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Michael Curtiz (1886–1962)

Curtiz began acting in and then directing films in his native Hungary in 1912. After WWI, he continued his filmmaking career in Austria and Germany and into the early 1920s when he directed films in other countries in Europe. Moving to the US in 1926, he started making films in Hollywood for Warner Bros. and became thoroughly entrenched in the ... See full bio »
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 1959 The Hangman
 1958 King Creole
 1954 The Egyptian
 1951 Force of Arms
 1950 Bright Leaf
 1949 Flamingo Road
 1946 Night and Day
 1944 Janie
 1942 Casablanca
 1941 Dive Bomber
 1941 The Sea Wolf
 1940 The Sea Hawk
 1940 Virginia City
 1939 Four Wives
 1939 Sons of Liberty (Short)
 1939 Dodge City
 1939 Blackwell's Island (uncredited)
 1937 Kid Galahad
 1937 Marked Woman (uncredited)
 1937 Black Legion (uncredited)
 1936 Anthony Adverse (uncredited)
 1935 Captain Blood
 1935 Go Into Your Dance (uncredited)
 1935 Black Fury
 1934 British Agent
 1934 The Key
 1934 Mandalay
 1933 From Headquarters (uncredited)
 1933 Female
 1933 Goodbye Again
 1933 The Mayor of Hell (uncredited)
 1933 The Keyhole
 1932 Doctor X
 1930 River's End
 1930 Bright Lights
 1930 Mammy
 1929 The Gamblers
 1929 Glad Rag Doll
 1928 Noah's Ark
 1928 Tenderloin
 1927 A Million Bid
 1926 The Golden Butterfly (as Michael Kertesz)
 1926 Fiaker Nr. 13 (as Michael Kertész)
 1925 Das Spielzeug von Paris (as Michael Kertesz)
 1924 General Babka
 1924 Die Sklavenkönigin (as Michael Courtice)
 1924 Harun al Raschid (as Michael Kertész)
 1923 Nameless (as Michael Kertész)
 1923 Die Lawine (as Michael Kertesz)
 1923 Der junge Medardus (as Michael Kertész)
 1922 Sodom und Gomorrha (as Mihály Kertész)
 1921 Labyrinth des Grauens (as Mihaly Kertesz)
 1921 Mrs. Dane's Confession (as Michael Kertesz)
 1921 Good and Evil (as Michael Kertesz)
 1921 Mrs. Tutti Frutti (as Michael Kertész)
 1920 Die Gottesgeisel (as Michael Kertesz)
 1920 Der Stern von Damaskus (as Michael Kertesz)
 1920 Boccaccio (as Michael Kertesz)
 1919 Liliom (as Kertész Mihály)
 1919 Die Dame mit dem schwarzen Handschuh (as Michael Kertesz)
 1919 Jön az öcsém (Short) (as Kertész Mihály)
 1918 A csúnya fiú (as Mihály Kertész)
 1918 Alraune (as Mihály Kertész)
 1918 A skorpió I. (as Kertész Mihály)
 1918 A víg özvegy (as Kertész Mihály)
 1918 Az ördög (as Kertész Mihály)
 1918 Júdás (as Mihály Kertész)
 1918 Lu, a kokott (as Mihály Kertész)
 1918 Lulu
 1918 Varázskeringö (as Mihály Kertész)
 1918 A napraforgós hölgy (as Mihály Kertész)
 1918 99 (as Mihály Kertész)
 1917 A béke útja (as Mihály Kertész)
 1917 A föld embere (as Kertész Mihály)
 1917 Árendás zsidó (as Mihály Kertész)
 1917 A senki fia (as Kertész Mihály)
 1917 A szentjóbi erdö titka (as Mihály Kertész)
 1917 Az ezredes (as Mihály Kertész)
 1917 Az utolsó hajnal (as Mihály Kertész)
 1917 Egy krajcár története (as Kertész Mihály)
 1917 Halálcsengö (as Mihály Kertész)
 1917 Tavasz a télben (as Mihály Kertész)
 1917 Zoárd mester (as Mihály Kertész)
 1917 A vörös Sámson (as Kertész Mihály)
 1917 Tatárjárás (Short) (as Kertész Mihály)
 1917 A kuruzsló (as Kertész Mihály)
 1916 A fekete szivárvány (as Kertész Mihály)
 1916 A karthausi
 1916 A magyar föld ereje (as Kertész Mihály)
 1916 Az ezüst kecske (as Kertész Mihály)
 1916 Doktor úr (as Kertész Mihály)
 1916 Farkas (as Kertész Mihály)
 1916 Makkhetes (as Mihály Kertész)
 1915 Akit ketten szeretnek (as Mihály Kertész)
 1915 A tolonc (as Kertész Mihály)
 1914 A kölcsönkért csecsemök (as Mihály Kertész)
 1914 Az éjszaka rabja (as Kertész Mihály)
 1914 Bánk Bán (as Kertész Mihály)
 1914 A hercegnö pongyolája (as Kertész Mihály)
 1914 Az aranyásó (as Mihály Kertész)
 1913 Házasodik az uram (as Kertész Mihály)
 1913 Rablélek (as Kertész Mihály)
 1913 Az utolsó bohém (as Kertész Mihály)
 1912 Ma és holnap (as Kertész Mihály)
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Alternate Names:

Michael Courtice | Michael Kertesz | Mihaly Kertesz | Michael Kertész | Mihály Kertész | Kertész Mihály

Height:

5' 9" (1.75 m)
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[on learning that Joan Crawford had been offered the title role in Mildred Pierce (1945)] She comes over here with her high-hat airs and her goddamn shoulder pads. Why should I waste time directing a has-been? See more »

Trivia:

Directed 10 different actors in Oscar-nominated performances: Paul Muni, John Garfield, James Cagney, Walter Huston, Humphrey Bogart, Claude Rains, Joan Crawford, Ann Blyth, Eve Arden and William Powell. Cagney and Crawford won Oscars for their performances in one of Curtiz' movies. See more »

Nickname:

Miska

Star Sign:

Capricorn

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