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.
Academy Awards
Best Director
Known For
Casablanca
(1943)
Director
The Mad Genius
(1931)
Director
The Adventures of Robin Hood
(1938)
Director
Mildred Pierce
(1945)
Director
White Christmas
(1954)
Director
The Comancheros
(1961)
Director
Angels with Dirty Faces
(1938)
Director
Dodge City
(1939)
Director
Trouble Along the Way
(1953)
Director
The Egyptian
(1954)
Director
The Breaking Point
(1950)
Director
We're No Angels
(1955)
Director
King Creole
(1958)
Director
Yankee Doodle Dandy
(1942)
Director
Virginia City
(1940)
Director
The Charge of the Light Brigade
(1936)
Director
Full Filmography
Directing
Today and Tomorrow
(1912)
Director
The Last Bohemian
(1913)
Director
Golddigger
(1914)
Director
Rablélek
(1914)
Director
The Undesirable
(1915)
Director
Bánk bán
(1915)
Director
The Coronation of King Charles IV
(1916)
Director
The Last Dawn
(1917)
Director
A föld embere
(1917)
Director
A magyar föld ereje
(1917)
Director
The Wolf
(1917)
Director
A kuruzsló
(1917)
Director
A szentjóbi erdö titka
(1917)
Director
A vörös Sámson
(1917)
Director
Tatárjárás
(1917)
Director
Alraune
(1918)
Director
Tavasz a télben
(1918)
Director
A skorpió
(1918)
Director
Az árendás zsidó
(1918)
Director
My Brother Is Coming
(1919)
Director
Labyrinth of Horror
(1921)
Director
Good and Evil
(1921)
Director
Mrs. Tutti Frutti
(1921)
Director
Mrs. Dane's Confession
(1921)
Director
Sodom and Gomorrah
(1922)
Director
Avalanche
(1923)
Director
Young Medardus
(1923)
Director
Moon of Israel
(1924)
Director
Harun al Raschid
(1924)
Director
Red Heels
(1925)
Director
The Golden Butterfly
(1926)
Director
Cab No. 13
(1926)
Director
The Third Degree
(1926)
Director
The Desired Woman
(1927)
Director
Good Time Charley
(1927)
Director
A Million Bid
(1927)
Director
Noah's Ark
(1928)
Director
Tenderloin
(1928)
Director
The Gamblers
(1929)
Director
Glad Rag Doll
(1929)
Director
Madonna of Avenue A
(1929)
Director
Hearts in Exile
(1929)
Director
Mammy
(1930)
Director
The Matrimonial Bed
(1930)
Director
Bright Lights
(1930)
Director
A Soldier's Plaything
(1930)
Director
River's End
(1930)
Director
Under a Texas Moon
(1930)
Director
God's Gift to Women
(1931)
Director
The Mad Genius
(1931)
Director
Demon of the Sea
(1931)
Director
Doctor X
(1932)
Director
20,000 Years in Sing Sing
(1932)
Director
The Cabin in the Cotton
(1932)
Director
The Woman from Monte Carlo
(1932)
Director
Alias the Doctor
(1932)
Director
The Strange Love of Molly Louvain
(1932)
Director
Mystery of the Wax Museum
(1933)
Director
Private Detective 62
(1933)
Director
The Kennel Murder Case
(1933)
Director
Female
(1933)
Director
The Keyhole
(1933)
Director
Goodbye Again
(1933)
Director
Jimmy the Gent
(1934)
Director
The Key
(1934)
Director
British Agent
(1934)
Director
Mandalay
(1934)
Director
Captain Blood
(1935)
Director
Black Fury
(1935)
Director
The Case of the Curious Bride
(1935)
Director
Little Big Shot
(1935)
Director
Front Page Woman
(1935)
Director
The Walking Dead
(1936)
Director
The Charge of the Light Brigade
(1936)
Director
Kid Galahad
(1937)
Director
The Perfect Specimen
(1937)
Director
Mountain Justice
(1937)
Director
Stolen Holiday
(1937)
Director
Black Legion
(1937)
Co-Director
The Adventures of Robin Hood
(1938)
Director
Angels with Dirty Faces
(1938)
Director
Four's a Crowd
(1938)
Director
Four Daughters
(1938)
Director
Gold Is Where You Find It
(1938)
Director
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
(1939)
Director
Dodge City
(1939)
Director
Four Wives
(1939)
Director
Sons of Liberty
(1939)
Director
Daughters Courageous
(1939)
Director
Santa Fe Trail
(1940)
Director
The Sea Hawk
(1940)
Director
Virginia City
(1940)
Director
The Sea Wolf
(1941)
Director
Dive Bomber
(1941)
Director
Yankee Doodle Dandy
(1942)
Director
Captains of the Clouds
(1942)
Director
Casablanca
(1943)
Director
This Is the Army
(1943)
Director
Mission to Moscow
(1943)
Director
Passage to Marseille
(1944)
Director
Janie
(1944)
Director
Mildred Pierce
(1945)
Director
Roughly Speaking
(1945)
Director
Night and Day
(1946)
Director
The Unsuspected
(1947)
Director
Life with Father
(1947)
Director
Romance on the High Seas
(1948)
Director
My Dream Is Yours
(1949)
Director
Flamingo Road
(1949)
Director
The Lady Takes a Sailor
(1949)
Director
Young Man with a Horn
(1950)
Director
The Breaking Point
(1950)
Director
Bright Leaf
(1950)
Director
Jim Thorpe – All-American
(1951)
Director
I'll See You in My Dreams
(1951)
Director
Force of Arms
(1951)
Director
The Story of Will Rogers
(1952)
Director
Trouble Along the Way
(1953)
Director
The Jazz Singer
(1953)
Director
The Egyptian
(1954)
Director
White Christmas
(1954)
Director
The Boy from Oklahoma
(1954)
Director
We're No Angels
(1955)
Director
The Scarlet Hour
(1956)
Director
The Best Things in Life Are Free
(1956)
Director
The Vagabond King
(1956)
Director
The Helen Morgan Story
(1957)
Director
King Creole
(1958)
Director
The Proud Rebel
(1958)
Director
The Man in the Net
(1959)
Director
The Hangman
(1959)
Director
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
(1960)
Director
A Breath of Scandal
(1960)
Director
The Comancheros
(1961)
Director
Francis of Assisi
(1961)
Director
Acting
Today and Tomorrow
(1912)
Arisztid
Atlantis
(1913)
Show-Business at War
(1943)
Self
It's a Great Feeling
(1949)
Michael Curtiz (uncredited)
The Screen Director
(1951)
Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)
You're the Star
(1953)
Self
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
(2005)
Self (archive footage)
Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of
(2012)
Self (archive footage)
Writing
A magyar föld ereje
(1917)
Writer
The Wolf
(1917)
Screenplay
Tatárjárás
(1917)
Screenplay
Dracula's Death
(1921)
Writer
Sodom and Gomorrah
(1922)
Writer
Costume & Make-Up
Production