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Daniel Mayer Cherkoss (August 12, 1927 – March 27, 2006), known by his pen name Dan Curtis, was an American television and film director, screenwriter, and producer. He was best known as the creator of the gothic soap opera Dark Shadows (1966–71), and for directing the epic World War II miniseries The Winds of War (1983) and War and ...
Mar 28, 2006 · Dan Curtis, whose battle to make two Emmy-winning World War II miniseries, “The Winds of War” and “War and Remembrance,” lasted years longer than the war the epics were based on, has died ...
Mar 29, 2006 · Born Daniel Mayer Cherkoss in Bridgeport, Connecticut on August 12, 1927, Curtis graduated with a liberal arts degree in sociology from Syracuse University in 1950.
Mar 27, 2006 · Dan Curtis. Television and Motion Picture Producer, Director, Screenwriter. Best known for creating the popular supernaturally-themed TV serial Dark Shadows. Born Daniel Mayer Cherkoss, his father was a dentist, his mother died during his early teenage years.
Mar 29, 2006 · Los Angeles, CA – Dan Curtis, the producer and director best known for transforming author Herman Wouk's sweeping novels The Winds of War and War and Remembrance into acclaimed miniseries, died Monday at his Los Angeles home. Curtis, who was 78, passed away due to complications of a brain tumor.
Mar 27, 2006 · Curtis, born Daniel Mayer Cherkoss in Bridgeport, Conn., graduated from Syracuse University in 1950 and became a salesman for NBC and then MCA, where he sold syndicated programs.
Daniel Mayer Cherkoss, known by his pen name Dan Curtis, was an American television and film director, screenwriter, and producer. He was best known as the creator of the gothic soap opera Dark Shadows (1966–71), and for directing the epic World War II miniseries The Winds of War (1983) and War and Remembrance (1988).
