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
The Comancheros
(1961)
Director
Dodge City
(1939)
Director
Mildred Pierce
(1945)
Director
Noah's Ark
(1928)
Director
White Christmas
(1954)
Director
Captain Blood
(1935)
Director
The Egyptian
(1954)
Director
Four's a Crowd
(1938)
Director
King Creole
(1958)
Director
Santa Fe Trail
(1940)
Director
Angels with Dirty Faces
(1938)
Director
The Sea Hawk
(1940)
Director
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
(1960)
Director
Full Filmography
Directing
Today and Tomorrow
(1912)
Director
The Last Bohemian
(1913)
Director
Golddigger
(1914)
Director
Rablélek
(1914)
Director
Bánk bán
(1915)
Director
The Undesirable
(1915)
Director
The Coronation of King Charles IV
(1916)
Director
A vörös Sámson
(1917)
Director
A szentjóbi erdö titka
(1917)
Director
The Last Dawn
(1917)
Director
A kuruzsló
(1917)
Director
Tatárjárás
(1917)
Director
A magyar föld ereje
(1917)
Director
The Wolf
(1917)
Director
A föld embere
(1917)
Director
A skorpió
(1918)
Director
Alraune
(1918)
Director
Tavasz a télben
(1918)
Director
Az árendás zsidó
(1918)
Director
My Brother Is Coming
(1919)
Director
Mrs. Dane's Confession
(1921)
Director
Mrs. Tutti Frutti
(1921)
Director
Labyrinth of Horror
(1921)
Director
Good and Evil
(1921)
Director
Sodom and Gomorrah
(1922)
Director
Young Medardus
(1923)
Director
Avalanche
(1923)
Director
Moon of Israel
(1924)
Director
Harun al Raschid
(1924)
Director
Red Heels
(1925)
Director
The Golden Butterfly
(1926)
Director
The Third Degree
(1926)
Director
Cab No. 13
(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
Hearts in Exile
(1929)
Director
Glad Rag Doll
(1929)
Director
Madonna of Avenue A
(1929)
Director
The Gamblers
(1929)
Director
Bright Lights
(1930)
Director
The Matrimonial Bed
(1930)
Director
Under a Texas Moon
(1930)
Director
River's End
(1930)
Director
Mammy
(1930)
Director
A Soldier's Plaything
(1930)
Director
The Mad Genius
(1931)
Director
Demon of the Sea
(1931)
Director
God's Gift to Women
(1931)
Director
The Cabin in the Cotton
(1932)
Director
20,000 Years in Sing Sing
(1932)
Director
Alias the Doctor
(1932)
Director
Doctor X
(1932)
Director
The Woman from Monte Carlo
(1932)
Director
The Strange Love of Molly Louvain
(1932)
Director
Goodbye Again
(1933)
Director
Female
(1933)
Director
The Kennel Murder Case
(1933)
Director
The Keyhole
(1933)
Director
Mystery of the Wax Museum
(1933)
Director
Private Detective 62
(1933)
Director
The Key
(1934)
Director
Jimmy the Gent
(1934)
Director
Mandalay
(1934)
Director
British Agent
(1934)
Director
Black Fury
(1935)
Director
The Case of the Curious Bride
(1935)
Director
Front Page Woman
(1935)
Director
Little Big Shot
(1935)
Director
Captain Blood
(1935)
Director
The Charge of the Light Brigade
(1936)
Director
The Walking Dead
(1936)
Director
Kid Galahad
(1937)
Director
Black Legion
(1937)
Co-Director
The Perfect Specimen
(1937)
Director
Mountain Justice
(1937)
Director
Stolen Holiday
(1937)
Director
Four Daughters
(1938)
Director
Four's a Crowd
(1938)
Director
Gold Is Where You Find It
(1938)
Director
Angels with Dirty Faces
(1938)
Director
The Adventures of Robin Hood
(1938)
Director
Dodge City
(1939)
Director
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
(1939)
Director
Daughters Courageous
(1939)
Director
Sons of Liberty
(1939)
Director
Four Wives
(1939)
Director
Virginia City
(1940)
Director
The Sea Hawk
(1940)
Director
Santa Fe Trail
(1940)
Director
Dive Bomber
(1941)
Director
The Sea Wolf
(1941)
Director
Captains of the Clouds
(1942)
Director
Yankee Doodle Dandy
(1942)
Director
This Is the Army
(1943)
Director
Casablanca
(1943)
Director
Mission to Moscow
(1943)
Director
Passage to Marseille
(1944)
Director
Janie
(1944)
Director
Roughly Speaking
(1945)
Director
Mildred Pierce
(1945)
Director
Night and Day
(1946)
Director
The Unsuspected
(1947)
Director
Life with Father
(1947)
Director
Romance on the High Seas
(1948)
Director
The Lady Takes a Sailor
(1949)
Director
Flamingo Road
(1949)
Director
My Dream Is Yours
(1949)
Director
Bright Leaf
(1950)
Director
The Breaking Point
(1950)
Director
Young Man with a Horn
(1950)
Director
Force of Arms
(1951)
Director
Jim Thorpe – All-American
(1951)
Director
I'll See You in My Dreams
(1951)
Director
The Story of Will Rogers
(1952)
Director
The Jazz Singer
(1953)
Director
Trouble Along the Way
(1953)
Director
The Boy from Oklahoma
(1954)
Director
White Christmas
(1954)
Director
The Egyptian
(1954)
Director
We're No Angels
(1955)
Director
The Vagabond King
(1956)
Director
The Best Things in Life Are Free
(1956)
Director
The Scarlet Hour
(1956)
Director
The Helen Morgan Story
(1957)
Director
The Proud Rebel
(1958)
Director
King Creole
(1958)
Director
The Hangman
(1959)
Director
The Man in the Net
(1959)
Director
A Breath of Scandal
(1960)
Director
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
(1960)
Director
Francis of Assisi
(1961)
Director
The Comancheros
(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
Tatárjárás
(1917)
Screenplay
A magyar föld ereje
(1917)
Writer
The Wolf
(1917)
Screenplay
Dracula's Death
(1921)
Writer
Sodom and Gomorrah
(1922)
Writer
Costume & Make-Up
Production