Curtiz began acting in and then directing films in his native Hungaryin 1912. After WWI, he continued his filmmaking career in Austria andGermany and into the early 1920s when he directed films in othercountries in Europe. Moving to the US in 1926, he started making filmsin Hollywood for Warner Bros. and became thoroughly entrenched in thestudio system. His films during the 1930s and '40s encompassed nearlyevery genre imaginable and some, includingCasablanca (1942) andMildred Pierce (1945), areconsidered to be film classics. His brilliance waned in the 1950s whenhe made a number of mediocre films for studios other than Warner. Hedirected his last film in 1961, a year before his death at74.
BornDecember 24, 1886
DiedApril 10, 1962(75)
- Won 1 Oscar
- 5 wins & 13 nominations total
Director
Writer
Actor
- Alternative names
- Michael Courtice
- Height
- 1.75 m
- Born
- Died
- SpousesBess MeredythDecember 7, 1929 - April 10, 1962 (his death)
- ChildrenKitty Curtiz-Eberson
- Relatives
- Dezsõ Kertész(Sibling)
- Publicity listings
- TriviaCould be intensely absorbed, to the point of distraction. Once was hurtfalling out of a moving car because he wanted to write down an idea. Hewas driving at the time.
- Quotes[on the set ofSusume ryu kihei (1936), attempting to explain that he wanted a lot of riderless horses in the background of the climactic charge] Bring on the empty horses. NOTE:David Niven, who was in the cast of the film and heard about the remark, later used it as the title for his autobiography.
- Nickname
- Miska
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