About

Known credits:
67
Birthday:
1920-01-30
Place of birth:
Lawrence, Kansas, USA
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Delbert Mann

Overview

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Delbert Martin Mann, Jr. (January 30, 1920 – November 11, 2007) was an American television and film director. He won the Palme d'Or (Golden Palm) at the Cannes Film Festival and the Academy Award for Best Director for the film Marty. It was the first Best Picture winner to be based on a television program, being adapted from a 1953 teleplay of the same name which he had also directed. Mann is also the only director other than Billy Wilder and Roman Polanski to win an Oscar for his direction and a Cannes Palme d'Or for the same film. From 1967 to 1971, he was president of the Directors Guild of America.

Mann was born in Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas, the son of Ora (née Patton), a civic worker and teacher, and Delbert Martin Mann, Sr., a college professor. Mann graduated from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. After school, he served with the U.S. Army Air Corps in WW II, then got discharged after service in the European theater. He then attended Yale Drama School, and graduated, followed by work in theater and eventually, TV and movies. He was married to Ann Caroline Mann from 1941 until his wife's death in 2001. Mann died from pneumonia on November 11, 2007 at a Los Angeles hospital.

 

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Known for

Acting
2003 Rita Actor Self 59
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1996 Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach Actor Self N/A
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1987 Grace Kelly: The American Princess Actor Self 59
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1984 Bruised Celluloid Actor Himself N/A
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Directing
1994 Lily in Winter Directing Director 59
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1994 Incident in a Small Town Directing Director 59
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1992 Against Her Will: An Incident in Baltimore Directing Director 58
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1991 Ironclads Directing Director 59
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1988 April Morning Directing Director 59
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1986 The Last Days of Patton Directing Director 59
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1986 The Ted Kennedy Jr. Story Directing Director N/A
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1985 A Death in California Directing Director 68
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1984 Love Leads the Way: A True Story Directing Director 59
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1983 The Gift of Love: A Christmas Story Directing Director 58
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1983 Brontë Directing Director N/A
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1982 The Member of the Wedding Directing Director 59
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1982 Night Crossing Directing Director 59
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1981 All the Way Home Directing Director 59
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1980 To Find My Son Directing Director 59
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1979 All Quiet on the Western Front Directing Director 60
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1979 Torn Between Two Lovers Directing Director 58
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1978 Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery Directing Director 59
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1978 Tom and Joann Directing Director N/A
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1978 Home to Stay Directing Director 58
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1978 Love’s Dark Ride Directing Director 59
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1978 Breaking Up Directing Director N/A
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1977 Tell Me My Name Directing Director N/A
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1976 Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident Directing Director N/A
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1976 Birch Interval Directing Director 59
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1975 A Girl Named Sooner Directing Director 58
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1975 The Legendary Curse of the Hope Diamond Directing Director 59
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1973 The Man Without a Country Directing Director 58
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1972 No Place to Run Directing Director 59
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1972 She Waits Directing Director 58
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1971 Kidnapped Directing Director 59
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1970 Jane Eyre Directing Director 59
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1969 David Copperfield Directing Director 58
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1968 Heidi Directing Director 58
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1968 The Pink Jungle Directing Director 59
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1967 Fitzwilly Directing Director 59
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1966 Mister Buddwing Directing Director 59
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1965 Dear Heart Directing Director 59
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1965 Quick, Before It Melts Directing Director 58
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1963 A Gathering of Eagles Directing Director 58
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1962 That Touch of Mink Directing Director 60
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1961 The Outsider Directing Director 59
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1961 Lover Come Back Directing Director 61
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1960 The Dark at the Top of the Stairs Directing Director 59
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1959 What Makes Sammy Run? Directing Director 59
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1959 Middle of the Night Directing Director 59
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1958 Separate Tables Directing Director 60
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1958 The Plot to Kill Stalin Directing Director N/A
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1958 Desire Under the Elms Directing Director 59
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1957 The Bachelor Party Directing Director 59
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1955 Our Town Directing Director N/A
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1955 The Petrified Forest Directing Director 59
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1955 Marty Directing Director 65
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1954 Middle of the Night Directing Director N/A
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1953 The Bachelor Party Directing Director N/A
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1953 Marty Directing Director 59
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Production
1992 Against Her Will: An Incident in Baltimore Production Producer 58
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1988 April Morning Production Producer 59
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1972 She Waits Production Producer 58
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1966 Mister Buddwing Production Producer 59
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1965 Quick, Before It Melts Production Producer 58
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1959 What Makes Sammy Run? Production Producer 59
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Crew
1987 Grace Kelly: The American Princess Crew Thanks 59
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