Editing Dan Curtis (section)

==Career==
Curtis's series of macabre films include ''[[House of Dark Shadows]]'', ''[[Night of Dark Shadows]]'', ''[[The Night Stalker (1972 film)|The Night Stalker]]'' (for many years holding the record ratings of the most-watched TV movie—and inspired the series ''[[Kolchak: The Night Stalker]]''), ''[[Intruders (miniseries)|Intruders]]'', ''[[The Night Strangler (film)|The Night Strangler]]'', ''[[Burnt Offerings (film)|Burnt Offerings]]'', ''[[Trilogy of Terror]]'' and its belated sequel ''[[Trilogy of Terror II]]'', ''[[The Norliss Tapes]]'' (a 1973 pilot for an unproduced series starring [[Roy Thinnes]]), ''[[Curse of the Black Widow]]'', ''[[Dead of Night (1977 film)|Dead of Night]]'', and ''[[Scream of the Wolf]]''. He worked frequently with sci-fi/horror writers [[Richard Matheson]] and [[William F. Nolan]]. Curtis was producer and/or director of several television adaptations of classic horror texts including ''[[The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1968 film)|The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde]]'' (1968), ''[[Frankenstein (1973 film)|Frankenstein]]'' (1973), ''[[Adaptations of The Picture of Dorian Gray#Film and television|The Picture of Dorian Gray]]'' (1973), ''[[Bram Stoker's Dracula (1973 film)|Dracula]]'' (1974), and ''[[The Turn of the Screw (1974 film)|The Turn of the Screw]]'' (1974).

In 1978, Curtis made a departure from his usual macabre offerings, when he wrote, produced, and directed the sentimental [[NBC]] television film ''[[When Every Day Was the Fourth of July]]''.  Although fictionalized, the film was semi-autobiographical, based on his childhood growing up in [[Bridgeport, Connecticut]], in the 1930s.  The film was originally intended to be a pilot for a potential series, but when the series was not picked up by the [[NBC]] network, Curtis produced and directed the 1980 television movie sequel ''[[The Long Days of Summer]]'', this time airing on the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] network.

His 1983 miniseries ''[[The Winds of War (TV miniseries)|The Winds of War]]'', the most watched miniseries in American television history, was nominated for four [[Emmy Award]]s.

Curtis also directed the ''[[War and Remembrance (TV miniseries)|War and Remembrance]]'' miniseries, which was the continuation of ''The Winds of War''. The program was 30 hours in length, split into two segments. Chapters I-VII aired in November 1988. The remaining five parts, Chapters VIII-XII, were billed as "The Final Chapter", and aired in May 1989. The miniseries received 15 Emmy Award nominations, including for best actor ([[John Gielgud]]), actress ([[Jane Seymour (actress)|Jane Seymour]]), supporting actor ([[Barry Bostwick]]), and supporting actress ([[Polly Bergen]]). The show won Emmys for best miniseries, special effects, and single-camera production editing.

''The New York Times'' profiled Curtis while in post-production on ''War and Remembrance''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/11/06/arts/television-waging-wouk-s-war-and-remembrance.html?login=email&pagewanted=all |title=TELEVISION; Waging Wouk's 'War and Remembrance' |last=Harmetz |first=Aljean |date=1988-11-06 |website=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=2017-10-23}}</ref>

Curtis's rights to ''[[Dark Shadows]]'' remain with his estate, which signed a deal with Warner Bros. for a new ''[[Dark Shadows (film)|Dark Shadows]]'' movie. The film stars [[Johnny Depp]] as [[Barnabas Collins]], was directed by [[Tim Burton]], and was released in May 2012. After the film's end credits, there is a dedication to Dan Curtis.

In 2023, he was inducted into the [[Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards]]' Monster Kid Hall of Fame.<ref name="21st Annual Rondos">{{cite web|url=https://rondoaward.com/rondoaward.com/blog/?p=1509|title=Here are the Winners of the (Gasp!) 21st Annual Rondo Hatton Classic Horror awards|website=RondoAward.com|date=May 29, 2023|access-date=May 29, 2023|archive-date=May 13, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513013610/https://rondoaward.com/rondoaward.com/blog/?p=1509|url-status=live}}</ref>