# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-curtiz
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:42:48.406Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-curtiz"
name: "Michael Curtiz"
slug: "michael-curtiz"
description: "Michael Curtiz was a Hungarian and American film director, recognized as one of the most prolific directors in history. He directed classic films from the silent era and numerous others during\nHollywood's Golden Age, when the studio system was prevalent."
tagline: "Hungarian-American director (1886–1962)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Curtiz_1928_portrait_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1886-12-25"
deathDate: "1962-04-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           23.88028133333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002031/"
    handle:    "nm0002031"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump