Personal Information

Known ForDirecting

GenderMale

Born / DiedDec 24, 1886 (Died at 76)

Zodiac Sign♑Capricorn

Place of BirthBudapest, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]

Career Span1920 – 1962

Known Credits150 Titles

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DirectingPopularity Score 1.6

Michael Curtiz

Also known as:Manó Kertész KaminerMiskaMichael CourticeMichael Kertesz+6 more

Total Works

150

148 movies • 2 shows

Avg Rating

6.4 / 10

across rated releases

Box Office

—

worldwide gross

Global Reach

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Biography

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.

Signature Roles & Milestones

Top-rated highlights from Michael Curtiz's career

8.1

Casablanca

1943•movie

Role: Director

7.5

The Adventures of Robin Hood

1938•movie

Role: Director

7.2

White Christmas

1954•movie

Role: Director

7.6

Mildred Pierce

1945•movie

Role: Director

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Full Filmography & Credits

Showing 150 titles featuring Michael Curtiz

8.1

Casablanca

1943•movie

Role: Director

7.5

The Adventures of Robin Hood

1938•movie

Role: Director

7.2

White Christmas

1954•movie

Role: Director

7.6

Mildred Pierce

1945•movie

Role: Director

7.5

Angels with Dirty Faces

1938•movie

Role: Director

7.3

Captain Blood

1935•movie

Role: Director

7.0

Yankee Doodle Dandy

1942•movie

Role: Director

6.7

The Comancheros

1961•movie

Role: Director

7.2

We're No Angels

1955•movie

Role: Director

7.2

The Sea Hawk

1940•movie

Role: Director

6.5

Mystery of the Wax Museum

1933•movie

Role: Director

6.9

Dodge City

1939•movie

Role: Director

6.4

King Creole

1958•movie

Role: Director

6.5

The Egyptian

1954•movie

Role: Director

6.3

The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex

1939•movie

Role: Director

6.3

The Walking Dead

1936•movie

Role: Director

7.0

The Breaking Point

1950•movie

Role: Director

6.0

Doctor X

1932•movie

Role: Director

6.5

The Charge of the Light Brigade

1936•movie

Role: Director

6.6

Marked Woman

1937•movie

Role: Co-Director

6.7

Life with Father

1947•movie

Role: Director

6.7

Passage to Marseille

1944•movie

Role: Director

7.2

The Sea Wolf

1941•movie

Role: Director

5.8

Santa Fe Trail

1940•movie

Role: Director

7.1

Kid Galahad

1937•movie

Role: Director

6.1

The Kennel Murder Case

1933•movie

Role: Director

7.0

Flamingo Road

1949•movie

Role: Director

6.7

The Unsuspected

1947•movie

Role: Producer

6.6

Black Legion

1937•movie

Role: Co-Director

6.4

Young Man with a Horn

1950•movie

Role: Director

6.0

The Proud Rebel

1958•movie

Role: Director

6.4

20,000 Years in Sing Sing

1932•movie

Role: Director

6.3

Virginia City

1940•movie

Role: Director

6.0

Night and Day

1946•movie

Role: Director

6.5

The Hangman

1959•movie

Role: Director

6.7

Romance on the High Seas

1948•movie

Role: Director

5.9

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

1960•movie

Role: Director

5.9

It's a Great Feeling

1949•movie

as Michael Curtiz (uncredited)

6.3

Dive Bomber

1941•movie

Role: Director

6.6

Four Daughters

1938•movie

Role: Director

6.4

Captains of the Clouds

1942•movie

Role: Director

6.4

Jimmy the Gent

1934•movie

Role: Director

6.3

Female

1933•movie

Role: Director

7.7

Francis of Assisi

1961•movie

Role: Director

6.1

Trouble Along the Way

1953•movie

Role: Director

6.2

Private Detective 62

1933•movie

Role: Director

5.7

This Is the Army

1943•movie

Role: Director

6.3

Black Fury

1935•movie

Role: Director

6.4

Noah's Ark

1928•movie

Role: Director

6.4

My Dream Is Yours

1949•movie

Role: Director

5.3

The Scarlet Hour

1956•movie

Role: Producer

6.8

1 eps

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948•series

as Self

6.4

The Mad Genius

1931•movie

Role: Director

6.3

The Cabin in the Cotton

1932•movie

Role: Director

5.5

A Breath of Scandal

1960•movie

Role: Director

6.0

Bright Leaf

1950•movie

Role: Director

6.0

The Case of the Curious Bride

1935•movie

Role: Director

5.7

Mission to Moscow

1943•movie

Role: Director

5.2

The Man in the Net

1959•movie

Role: Director

5.8

British Agent

1934•movie

Role: Director

6.5

Jim Thorpe – All-American

1951•movie

Role: Director

5.8

Mandalay

1934•movie

Role: Director

5.6

Four's a Crowd

1938•movie

Role: Director

5.9

Front Page Woman

1935•movie

Role: Director

5.0

The Keyhole

1933•movie

Role: Director

6.1

Sodom and Gomorrah

1922•movie

Role: Director

5.9

Atlantis

1913•movie

4.9

I'll See You in My Dreams

1951•movie

Role: Director

6.5

1 eps

This Is Your Life

1952•series

as Self

5.3

The Helen Morgan Story

1957•movie

Role: Director

6.3

Sons of Liberty

1939•movie

Role: Director

6.1

The Strange Love of Molly Louvain

1932•movie

Role: Director

4.9

The Key

1934•movie

Role: Director

5.5

Four Wives

1939•movie

Role: Director

6.1

The Vagabond King

1956•movie

Role: Director

6.7

Red Heels

1925•movie

Role: Director

6.7

Force of Arms

1951•movie

Role: Director

6.3

Daughters Courageous

1939•movie

Role: Director

7.0

Gold Is Where You Find It

1938•movie

Role: Director

4.9

Goodbye Again

1933•movie

Role: Director

8.0

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies

1995•movie

as Self (archive footage)

4.8

God's Gift to Women

1931•movie

Role: Director

5.7

The Lady Takes a Sailor

1949•movie

Role: Director

5.2

Labyrinth of Horror

1921•movie

Role: Director

5.7

The Boy from Oklahoma

1954•movie

Role: Director

5.4

A Soldier's Plaything

1930•movie

Role: Director

6.1

Avalanche

1923•movie

Role: Director

6.4

Stolen Holiday

1937•movie

Role: Director

6.4

The Perfect Specimen

1937•movie

Role: Director

5.3

Bright Lights

1930•movie

Role: Director

6.0

The Jazz Singer

1953•movie

Role: Director

4.6

The Undesirable

1915•movie

Role: Director

5.1

Bright Lights

1935•movie

Role: Producer

7.7

The Adventures of Errol Flynn

2005•movie

as Self (archive footage)

6.0

Mammy

1930•movie

Role: Director

6.8

Moon of Israel

1924•movie

Role: Director

6.0

Janie

1944•movie

Role: Director

6.8

Roughly Speaking

1945•movie

Role: Director

6.4

The Matrimonial Bed

1930•movie

Role: Director

7.0

Show-Business at War

1943•movie

as Self

7.0

The Story of Will Rogers

1952•movie

Role: Director

7.2

Cab No. 13

1926•movie

Role: Director

6.0

Alias the Doctor

1932•movie

Role: Director

6.4

River's End

1930•movie

Role: Director

8.5

Dracula's Death

1921•movie

Role: Writer

6.7

Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of

2012•movie

as Self (archive footage)

6.3

The Woman from Monte Carlo

1932•movie

Role: Director

7.3

Little Big Shot

1935•movie

Role: Director

5.7

The Best Things in Life Are Free

1956•movie

Role: Director

6.3

Mountain Justice

1937•movie

Role: Director

7.0

The Screen Director

1951•movie

as Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)

4.5

Under a Texas Moon

1930•movie

Role: Director

6.0

Mrs. Dane's Confession

1921•movie

Role: Director

10.0

The Desired Woman

1927•movie

Role: Director

10.0

Tenderloin

1928•movie

Role: Director

8.0

Good Time Charley

1927•movie

Role: Director

10.0

The Golden Butterfly

1926•movie

Role: Director

7.0

A Million Bid

1927•movie

Role: Director

9.0

The Gamblers

1929•movie

Role: Director

9.0

Glad Rag Doll

1929•movie

Role: Director

7.0

Madonna of Avenue A

1929•movie

Role: Director

9.0

Hearts in Exile

1929•movie

Role: Director

10.0

Demon of the Sea

1931•movie

Role: Director

7.0

The Third Degree

1926•movie

Role: Director

9.0

Good and Evil

1921•movie

Role: Director

9.0

Miss Tutti Frutti

1921•movie

Role: Director

7.0

Lulu

1918•movie

Role: Director

8.0

The Star of Damascus

1920•movie

Role: Director

Today and Tomorrow

1912•movie

as Arisztid

Charmed Lives: A Family Romance

2028•movie

as Self (archive footage)

A magyar föld ereje

1917•movie

Role: Director

Alraune

1918•movie

Role: Director

The Wolf

1917•movie

Role: Director

The Last Dawn

1917•movie

Role: Director

Secret of St. Job Forest

1917•movie

Role: Director

The Charlatan

1917•movie

Role: Director

The Scorpion

1918•movie

Role: Director

A vörös Sámson

1917•movie

Role: Director

The Coronation of King Charles IV

1916•movie

Role: Director

Spring in Winter

1918•movie

Role: Director

The Man Of The Earth

1917•movie

Role: Director

Mr. Doctor

1916•movie

Role: Director

The Carthusians

1916•movie

Role: Director

The Black Rainbow

1917•movie

Role: Director

Melancholy Lady

1916•movie

Role: Director

Master Zoard

1917•movie

Role: Director

1918•movie

Role: Director

The Devil

1918•movie

Role: Director

Magic Waltz

1918•movie

Role: Director

Lu, the Coquette

1919•movie

Role: Director