancheros · director
- 1961Francis of Assisi · director
- 1960The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn · director
- 1960A Breath of Scandal · director
- 1959The Hangman · director
- 1959The Man in the Net · director
- 1958King Creole · director
- 1958The Proud Rebel · director
- 1957The Helen Morgan Story · director
- 1956The Best Things in Life Are Free · director
- 1956The Vagabond King · director
- 1956The Scarlet Hour · director
- 1955We're No Angels · director
- 1954White Christmas · director
- 1954The Egyptian · director
- 1954The Boy from Oklahoma · director
- 1953Trouble Along the Way · director
- 1953The Jazz Singer · director
- 1952The Story of Will Rogers · director
- 1951I'll See You in My Dreams · director
- 1951Jim Thorpe – All-American · director
- 1951Force of Arms · director
- 1950The Breaking Point · director
- 1950Bright Leaf · director
- 1950Young Man with a Horn · director
- 1949The Lady Takes a Sailor · director
- 1949Flamingo Road · director
- 1949My Dream Is Yours · director
- 1948Romance on the High Seas · director
- 1947The Unsuspected · director
- 1947Life with Father · director
- 1946Night and Day · director
- 1945Mildred Pierce · director
- 1945Roughly Speaking · director
- 1944Janie · director
- 1944Passage to Marseille · director
- 1943This Is the Army · director
- 1943Mission to Moscow · director
- 1943Casablanca · director
- 1942Yankee Doodle Dandy · director
- 1942Captains of the Clouds · director
- 1941Dive Bomber · director
- 1941The Sea Wolf · director
- 1940Santa Fe Trail · director
- 1940The Sea Hawk · director
- 1940Virginia City · director
- 1939Four Wives · director
- 1939The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex · director
- 1939Daughters Courageous · director
- 1939Sons of Liberty · director
- 1939Dodge City · director
- 1938Angels with Dirty Faces · director
- 1938Four Daughters · director
- 1938Four's a Crowd · director
- 1938The Adventures of Robin Hood · director
- 1938Gold Is Where You Find It · director
- 1937The Perfect Specimen · director
- 1937Kid Galahad · director
- 1937Mountain Justice · director
- 1937Marked Woman · co-director
- 1937Stolen Holiday · director
- 1937Black Legion · co-director
- 1936The Charge of the Light Brigade · director
- 1936The Walking Dead · director
- 1935Captain Blood · director
- 1935Little Big Shot · director
- 1935Front Page Woman · director
- 1935Black Fury · director
- 1935The Case of the Curious Bride · director
- 1934British Agent · director
- 1934The Key · director
- 1934Jimmy the Gent · director
- 1934Mandalay · director
- 1933Female · director
- 1933The Kennel Murder Case · director
- 1933Goodbye Again · director
- 1933Private Detective 62 · director
- 1933The Keyhole · director
- 1933Mystery of the Wax Museum · director
- 193220,000 Years in Sing Sing · director
- 1932The Cabin in the Cotton · director
- 1932Doctor X · director
- 1932The Strange Love of Molly Louvain · director
- 1932Alias the Doctor · director
- 1932The Woman from Monte Carlo · director
- 1931The Mad Genius · director
- 1931God's Gift to Women · director
- 1931Demon of the Sea · director
- 1930River's End · director
- 1930A Soldier's Plaything · director
- 1930Bright Lights · director
- 1930The Matrimonial Bed · director
- 1930Under a Texas Moon · director
- 1930Mammy · director
- 1929Hearts in Exile · director
- 1929The Gamblers · director
- 1929Madonna of Avenue A · director
- 1929Glad Rag Doll · director
- 1928Noah's Ark · director
- 1928Tenderloin · director
- 1927Good Time Charley · director
- 1927The Desired Woman · director
- 1927A Million Bid · director
- 1926The Third Degree · director
- 1926The Golden Butterfly · director
- 1926Cab No. 13 · director
- 1925Red Heels · director
- 1924Moon of Israel · director
- 1924Harun al Raschid · director
- 1923Namenlos · director
- 1923Avalanche · director
- 1923Young Medardus · director
- 1922Sodom and Gomorrah · director
- 1921Labyrinth of Horror · director
- 1921Mrs. Dane's Confession · director
- 1921Good and Evil · director
- 1921Miss Tutti Frutti · director
- 1920The Scourge of God · director
- 1920The Star of Damascus · director
- 1920The Merry Widow · director
- 1920Boccaccio · director
- 1919The Lady with the Black Gloves · director
- 1919Lu, the Coquette · director
- 1919My Brother Is Coming · director
- 1918The Sunflower Woman · director
- 1918Magic Waltz · director
- 1918The Scorpion · director
- 1918The Judas · director
- 1918The Devil · director
- 1918Lulu · director
- 191899 · director
- 1918Jean the Tenant · director
- 1918The Story Of A Kreutzer · director
- 1918A csúnya fiú · director
- 1918Spring in Winter · director
- 1918Alraune · director
- 1917A vörös Sámson · director
- 1917Peace's Road · director
- 1917The Man Of The Earth · director
- 1917Secret of St. Job Forest · director
- 1917Nobody's Son · director
- 1917The Last Dawn · director
- 1917Tartar Invasion · director
- 1917The Charlatan · director
- 1917The Death-Bell · director
- 1917Master Zoard · director
- 1917A magyar föld ereje · director
- 1917The Black Rainbow · director
- 1917The Wolf · director
- 1916The Coronation of King Charles IV · director
- 1916Mr. Doctor · director
- 1916Melancholy Lady · director
- 1916The Carthusians · director
- 1916Seven of Spades · director
- 1916Haza, haza öreg baka · director
- 1915Akit ketten szeretnek · director
- 1915Bánk bán · director
- 1915A kölcsönkért csecsemök · director
- 1915The Undesirable · director
- 1915A paradicsom · director
- 1914A hercegnö pongyolája · director
- 1914Golddigger · director
- 1914Rablélek · director
- 1913The Last Bohemian · director
- 1913Házasodik az uram · director
- 1912Today and Tomorrow · director
Production 5
- 1956The Scarlet Hour · producer
- 1949Flamingo Road · executive producer
- 1949My Dream Is Yours · executive producer
- 1947The Unsuspected · producer
- 1935Bright Lights · producer
Writing 12
- 1922Sodom and Gomorrah · writer
- 1921Dracula's Death · writer
- 1920The Scourge of God · screenplay
- 1920The Star of Damascus · scenario writer
- 1920The Merry Widow · screenplay
- 1919Lu, the Coquette · screenplay
- 1918Magic Waltz · screenplay
- 1917Tartar Invasion · screenplay
- 1917Master Zoard · screenplay
- 1917A magyar föld ereje · writer
- 1917The Wolf · screenplay
- 1916Melancholy Lady · screenplay
costume & make-up 1
- 1922Samson und Delila · costume design