Dan Curtis

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 Remembrance'' (1988).

Curtis’ is also known to horror film fans for his work on several horror-themed television series and films, including ''The Night Stalker'' (1972) and its sequel ''The Night Strangler'' (1973), ''Bram Stoker's Dracula'' (1974) and ''Trilogy of Terror'' (1975). He also directed three feature films – the ''Dark Shadows'' spinoffs ''House of Dark Shadows'' (1970) and ''Night of Dark Shadows'' (1971), and the supernatural horror ''Burnt Offerings'' (1976).

Curtis was nominated for five Primetime Emmy Awards, winning Outstanding Limited Series for ''War and Remembrance'', for which he also won the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Specials. Provided by Wikipedia