poster · casablanca (1942)
Film · 1942
Casablanca
United States · Drama, Romance
Director
Michael Curtiz
Hungary · United StatesACTIVE 1912–1961
Michael Curtiz
- Born
- 24 December 1886 · Budapest, Hungary
- Died
- 10 April 1962 · Hollywood, USA
- Nationality
- Hungary · United States
- Professions
- Director
- Active
- 1912–1961
The consummate craftsman of Warner’s golden age, Curtiz directed more than a hundred films in every genre — adventure, melodrama, musical, noir — with a visual fluency few auteurs ever matched.
Casablanca, made at the studio’s industrial pace, became the definitive example of how the Hollywood system could produce lasting art almost by accident.
Career
- 1912–1926
- Beginnings in Hungary and Austria, still in silent cinema.
- 1926–1953
- The Warner years: The Adventures of Robin Hood, Casablanca (Oscar for Directing), Mildred Pierce.
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