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.

Michael Curtiz

Directing Born December 24, 1886 – Died April 10, 1962 Budapest, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]

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.

Known For

The Ed Sullivan Show

Self

This Is Your Life

Self

It's a Great Feeling

Michael Curtiz (uncredited)

Charmed Lives: A Family Romance

Self (archive footage)

Show-Business at War

Self

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies

Self (archive footage)

The Adventures of Errol Flynn

Self (archive footage)

Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of

Self (archive footage)

Atlantis

The Screen Director

Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)

Today and Tomorrow

Arisztid

You're the Star

Self