Dan Curtis

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1927-08-12 (79 years old)

Deathday

2006-03-27

Place of Birth

Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA

Dan Curtis

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Dan Curtis  (August 12, 1927 – March 27, 2006) was an American director and producer of television and film, probably best known for his miniseries The Winds of War and War and Remembrance and for his afternoon TV series Dark Shadows. Dark Shadows originally aired from 1966 to 1971 and has aired in syndication for nearly 40 years. Curtis was responsible for the 1991 remake of Dark Shadows, which was canceled due to low ratings. He was the executive producer for Dark Shadows for The WB Television Network; however, it was canceled before the pilot episode aired. His series of macabre films include The N...

Production

1973

Frankenstein

as Screenplay

1973

1973

1976

Burnt Offerings

as Director

1976

Burnt Offerings

as Screenplay

1976

Burnt Offerings

as Producer

2005

Our Fathers

as Director

1972

1996

1975

1973

1970

1971

1977

Dead of Night

as Director

1998

The Love Letter

as Director

1974

Dracula

as Director

1974

1974

1974

1975

1973

1993

Me and the Kid

as Director

1974

1975

1986

1998

The Love Letter

as Producer

1979

1979

Mrs. R's Daughter

as Executive Producer

1970

1979

Express to Terror

as Executive Producer

1979

1977

Curse of the Black Widow

as Executive Producer

1977

Dead of Night

as Producer

1974

Dracula

as Producer

1971

1974

1974

1975

1973

Frankenstein

as Producer

2009

Dark Shadows: The Vampire Curse

as Executive Producer

1980

The Long Days of Summer

as Executive Producer

2005

Saving Milly

as Director

2005

Saving Milly

as Executive Producer

1990

Johnny Ryan

as Executive Producer

1974

Shadow of Fear

as Executive Producer

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