Editing Michael Curtiz (section)

== Academy Award nominations ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year || Award !! Film !! Result
|-
| [[8th Academy Awards|1935]]
| [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]] (as [[write-in candidate]])
| ''[[Captain Blood (1935 film)|Captain Blood]]''
| [[John Ford]] – ''[[The Informer (1935 film)|The Informer]]''
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[11th Academy Awards|1938]]
| [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| ''[[Angels with Dirty Faces]]''
| rowspan="2" |[[Frank Capra]] – ''[[You Can't Take It with You (film)|You Can't Take It with You]]''
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| ''[[Four Daughters (1938 film)|Four Daughters]]''
|-
| [[12th Academy Awards|1939]]
| [[Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film|Best Short Subject]]
| ''[[Sons of Liberty (film)|Sons of Liberty]]<ref name="NY Times" />''
| {{won}}
|-
| [[15th Academy Awards|1942]]
| [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| ''[[Yankee Doodle Dandy]]''
| [[William Wyler]] – ''[[Mrs. Miniver]]''
|-
| [[16th Academy Awards|1943]]
| [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| ''[[Casablanca (film)|Casablanca]]''
| {{won}}
|-
|}

Six of Curtiz's films were nominated for [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]]: ''[[Captain Blood (1935 film)|Captain Blood]]'' (1935), ''[[The Adventures of Robin Hood]]'' (1938), ''[[Four Daughters (1938 film)|Four Daughters]]'' (1938), ''[[Yankee Doodle Dandy]]'' (1942), ''[[Casablanca (film)|Casablanca]]'' (1943), and ''[[Mildred Pierce (film)|Mildred Pierce]]'' (1945). Of these, only ''Casablanca'' won Best Picture.

=== Directed Academy Award performances ===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;"
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Performer
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Film
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Result
|-
| colspan="4" align="center" |'''[[Academy Award for Best Actor]]'''
|-
| [[8th Academy Awards|1935]]
| [[Paul Muni]]
| ''[[Black Fury (film)|Black Fury]]'' ([[write-in candidate]])
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[11th Academy Awards|1938]]
| [[James Cagney]]
| ''[[Angels with Dirty Faces]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[15th Academy Awards|1942]]
| [[James Cagney]]
| ''[[Yankee Doodle Dandy]]''
| {{won}}
|-
| [[16th Academy Awards|1943]]
| [[Humphrey Bogart]]
| ''[[Casablanca (film)|Casablanca]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[20th Academy Awards|1947]]
| [[William Powell]]
| ''[[Life with Father (film)|Life with Father]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| colspan="8" align="center" |'''[[Academy Award for Best Actress]]'''
|-
| [[18th Academy Awards|1945]]
| [[Joan Crawford]]
| ''[[Mildred Pierce (film)|Mildred Pierce]]''
| {{won}}
|-
| colspan="8" align="center" |'''[[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor]]'''
|-
| [[11th Academy Awards|1938]]
| [[John Garfield]]
| ''[[Four Daughters (1938 film)|Four Daughters]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[15th Academy Awards|1942]]
| [[Walter Huston]]
| ''[[Yankee Doodle Dandy]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[16th Academy Awards|1943]]
| [[Claude Rains]]
| ''[[Casablanca (film)|Casablanca]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| colspan="8" align="center" |'''[[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress]]'''
|-
| [[18th Academy Awards|1945]]
| [[Eve Arden]]
| ''[[Mildred Pierce (film)|Mildred Pierce]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[18th Academy Awards|1945]]
| [[Ann Blyth]]
| ''[[Mildred Pierce (film)|Mildred Pierce]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
|}