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Michael Curtiz
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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.
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Directed
The Hangman
1959
The Man in the Net
1959
King Creole
1958
The Proud Rebel
1958
We're No Angels
1955
White Christmas
1954
Life with Father
1947
Casablanca
1943
The Sea Wolf
1941
Santa Fe Trail
1940
Virginia City
1940
Angels with Dirty Faces
1938
The Adventures of Robin Hood
1938
The Charge of the Light Brigade
1936