Michael Curtiz

Career Overview

Michael Curtiz has 196 screen credits in a career dating back to 1912. Their work spans 3 cinematic universes — most prominently Four Daughters Collection with 2 titles. Signature works include Casablanca, The Adventures of Robin Hood, The Comancheros. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For: Directing
Gender: male
Known Credits: 196
Birth Date: 1886-12-24
Birth Place: Budapest, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]

Known For

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 3 universes

Frequent Collaborators

Humphrey Bogart (2 collaborations)
Claude Rains (2 collaborations)
George Dee (2 collaborations)
Herbert Evans (2 collaborations)
Arthur Stuart Hull (2 collaborations)
Olaf Hytten (2 collaborations)
George J. Lewis (2 collaborations)
Louis Mercier (2 collaborations)
Torben Meyer (2 collaborations)
Barry Norton (2 collaborations)

Credits

actors (10 credits)
- Charmed Lives: A Family Romance
  Self (archive footage)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2028
- Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of
  Self (archive footage)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2012
- The Adventures of Errol Flynn
  Self (archive footage)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2005
- The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
  Self (archive footage)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1995
- You're the Star
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1953
- The Screen Director
  Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1951
- It's a Great Feeling
  Michael Curtiz (uncredited)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1949
- Show-Business at War
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1943
- Atlantis
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1913
- Today and Tomorrow
  Arisztid
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1912
directing (168 credits)
- General Babka
  director
  
  directing
  
  2026
- The Colonel
  director
  
  directing
  
  2026
- Liliom
  director
  
  directing
  
  2026
- Az éjszaka rabja
  director
  
  directing
  
  2026
- Ein Spiel ums Leben
  director
  
  directing
  
  2026
- The Comancheros
  director
  
  directing
  
  1961
- Francis of Assisi
  director
  
  directing
  
  1961
- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
  director
  
  directing
  
  1960
- A Breath of Scandal
  director
  
  directing
  
  1960
- The Hangman
  director
  
  directing
  
  1959
- King Creole
  director
  
  directing
  
  1958
- The Proud Rebel
  director
  
  directing
  
  1958
- The Helen Morgan Story
  director
  
  directing
  
  1957
- The Best Things in Life Are Free
  director
  
  directing
  
  1956
- The Vagabond King
  director
  
  directing
  
  1956
- The Scarlet Hour
  director
  
  directing
  
  1956
- We're No Angels
  director
  
  directing
  
  1955
- White Christmas
  director
  
  directing
  
  1954
- The Egyptian
  director
  
  directing
  
  1954
- The Boy from Oklahoma
  director
  
  directing
  
  1954
- Trouble Along the Way
  director
  
  directing
  
  1953
- The Jazz Singer
  director
  
  directing
  
  1953
- The Story of Will Rogers
  director
  
  directing
  
  1952
- I'll See You in My Dreams
  director
  
  directing
  
  1951
- Jim Thorpe – All-American
  director
  
  directing
  
  1951
- Force of Arms
  director
  
  directing
  
  1951
- The Breaking Point
  director
  
  directing
  
  1950
- Bright Leaf
  director
  
  directing
  
  1950
- Young Man with a Horn
  director
  
  directing
  
  1950
- The Lady Takes a Sailor
  director
  
  directing
  
  1949
- Flamingo Road
  director
  
  directing
  
  1949
- My Dream Is Yours
  director
  
  directing
  
  1949
- Romance on the High Seas
  director
  
  directing
  
  1948
- The Unsuspected
  director
  
  directing
  
  1947
- Life with Father
  director
  
  directing
  
  1947
- Night and Day
  director
  
  directing
  
  1946
- Mildred Pierce
  director
  
  directing
  
  1945
- Roughly Speaking
  director
  
  directing
  
  1945
- Janie
  director
  
  directing
  
  1944
- Passage to Marseille
  director
  
  directing
  
  1944
- This Is the Army
  director
  
  directing
  
  1943
- Mission to Moscow
  director
  
  directing
  
  1943
- Casablanca
  director
  
  directing
  
  1943
- Yankee Doodle Dandy
  director
  
  directing
  
  1942
- Captains of the Clouds
  director
  
  directing
  
  1942
- Dive Bomber
  director
  
  directing
  
  1941
- The Sea Wolf
  director
  
  directing
  
  1941
- Santa Fe Trail
  director
  
  directing
  
  1940
- The Sea Hawk
  director
  
  directing
  
  1940
- Virginia City
  director
  
  directing
  
  1940
- Four Wives
  director
  
  directing
  
  1939
- The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
  director
  
  directing
  
  1939
- Daughters Courageous
  director
  
  directing
  
  1939
- Sons of Liberty
  director
  
  directing
  
  1939
- Dodge City
  director
  
  directing
  
  1939
- Angels with Dirty Faces
  director
  
  directing
  
  1938
- Four Daughters
  director
  
  directing
  
  1938
- Four's a Crowd
  director
  
  directing
  
  1938
- The Adventures of Robin Hood
  director
  
  directing
  
  1938
- Gold Is Where You Find It
  director
  
  directing
  
  1938
- The Perfect Specimen
  director
  
  directing
  
  1937
- Kid Galahad
  director
  
  directing
  
  1937
- Mountain Justice
  director
  
  directing
  
  1937
- Marked Woman
  co-director
  
  directing
  
  1937
- Stolen Holiday
  director
  
  directing
  
  1937
- Black Legion
  co-director
  
  directing
  
  1937
- The Charge of the Light Brigade
  director
  
  directing
  
  1936
- The Walking Dead
  director
  
  directing
  
  1936
- Captain Blood
  director
  
  directing
  
  1935
- Little Big Shot
  director
  
  directing
  
  1935
- Front Page Woman
  director
  
  directing
  
  1935
- Black Fury
  director
  
  directing
  
  1935
- The Case of the Curious Bride
  director
  
  directing
  
  1935
- British Agent
  director
  
  directing
  
  1934
- The Key
  director
  
  directing
  
  1934
- Jimmy the Gent
  director
  
  directing
  
  1934
- Mandalay
  director
  
  directing
  
  1934
- Female
  director
  
  directing
  
  1933
- The Kennel Murder Case
  director
  
  directing
  
  1933
- Goodbye Again
  director
  
  directing
  
  1933
- Private Detective 62
  director
  
  directing
  
  1933
- The Keyhole
  director
  
  directing
  
  1933
- Mystery of the Wax Museum
  director
  
  directing
  
  1933
- 20,000 Years in Sing Sing
  director
  
  directing
  
  1932
- The Cabin in the Cotton
  director
  
  directing
  
  1932
- The Strange Love of Molly Louvain
  director
  
  directing
  
  1932
- Alias the Doctor
  director
  
  directing
  
  1932
- The Woman from Monte Carlo
  director
  
  directing
  
  1932
- The Mad Genius
  director
  
  directing
  
  1931
- God's Gift to Women
  director
  
  directing
  
  1931
- Demon of the Sea
  director
  
  directing
  
  1931
- River's End
  director
  
  directing
  
  1930
- A Soldier's Plaything
  director
  
  directing
  
  1930
- Bright Lights
  director
  
  directing
  
  1930
- The Matrimonial Bed
  director
  
  directing
  
  1930
- Under a Texas Moon
  director
  
  directing
  
  1930
- Hearts in Exile
  director
  
  directing
  
  1929
- The Gamblers
  director
  
  directing
  
  1929
- Madonna of Avenue A
  director
  
  directing
  
  1929
- Glad Rag Doll
  director
  
  directing
  
  1929
- Noah's Ark
  director
  
  directing
  
  1928
- Tenderloin
  director
  
  directing
  
  1928
- Good Time Charley
  director
  
  directing
  
  1927
- The Desired Woman
  director
  
  directing
  
  1927
- A Million Bid
  director
  
  directing
  
  1927
- The Third Degree
  director
  
  directing
  
  1926
- The Golden Butterfly
  director
  
  directing
  
  1926
- Cab No. 13
  director
  
  directing
  
  1926
- Red Heels
  director
  
  directing
  
  1925
- Moon of Israel
  director
  
  directing
  
  1924
- Harun al Raschid
  director
  
  directing
  
  1924
- Namenlos
  director
  
  directing
  
  1923
- Avalanche
  director
  
  directing
  
  1923
- Young Medardus
  director
  
  directing
  
  1923
- Sodom and Gomorrah
  director
  
  directing
  
  1922
- Labyrinth of Horror
  director
  
  directing
  
  1921
- Mrs. Dane's Confession
  director
  
  directing
  
  1921
- Good and Evil
  director
  
  directing
  
  1921
- Miss Tutti Frutti
  director
  
  directing
  
  1921
- The Scourge of God
  director
  
  directing
  
  1920
- The Star of Damascus
  director
  
  directing
  
  1920
- The Merry Widow
  director
  
  directing
  
  1920
- Boccaccio
  director
  
  directing
  
  1920
- The Lady with the Black Gloves
  director
  
  directing
  
  1919
- Lu, the Coquette
  director
  
  directing
  
  1919
- My Brother Is Coming
  director
  
  directing
  
  1919
- The Sunflower Woman
  director
  
  directing
  
  1918
- Magic Waltz
  director
  
  directing
  
  1918
- The Scorpion
  director
  
  directing
  
  1918
- The Judas
  director
  
  directing
  
  1918
- The Devil
  director
  
  directing
  
  1918
- Lulu
  director
  
  directing
  
  1918
- 99
  director
  
  directing
  
  1918
- Jean the Tenant
  director
  
  directing
  
  1918
- The Story Of A Kreutzer
  director
  
  directing
  
  1918
- A csúnya fiú
  director
  
  directing
  
  1918
- Spring in Winter
  director
  
  directing
  
  1918
- Alraune
  director
  
  directing
  
  1918
- A vörös Sámson
  director
  
  directing
  
  1917
- Peace's Road
  director
  
  directing
  
  1917
- The Man Of The Earth
  director
  
  directing
  
  1917
- Secret of St. Job Forest
  director
  
  directing
  
  1917
- Nobody's Son
  director
  
  directing
  
  1917
- The Last Dawn
  director
  
  directing
  
  1917
- Tartar Invasion
  director
  
  directing
  
  1917
- The Charlatan
  director
  
  directing
  
  1917
- The Death-Bell
  director
  
  directing
  
  1917
- Master Zoard
  director
  
  directing
  
  1917
- A magyar föld ereje
  director
  
  directing
  
  1917
- The Black Rainbow
  director
  
  directing
  
  1917
- The Wolf
  director
  
  directing
  
  1917
- The Coronation of King Charles IV
  director
  
  directing
  
  1916
- Mr. Doctor
  director
  
  directing
  
  1916
- Melancholy Lady
  director
  
  directing
  
  1916
- The Carthusians
  director
  
  directing
  
  1916
- Seven of Spades
  director
  
  directing
  
  1916
- Haza, haza öreg baka
  director
  
  directing
  
  1916
- Akit ketten szeretnek
  director
  
  directing
  
  1915
- Bánk bán
  director
  
  directing
  
  1915
- A kölcsönkért csecsemök
  director
  
  directing
  
  1915
- The Undesirable
  director
  
  directing
  
  1915
- A paradicsom
  director
  
  directing
  
  1915
- A hercegnö pongyolája
  director
  
  directing
  
  1914
- Golddigger
  director
  
  directing
  
  1914
- Rablélek
  director
  
  directing
  
  1914
- The Last Bohemian
  director
  
  directing
  
  1913
- Házasodik az uram
  director
  
  directing
  
  1913
- Today and Tomorrow
  director
  
  directing
  
  1912
production (5 credits)
- The Scarlet Hour
  producer
  
  production
  
  1956
- Flamingo Road
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  1949
- My Dream Is Yours
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  1949
- The Unsuspected
  producer
  
  production
  
  1947
- Bright Lights
  producer
  
  production
  
  1935
writing (12 credits)
- Sodom and Gomorrah
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1922
- Dracula's Death
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1921
- The Scourge of God
  screenplay
  
  writing
  
  1920
- The Star of Damascus
  scenario writer
  
  writing
  
  1920
- The Merry Widow
  screenplay
  
  writing
  
  1920
- Lu, the Coquette
  screenplay
  
  writing
  
  1919
- Magic Waltz
  screenplay
  
  writing
  
  1918
- Tartar Invasion
  screenplay
  
  writing
  
  1917
- Master Zoard
  screenplay
  
  writing
  
  1917
- A magyar föld ereje
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1917
- The Wolf
  screenplay
  
  writing
  
  1917
- Melancholy Lady
  screenplay
  
  writing
  
  1916
costume & make-up (1 credits)
- Samson and Delila
  costume design
  
  costume & make-up
  
  1922