American television and film director and producer Dan Curtis was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut. He is the father of actresses Tracy Curtis and Linda Curtis. He started his career in sales in N.B.C in 1950, then he worked in M.C.A, after which he become a lot more interested in the field of writing until he wrote many stories, and television and film scripts, which were nominated for many different awards. He is best known for the movie Dark Shadows (2012).