Michael Curtiz
Known for: Directing
Born: December 24, 1886
Died: April 10, 1962
Place of birth: Budapest, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]
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
182 movies · 2 TV shows, newest first
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Charmed Lives: A Family Romance
2028
6.7
Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of
2012
7.7
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
2005
8.0
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995
6.7
The Comancheros
1961
7.7
Francis of Assisi
1961
5.9
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1960
5.5
A Breath of Scandal
1960
6.5
The Hangman
1959
5.2
The Man in the Net
1959
6.4
King Creole
1958
6.0
The Proud Rebel
1958
5.3
The Helen Morgan Story
1957
5.7
The Best Things in Life Are Free
1956
6.1
The Vagabond King
1956
5.3
The Scarlet Hour
1956
7.2
We're No Angels
1955
7.2
White Christmas
1954
6.5
The Egyptian
1954
5.7
The Boy from Oklahoma
1954
6.1
Trouble Along the Way
1953
6.0
The Jazz Singer
1953NR
You're the Star
1953
6.5
This Is Your Life
1952
7.0
The Story of Will Rogers
1952
4.9
I'll See You in My Dreams
1951
6.5
Jim Thorpe – All-American
1951
6.7
Force of Arms
1951
7.0
The Screen Director
1951
7.1
The Breaking Point
1950
6.0
Bright Leaf
1950
6.4
Young Man with a Horn
1950
5.7
The Lady Takes a Sailor
1949
6.0
It's a Great Feeling
1949
7.0
Flamingo Road
1949
6.5
My Dream Is Yours
1949
6.7
Romance on the High Seas
1948
6.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
6.7
The Unsuspected
1947
6.7
Life with Father
1947
6.0
Night and Day
1946
7.6
Mildred Pierce
1945
6.8
Roughly Speaking
1945
6.0
Janie
1944
6.6
Passage to Marseille
1944
5.7
This Is the Army
1943
7.0
Show-Business at War
1943
5.7
Mission to Moscow
1943
8.1
Casablanca
1943
7.0
Yankee Doodle Dandy
1942
6.4
Captains of the Clouds
1942
6.3
Dive Bomber
1941
7.2
The Sea Wolf
1941
5.8
Santa Fe Trail
1940
7.2
The Sea Hawk
1940
6.3
Virginia City
1940
5.5
Four Wives
1939
6.3
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
1939
6.3
Daughters Courageous
1939
6.3
Sons of Liberty
1939
6.9
Dodge City
1939
7.5
Angels with Dirty Faces
1938
6.6
Four Daughters
1938
5.5
Four's a Crowd
1938
7.5
The Adventures of Robin Hood
1938
7.0
Gold Is Where You Find It
1938
6.4
The Perfect Specimen
1937
7.1
Kid Galahad
1937
6.3
Mountain Justice
1937
6.6
Marked Woman
1937
6.4
Stolen Holiday
1937
6.6
Black Legion
1937
6.5
The Charge of the Light Brigade
1936
6.3
The Walking Dead
1936
7.2
Captain Blood
1935
7.3
Little Big Shot
1935
5.1
Bright Lights
1935
5.9
Front Page Woman
1935
6.3
Black Fury
1935
6.0
The Case of the Curious Bride
1935
5.8
British Agent
1934
4.9
The Key
1934
6.4
Jimmy the Gent
1934
5.8
Mandalay
1934
6.3
Female
1933
6.1
The Kennel Murder Case
1933
4.9
Goodbye Again
1933
6.2
Private Detective 62
1933
5.0
The Keyhole
1933
6.5
Mystery of the Wax Museum
1933
6.4
20,000 Years in Sing Sing
1932
6.3
The Cabin in the Cotton
1932
6.0
Doctor X
1932
6.1
The Strange Love of Molly Louvain
1932
6.0
Alias the Doctor
1932
6.3
The Woman from Monte Carlo
1932
6.4
The Mad Genius
1931
4.8
God's Gift to Women
1931
10.0
Demon of the Sea
1931
6.4
River's End
1930
5.4
A Soldier's Plaything
1930
5.2
Bright Lights
1930
6.4
The Matrimonial Bed
1930
4.5
Under a Texas Moon
1930
6.0
Mammy
1930
9.0
Hearts in Exile
1929
9.0
The Gamblers
1929
7.0
Madonna of Avenue A
1929
9.0
Glad Rag Doll
1929
6.4
Noah's Ark
1928
10.0
Tenderloin
1928
8.0
Good Time Charley
1927
10.0
The Desired Woman
1927
7.0
A Million Bid
1927
7.0
The Third Degree
1926
10.0
The Golden Butterfly
1926
7.3
Cab No. 13
1926
6.7
Red Heels
1925
6.8
Moon of Israel
19249.0
Harun al Raschid
19249.0
Namenlos
1923
6.1
Avalanche
19235.3
Young Medardus
1923
6.1
Sodom and Gomorrah
19227.0
Samson und Delila
1922
5.2
Labyrinth of Horror
1921
6.0
Mrs. Dane's Confession
1921
8.5
Dracula's Death
1921
9.0
Good and Evil
1921
9.0
Miss Tutti Frutti
192110.0
The Scourge of God
1920
8.0
The Star of Damascus
1920NR
The Merry Widow
19208.0
Boccaccio
19207.0
The Lady with the Black Gloves
1919
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Lu, the Coquette
19195.5
My Brother Is Coming
1919NR
The Sunflower Woman
1918
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Magic Waltz
1918
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The Scorpion
1918NR
The Judas
1918
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The Devil
1918
7.0
Lulu
1918
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99
1918NR
Jean the Tenant
1918NR
The Story Of A Kreutzer
1918NR
A csúnya fiú
1918
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Spring in Winter
1918
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Alraune
1918
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A vörös Sámson
1917NR
Peace's Road
1917
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The Man Of The Earth
1917
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Secret of St. Job Forest
1917NR
Nobody's Son
1917
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The Last Dawn
1917NR
Tartar Invasion
1917
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The Charlatan
1917NR
The Death-Bell
1917
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Master Zoard
1917
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A magyar föld ereje
1917
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The Black Rainbow
1917
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The Wolf
1917
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The Coronation of King Charles IV
1916
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Mr. Doctor
1916
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Melancholy Lady
1916
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The Carthusians
1916NR
Seven of Spades
1916NR
Haza, haza öreg baka
1916NR
Akit ketten szeretnek
1915NR
Bánk bán
1915NR
A kölcsönkért csecsemök
1915
4.6
The Undesirable
1915NR
A paradicsom
19158.0
A hercegnö pongyolája
1914NR
Golddigger
1914NR
Rablélek
1914
5.9
Atlantis
19131.0
The Last Bohemian
1913NR
Házasodik az uram
1913
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Today and Tomorrow
1912NR
Az éjszaka rabja
—7.0
Liliom
—9.0
Ein Spiel ums Leben
—8.0
General Babka
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