8.1
8.1
Casablanca
1943
Director
Michael Curtiz
Nationality:Hungary
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CommunityBiographyvia wikipedia
Michael Curtiz (; born Manó Kaminer; from 1905 Mihály Kertész; Hungarian: Kertész Mihály; December 25, 1886 – April 10, 1962) was a Hungarian-American film director, recognized as one of the most prolific directors in history. He directed classic films from the silent era and numerous others during Hollywood's Golden Age, when the studio system was prevalent. Curtiz was already a well-known director in Europe when Warner Bros. invited him to Hollywood in 1926, when he was 39 years of age. He had already directed 64 films in Europe, and soon helped Warner Bros. become the fastest-growing movie studio. He directed 102 films during his Hollywood career, mostly at Warners, where he directed ten actors to Oscar nominations. James Cagney and Joan Crawford won their only Academy Awards under Curtiz's direction. He put Doris Day and John Garfield on screen for the first time, and he made stars of Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, and Bette Davis. He himself was nominated five times, and won twice, once for Best Short Subject for Sons of Liberty and once as Best Director for Casablanca. Curtiz was among those who introduced to Hollywood a visual style using artistic lighting, extensive and fluid camera movement, high crane shots, and unusual camera angles. He was versatile, and could handle any film genre: melodrama, comedy, love story, film noir, musical, war story, Western, horror, or historical epic. He always paid attention to the human-interest aspect of every story, stating that the "human and fundamental problems of real people" were the basis of all good drama. The death of 25 horses in The Charge of the Light Brigade under Curtiz's direction resulted in a near-violent confrontation between Curtiz and star Errol Flynn, which led in turn to the U.S. Congress and the ASPCA enacting legislation and policy to prevent cruelty to animals on the sets of movies.
Filmography (175 movies)
8.0
8.0
Dracula's Death
1921
Writer
7.6
7.6
Mildred Pierce
1945
Director
7.6
7.6
Francis of Assisi
1961
Director
7.5
7.5
Angels with Dirty Faces
1938
Director
7.5
7.5
The Adventures of Robin Hood
1938
Director
7.2
7.2
We're No Angels
1955
Director
7.2
7.2
Captain Blood
1935
Director
7.2
7.2
White Christmas
1954
Director
7.2
7.2
The Sea Wolf
1941
Director
7.1
7.1
The Breaking Point
1950
Director
7.1
7.1
The Sea Hawk
1940
Director
7.0
7.0
Yankee Doodle Dandy
1942
Director
7.0
7.0
Flamingo Road
1949
Executive Producer
7.0
7.0
Kid Galahad
1937
Director
6.9
6.9
Gold Is Where You Find It
1938
Director
6.9
6.9
Dodge City
1939
Director
6.8
6.8
Roughly Speaking
1945
Director
6.7
6.7
The Comancheros
1961
Director
6.7
6.7
Life with Father
1947
Director
6.7
6.7
Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of
2012
as Self (archive footage)
6.7
6.7
Romance on the High Seas
1948
Director
6.6
6.6
Red Heels
1925
Director
6.6
6.6
The Unsuspected
1947
Producer
6.6
6.6
Four Daughters
1938
Director
6.6
6.6
Passage to Marseille
1944
Director
6.5
6.5
The Charge of the Light Brigade
1936
Director
6.4
6.4
My Dream Is Yours
1949
Director
6.4
6.4
Mystery of the Wax Museum
1933
Director
6.4
6.4
Dive Bomber
1941
Director
6.4
6.4
Force of Arms
1951
Director
6.4
6.4
Captains of the Clouds
1942
Director
6.4
6.4
The Egyptian
1954
Director
6.4
6.4
Young Man with a Horn
1950
Director
6.3
6.3
King Creole
1958
Director
6.3
6.3
The Mad Genius
1931
Director
6.3
6.3
The Hangman
1959
Director
6.3
6.3
Jimmy the Gent
1934
Director
6.3
6.3
20,000 Years in Sing Sing
1932
Director
6.3
6.3
Cab No. 13
1926
Director
6.3
6.3
Moon of Israel
1924
Director
6.3
6.3
Black Fury
1935
Director
6.3
6.3
The Cabin in the Cotton
1932
Director
6.2
6.2
The Walking Dead
1936
Director
6.2
6.2
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
1939
Director
6.2
6.2
Sons of Liberty
1939
Director
6.2
6.2
River's End
1930
Director
6.2
6.2
Daughters Courageous
1939
Director
6.2
6.2
Noah's Ark
1928
Director
6.2
6.2
Female
1933
Director
6.1
6.1
Virginia City
1940
Director
6.1
6.1
Jim Thorpe – All-American
1951
Director
6.1
6.1
Stolen Holiday
1937
Director
6.1
6.1
The Proud Rebel
1958
Director
6.0
6.0
The Kennel Murder Case
1933
Director
6.0
6.0
Doctor X
1932
Director
6.0
6.0
The Screen Director
1951
as Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)
6.0
6.0
The Story of Will Rogers
1952
Director
6.0
6.0
Little Big Shot
1935
Director
5.9
5.9
Private Detective 62
1933
Director
5.9
5.9
Atlantis
1913
5.9
5.9
Trouble Along the Way
1953
Director
5.9
5.9
Avalanche
1923
Director
5.9
5.9
Night and Day
1946
Director
5.9
5.9
The Strange Love of Molly Louvain
1932
Director
5.8
5.8
The Case of the Curious Bride
1935
Director
5.8
5.8
Front Page Woman
1935
Director
5.8
5.8
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1960
Director
5.8
5.8
Mammy
1930
Director
5.7
5.7
Alias the Doctor
1932
Director
5.7
5.7
The Matrimonial Bed
1930
Director
5.7
5.7
Sodom and Gomorrah
1922
Writer
5.7
5.7
The Vagabond King
1956
Director
5.7
5.7
The Perfect Specimen
1937
Director
5.7
5.7
Santa Fe Trail
1940
Director
5.6
5.6
This Is the Army
1943
Director
5.6
5.6
Bright Leaf
1950
Director
5.6
5.6
Mandalay
1934
Director
5.5
5.5
The Jazz Singer
1953
Director
5.5
5.5
British Agent
1934
Director
5.5
5.5
Mountain Justice
1937
Director
5.5
5.5
Janie
1944
Director
5.3
5.3
Mission to Moscow
1943
Director
5.3
5.3
Four Wives
1939
Director
5.2
5.2
The Boy from Oklahoma
1954
Director
5.1
5.1
A Breath of Scandal
1960
Director
5.1
5.1
The Scarlet Hour
1956
Director
5.0
5.0
Mrs. Dane's Confession
1921
Director
5.0
5.0
The Helen Morgan Story
1957
Director
5.0
5.0
The Woman from Monte Carlo
1932
Director
5.0
5.0
The Best Things in Life Are Free
1956
Director
4.9
4.9
The Man in the Net
1959
Director
4.9
4.9
Labyrinth of Horror
1921
Director
4.9
4.9
Young Medardus
1923
Director
4.8
4.8
Four's a Crowd
1938
Director
4.8
4.8
My Brother Is Coming
1919
Director
4.8
4.8
The Undesirable
1915
Director
4.7
4.7
I'll See You in My Dreams
1951
Director
4.7
4.7
The Keyhole
1933
Director
4.6
4.6
The Key
1934
Director
4.6
4.6
Goodbye Again
1933
Director
4.5
4.5
God's Gift to Women
1931
Director
4.5
4.5
A Soldier's Plaything
1930
Director
4.3
4.3
The Lady Takes a Sailor
1949
Director
4.2
4.2
Bright Lights
1935
Producer
4.0
4.0
Bright Lights
1930
Director
1.0
1.0
The Last Bohemian
1913
Director
1.0
1.0
Under a Texas Moon
1930
Director
You're the Star
1953
as Self
Today and Tomorrow
1912
Director
Die Dame mit dem schwarzen Handschuh
1919
Director
Liliom
TBA
Director
Boccaccio
1920
Director
Der Stern von Damaskus
1921
Director
Die Gottesgeisel
1920
Director
Namenlos
1923
Director
Ein Spiel ums Leben
TBA
Director
General Babka
TBA
Director
Tavasz a télben
1918
Director
Varázskeringö
1918
Director
The Third Degree
1926
Director
A szentjóbi erdö titka
1917
Director
A kuruzsló
1917
Director
Alraune
1918
Director
Az árendás zsidó
1918
Director
Madonna of Avenue A
1929
Director
Glad Rag Doll
1929
Director
The Last Dawn
1917
Director
The Desired Woman
1927
Director
Tenderloin
1928
Director
Good Time Charley
1927
Director
The Golden Butterfly
1926
Director
A Million Bid
1927
Director
The Gamblers
1929
Director
Golddigger
1914
Director
Hearts in Exile
1929
Director
Demon of the Sea
1931
Director
Good and Evil
1921
Director
Miss Tutti Frutti
1921
Director
The Coronation of King Charles IV
1916
Director
A föld embere
1917
Director
A magyar föld ereje
1917
Director
A skorpió
1918
Director
Bánk bán
1915
Director
The Wolf
1917
Director
Harun al Raschid
1924
Director
Rablélek
1914
Director
A vörös Sámson
1917
Director
Tatárjárás
1917
Director
Házasodik az uram
1913
Director
Az éjszaka rabja
TBA
Director
A kölcsönkért csecsemök
1915
Director
A hercegnö pongyolája
1914
Director
Akit ketten szeretnek
1915
Director
Makkhetes
1916
Director
Doktor úr
1916
Director
A karthausi
1916
Director
A fekete szivárvány
1917
Director
A paradicsom
1915
Director
Haza, haza öreg baka
1916
Director
A bánat asszonya
1916
Director
Zoárd mester
1917
Director
The Death-Bell
1917
Director
A senki fia
1917
Director
A béke útja
1917
Director
A csúnya fiú
1918
Director
Egy krajcár története
1918
Director
99
1918
Director
Lulu
1918
Director
Az ördög
1918
Director
Júdás
1918
Director
A napraforgós hölgy
1918
Director
Az ezredes
1918
Director
Lu, a kokott
1919
Director
A víg özvegy
1920
Director
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