Michael Curtiz

Michael Curtiz

1886-12-24 – 1962-04-10 (age 75) Budapest, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]
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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.

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Known For

The Adventures of Errol Flynn
The Adventures of Errol Flynn

2005

as Self (archive footage)

It's a Great Feeling
It's a Great Feeling

1949

as Michael Curtiz (uncredited)

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The Screen Director

1951

as Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)

Atlantis
Show-Business at War
Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of
Today and Tomorrow
Today and Tomorrow

1912

as Arisztid

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You're the Star

1953

as Self