Michael Curtiz

About

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

CasablancaMovie • 1943The Adventures of Robin HoodMovie • 1938The ComancherosMovie • 1961Mildred PierceMovie • 1945The Sea HawkMovie • 1940Marked WomanMovie • 1937Captain BloodMovie • 1935White ChristmasMovie • 1954The EgyptianMovie • 1954King CreoleMovie • 1958We're No AngelsMovie • 1955The Private Lives of Elizabeth and EssexMovie • 1939The Charge of the Light BrigadeMovie • 1936Angels with Dirty FacesMovie • 1938Trouble Along the WayMovie • 1953Dodge CityMovie • 1939Santa Fe TrailMovie • 1940Night and DayMovie • 1946Life with FatherMovie • 1947Mystery of the Wax MuseumMovie • 1933The Sea WolfMovie • 1941Black FuryMovie • 1935The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnMovie • 1960The Walking DeadMovie • 1936