Michael Curtiz
Cunoscut Pentru
Directing
Born
December 24, 1886
Birth Place
Budapest, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]
Died
April 10, 1962
Biografie
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.
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.
Filmografie
Az éjszaka rabja
2026 — director
Liliom
2026 — director
Ein Spiel ums Leben
2026 — director
General Babka
2025 — director
Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of
2012 — Self (archive footage)
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
2005 — 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
The Hangman
1959 — director
The Man in the Net
1959 — director