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.
Known for
★8.1Casablanca
★7.5The Adventures of Robin Hood
★7.2White Christmas
★7.6Mildred Pierce
★7.5Angels with Dirty Faces
★7.2Captain Blood
★7.0Yankee Doodle Dandy
★6.7The Comancheros
★7.2We're No Angels
★7.2The Sea Hawk
★6.5Mystery of the Wax Museum
★6.9Dodge City
★6.4King Creole
★6.5The Egyptian
★6.3The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
★6.3The Walking Dead
★7.1The Breaking Point
★6.0Doctor X
★6.5The Charge of the Light Brigade
★6.7Life with Father
★7.2The Sea Wolf
★6.7Passage to Marseille
★5.8Santa Fe Trail
★7.1Kid Galahad