Dan Curtis
Creator · Producer · Screenplay · Director
Born Aug 12, 1927 · Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA
Active 1951–2006 · Awards: Sitges Film Festival Best Director award
Daniel Mayer Cherkoss (August 12, 1927 – March 27, 2006), known by his pen name Dan Curtis, was an American director and producer of television and film, best known for creating the horror soap Dark Shadows.
Filmography
Burnt Offerings (1976) — Screenplay · Producer · DirectorThe Night Stalker (1972) — ProducerDark Shadows (1966) — Director · CreatorTrilogy of Terror (1975) — Director · ProducerDark Shadows (1991) — Director · Teleplay · Writer · CreatorDark Shadows: The Vampire Curse (2009) — Creator · Executive ProducerThe Night Strangler (1973) — Director · ProducerHouse of Dark Shadows (1970) — Director · ProducerWar and Remembrance (1988) — Director · Executive Producer · Writer · CreatorThe Winds of War (1983) — Director · Producer · CreatorDracula (1974) — Director · ProducerNight of Dark Shadows (1971) — Director · Story · ProducerIntruders (1992) — Executive Producer · DirectorHallmark Hall of Fame (1951) — DirectorDead of Night (1977) — Director · ProducerThe Love Letter (1998) — Director · ProducerFrankenstein (1973) — Screenplay · ProducerThe Norliss Tapes (1973) — Director · ProducerThe Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1968) — ProducerExpress to Terror (1979) — Executive Producer · DirectorTrilogy of Terror II (1996) — Director · Writer · Executive ProducerThe Turn of the Screw (1974) — Director · ProducerSt. John in Exile (1986) — DirectorWhen Every Day Was the Fourth of July (1978) — Director · Story · Producer