Delbert Mann
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Delbert Mann, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
DirectingBirthday
January 30, 1920Deathday
November 11, 2007Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
60Place of birth
Lawrence, Kansas, USAAlso known as
Del Mann, Делберт МаннCast credits
Crew credits
All Quiet on the Western Front
DirectorKidnapped
DirectorThat Touch of Mink
DirectorFitzwilly
DirectorLover Come Back
DirectorSeparate Tables
DirectorMarty
DirectorIncident in a Small Town
DirectorNight Crossing
DirectorDesire Under the Elms
DirectorDear Heart
DirectorApril Morning
Director, ProducerMiddle of the Night
DirectorA Gathering of Eagles
DirectorIronclads
DirectorThe Gift of Love: A Christmas Story
DirectorJane Eyre
DirectorThe Dark at the Top of the Stairs
DirectorDavid Copperfield
DirectorQuick, Before It Melts
Director, ProducerLily in Winter
Director