Michael Curtiz
b. 1886 — d. 1962 (aged 76)
Budapest, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]
Actor
Director
Writer
Michael Curtiz 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. He 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
Filmography
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★ 6.8
Off to See the Wizard
1967 Director
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★ 6.8
The Comancheros
1961 Director
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★ 6.3
Francis of Assisi
1961 Director
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★ 6.2
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1960 Director
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★ 5.6
A Breath of Scandal
1960 Director
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★ 6.6
The Hangman
1959 Director
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★ 6.1
The Man in the Net
1959 Director
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★ 7.0
King Creole
1958 Director
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★ 6.9
The Proud Rebel
1958 Director
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★ 6.3
The Helen Morgan Story
1957 Director
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The New Orleans United Cerebral Palsy Telethon
1957 Self
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★ 6.9
The Scarlet Hour
1956 Director
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★ 6.0
The Best Things in Life Are Free
1956 Director
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★ 5.2
The Vagabond King
1956 Director
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★ 7.4
We're No Angels
1955 Director
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★ 7.6
White Christmas
1954 Director
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★ 6.5
The Egyptian
1954 Director
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★ 6.0
The Boy from Oklahoma
1954 Director
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★ 6.8
Trouble Along the Way
1953 Director
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★ 6.6
The Story of Will Rogers
1952 Director
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★ 5.7
The Jazz Singer
1952 Director
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★ 6.9
Jim Thorpe -- All-American
1951 Director
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★ 6.8
I'll See You in My Dreams
1951 Director
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★ 6.5
Force of Arms
1951 Director
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★ 6.4
The Screen Director
1951 Self
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★ 7.5
The Breaking Point
1950 Director
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★ 7.2
Young Man with a Horn
1950 Director
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★ 6.7
Bright Leaf
1950 Director
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★ 7.1
Flamingo Road
1949 Director
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★ 6.6
My Dream Is Yours
1949 Director
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★ 5.9
The Lady Takes a Sailor
1949 Director
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★ 7.1
Romance on the High Seas
1948 Director
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★ 7.1
Life with Father
1947 Director
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★ 7.2
The Unsuspected
1947 Director
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★ 6.1
Night and Day
1946 Director
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★ 7.9
Mildred Pierce
1945 Director
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★ 7.0
Roughly Speaking
1945 Director
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★ 6.8
Passage to Marseille
1944 Director
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★ 5.9
Janie
1944 Director
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★ 5.8
This Is the Army
1943 Director
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★ 5.4
Mission to Moscow
1943 Director
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★ 8.5
Casablanca
1942 Director
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★ 7.6
Yankee Doodle Dandy
1942 Director
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★ 6.4
Captains of the Clouds
1942 Director
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★ 7.5
The Sea Wolf
1941 Director
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★ 6.5
Dive Bomber
1941 Director
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★ 7.6
The Sea Hawk
1940 Director
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★ 6.2
Santa Fe Trail
1940 Director
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★ 6.8
Virginia City
1940 Director
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★ 7.0
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
1939 Director
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★ 7.1
Dodge City
1939 Director
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★ 6.6
Daughters Courageous
1939 Director
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★ 6.4
Four Wives
1939 Director
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★ 6.1
Blackwell's Island
1939 Director
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★ 5.8
Sons of Liberty
1939 Director
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★ 7.9
The Adventures of Robin Hood
1938 Director
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★ 7.9
Angels with Dirty Faces
1938 Director
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★ 6.9
Four Daughters
1938 Director
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★ 6.3
Four's a Crowd
1938 Director
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★ 6.2
Gold Is Where You Find It
1938 Director
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★ 7.1
Marked Woman
1937 Director
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★ 7.2
Kid Galahad
1937 Director
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★ 7.0
Black Legion
1937 Director
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★ 6.3
Stolen Holiday
1937 Director
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★ 6.5
The Perfect Specimen
1937 Director
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★ 6.4
Mountain Justice
1937 Director
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★ 7.0
The Charge of the Light Brigade
1936 Director
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★ 6.6
The Walking Dead
1936 Director
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★ 6.3
Anthony Adverse
1936 Director
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★ 7.7
Captain Blood
1935 Director
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★ 6.5
Front Page Woman
1935 Director
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★ 6.6
The Case of the Curious Bride
1935 Director
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★ 6.4
Black Fury
1935 Director
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★ 6.0
Go Into Your Dance
1935 Director
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★ 6.3
Little Big Shot
1935 Director
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★ 6.6
Jimmy the Gent
1934 Director
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★ 6.6
Mandalay
1934 Director
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★ 6.1
British Agent
1934 Director
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★ 6.0
The Key
1934 Director
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★ 6.8
Mystery of the Wax Museum
1933 Director
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★ 6.8
The Kennel Murder Case
1933 Director
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★ 6.7
Female
1933 Director
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★ 6.9
The Mayor of Hell
1933 Director
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★ 6.7
Private Detective 62
1933 Director
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★ 6.4
The Keyhole
1933 Director
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★ 6.3
Goodbye Again
1933 Director
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★ 6.4
Doctor X
1932 Director
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★ 6.8
20,000 Years in Sing Sing
1932 Director
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★ 6.6
The Cabin in the Cotton
1932 Director
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★ 6.4
The Strange Love of Molly Louvain
1932 Director
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★ 6.1
Alias the Doctor
1932 Director
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★ 5.5
The Woman from Monte Carlo
1932 Director
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★ 6.3
The Mad Genius
1931 Director
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★ 5.2
God's Gift to Women
1931 Director
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★ 3.9
Dämon des Meeres
1931 Director
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★ 6.1
The Office Wife
1930 Director
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★ 5.6
Bright Lights
1930 Director
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★ 5.7
The Matrimonial Bed
1930 Director
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★ 5.7
Mammy
1930 Director
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★ 4.5
A Soldier's Plaything
1930 Director