As Actor
Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of
2012
6.7
Michael Curtiz
Acting
Birth Date
December 24, 1886
Place of Birth
Budapest, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]
Date of Death
April 10, 1962
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.
Complete Filmography
As Director
The Comancheros
1961
6.6
As Director
Francis of Assisi
1961
7.6
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1960
5.8
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The Hangman
1959
6.3
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King Creole
1958
6.4
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The Proud Rebel
1958
6.0
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The Helen Morgan Story
1957
5.3
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The Best Things in Life Are Free
1956
5.0
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The Scarlet Hour
1956
5.3
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We're No Angels
1955
7.2
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White Christmas
1954
7.2
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The Egyptian
1954
6.5
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The Boy from Oklahoma
1954
5.2
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Trouble Along the Way
1953
5.9
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The Jazz Singer
1953
5.5
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The Breaking Point
1950
7.1
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Bright Leaf
1950
5.9
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Romance on the High Seas
1948
6.8
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The Unsuspected
1947
6.7