Curt Siodmak (1902–2000)

Writer | Director | Producer

Born in Dresden, Germany, in 1902, Curt Siodmak worked as an engineer and a newspaper reporter ...

Born: August 10, 1902
Died: September 2, 2000 (age 98)

Filmography

Known For

The Invisible Man Returns Writer (1940)
The Wolfman Writer (2010)
Invisible Agent Writer (1942)
Known For

Love Slaves of the Amazons Writer (1957)
Writer

The Wolfman (2010)
Ritual (2002)
Der Heiligenschein (1977)
Hauser's Memory (1970)
The Wolfman (1966)
Doom of Dracula (1966)
Ski Fever (1966)
Captain Fathom (1965)
The Lightship (1963)
Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace (1962)
The Brain (1962)
The Devil's Messenger (1961)
13 Demon Street (1959)
Tales of Frankenstein (1958)
Love Slaves of the Amazons (1957)
Hey, Jeannie! (1957)
Curucu, Beast of the Amazon (1956)
The Count of Monte Cristo (1956)
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956)
Captain Fathom (1955)
Creature with the Atom Brain (1955)
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1955)
Studio One in Hollywood (1955)
I Led 3 Lives (1954)
Riders to the Stars (1954)
Donovan's Brain (1953)
The Magnetic Monster (1953)
Big Town (1953)
Front Page Detective (1951)
Bride of the Gorilla (1951)
Fireside Theatre (1951)
Tarzan's Magic Fountain (1949)
Berlin Express (1948)
The Beast with Five Fingers (1946)
The Return of Monte Cristo (1946)
Shady Lady (1945)
Frisco Sal (1945)
House of Frankenstein (1944)
The Climax (1944)
The Lady and the Monster (1944)
Son of Dracula (1943)
False Faces (1943)
The Mantrap (1943)
I Walked with a Zombie (1943)
The Purple V (1943)
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943)
London Blackout Murders (1943)
Invisible Agent (1942)
Pacific Blackout (1941)
The Wolf Man (1941)
Aloma of the South Seas (1941)
The Invisible Woman (1940)
The Ape (1940)
Black Friday (1940)
The Invisible Man Returns (1940)
Spawn of the North (1938)
Her Jungle Love (1938)
Non-Stop New York (1937)
It's a Bet (1935)
Transatlantic Tunnel (1935)
The Loves of Madame Dubarry (1935)
Abdul the Damned (1935)
La crise est finie (1934)
Girls Will Be Boys (1934)
F. P. 1 Doesn't Answer (1933)
F.P.1 Doesn't Answer (1933)
Marion, That's Not Nice (1933)
Die unsichtbare Front (1933)
F.P.1 Doesn't Answer (1932)
Le bal (1931)
Der Ball (1931)
Der Mann, der seinen Mörder sucht (1931)
Der Kampf mit dem Drachen oder: Die Tragödie des Untermieters (1930)
The Shot in the Talker Studio (1930)
People on Sunday (1930)
The Legionaire (1929)
Mascots (1929)
Writer

Waterfront (1954)
Director

Ski Fever (1966)
The Devil's Messenger (1961)
13 Demon Street (1959)
Tales of Frankenstein (1958)
Love Slaves of the Amazons (1957)
Curucu, Beast of the Amazon (1956)
The Magnetic Monster (1953)
Bride of the Gorilla (1951)
Director

People on Sunday (1930)
Producer

Tales of Frankenstein (1958)
Love Slaves of the Amazons (1957)
Producer

Captain Fathom (1955)
Actor

Metropolis Working Man (1927)
Soundtrack

Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943)
Miscellaneous Crew

Universal Horror (1998)
Front Page Detective (1951)

Awards

1 win & 3 nominations.

Did You Know

Curt Siodmak's science-fiction novel "F.P. 1 antwortet nicht" attracted great attention and was filmed in 1932 with Hans Albers and Sybille Schmitz. The movie was a great international success. This movie marks simultaneous Siodmak's last ...

Quotes

[about The Wolf Man (1941), one of Universal Pictures' biggest hits of 1941, which he wrote] After "The Wolf Man" made its first million, [producer-director] George Waggner got a diamond ring for his wife and [executive producer] Jack Gross got a ...