FILM DIRECTOR

Michael Curtiz

1886 - 1962

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Michael Curtiz (; born Manó Kaminer; from 1905 Mihály Kertész; Hungarian: Kertész Mihály; December 24, 1886 – April 10, 1962) was a Hungarian-American film director, recognized as one of the most prolific directors in history.: 67  He directed classic films from the silent era and numerous others during Hollywood's Golden Age, when the studio system was prevalent. Curtiz was already a well-known director in Europe when Warner Bros. invited him to Hollywood in 1926, when he was 39 years of age. He had already directed 64 films in Europe, and soon helped Warner Bros. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Michael Curtiz is the 119th most popular film director (up from 127th in 2019), the 89th most popular biography from Hungary (down from 86th in 2019) and the most popular Hungarian Film Director.

Michael Curtiz is most famous for directing Casablanca.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Michael Curtiz ranks 119 out of 2,041. Before him are Satyajit Ray, Costa-Gavras, John Woo, Jules Dassin, William Hanna, and Wes Craven. After him are Sam Peckinpah, Kenji Mizoguchi, Peter Jackson, Victor Fleming, Claude Lelouch, and René Clément.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, Michael Curtiz ranks 32. Before him are Hermann Broch, Jan Masaryk, Zhu De, Karl Polanyi, Gerda Wegener, and Hugo Ball. After him are Sergo Ordzhonikidze, Kurt Koffka, Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, George Mallory, Aron Nimzowitsch, and Marcel Dupré. Among people deceased in 1962, Michael Curtiz ranks 21. Before him are Yves Klein, Hans Luther, Auguste Piccard, René Coty, Gabriele Münter, and Fritz Kreisler. After him are Vasily Stalin, Natalia Goncharova, Bruno Walter, Hans-Jürgen von Arnim, Charles Laughton, and Alfred Cortot.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Michael Curtiz ranks 89 out of 1,077. Before him are Kinga of Poland (1224), István Sándorfi (1948), Stephen III of Hungary (1147), Nándor Hidegkuti (1922), Géza, Grand Prince of the Hungarians (940), and Irene of Hungary (1088). After him are Marie Henriette of Austria (1836), Ladislaus III of Hungary (1199), Geraldine of Albania (1915), Violant of Hungary (1215), Ladislaus II of Hungary (1131), and Sándor Ferenczi (1873).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Hungary

Among film directors born in Hungary, Michael Curtiz ranks 1. After him are István Szabó (1938), Miklós Jancsó (1921), Béla Tarr (1955), Adolph Zukor (1873), Márta Mészáros (1931), Ladislao Vajda (1906), Andre DeToth (1913), Ján Kadár (1918), Zoltán Fábri (1917), László Benedek (1905), and Ildikó Enyedi (1955).

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