Who directed the 1928 silent film Noah's Ark?

Michael Curtiz directed the 1928 silent film Noah's Ark.

Noah's Ark was an American Warner Bros. production that combined a modern wartime romance with a dramatization of the biblical Flood. The film starred Dolores Costello and George O'Brien, and it was produced during the transition from silent cinema to sound. It is often described as a part-talkie because sound and synchronized effects were added to the release.

Michael Curtiz later became one of Hollywood's most prolific directors. His credits include The Adventures of Robin Hood, Casablanca, and Mildred Pierce. Noah's Ark belongs to the earlier, spectacle-driven phase of his career.

The film is not a straightforward biblical adaptation. Its framing story and large-scale flood sequence use the Genesis material as part of a broader melodrama. It is also associated with a notorious production accident during filming, a reminder of the safety problems surrounding some early Hollywood spectacles.