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Michael Curtiz

Co-Director, Director

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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.

Source: TMDB, September 2021

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Born
24 Dec 1886
Died
10 Apr 1962 (aged 75)
Production Places
Hungary

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

4109

Wikidata

Q51491

VIAF

2585459

LOC Auth

n82005652

WorldCat

lccn-n82005652

TMDB-Person

4109

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