Actor

Michael Curtiz

Directing

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Acting credits

Early stage

Smaller on-screen catalog so far.

TMDB popularity

1.8

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Movies: 146Series: 2Crew credits: 141

TMDB ID: 4109

IMDb ID: nm0002031

Known for: Directing

Born: December 24, 1886

Died: April 10, 1962

Age: 75

Place of birth: Budapest, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1912 - 2012

Years active: 101

Average TMDB rating: 6.53

Wikidata: Q51491

Also known as

Manó Kertész Kaminer • Miska • Michael Courtice • Michael Kertesz • Mihaly Kertesz • Michael Kertész • Mihály Kertész • Kertész Mihály • Manó Kaminer • 마이클 커티즈

Other jobs

Director (134)Producer (3)Co-Director (2)Costume Design (1)Writer (1)

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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.