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Delbert Mann
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American television and film director (1920–2007)
OverviewAI-generated
Delbert Martin Mann was an American film director and producer. Born in Lawrence, Kansas, in 1920, he began his work period in 1949. He was educated at Vanderbilt University and the Yale School of Drama. Mann served in World War II and worked primarily in the United States. He was also a trade unionist and spoke English.
Mann received several awards, including the Academy Award for Best Director, the Directors Guild of America Award, and the National Board of Review Award for Best Film. He holds a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. His notable works include *That Touch of Mink* and *Looking Back . . .*. He was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director.
Mann died in Los Angeles in 2007 from pneumonia due to natural causes. He is recognized in the Academy Award Best Director collection and the Hollywood Walk Of Fame collection.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1920
- Works
- 3
Top works
- That touch of mink
- Looking Back . .
- The papers of Delbert Mann
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Directing · Lawrence, Kansas, USA
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…
Known for
- Rita — Self2003
- Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach — Self1996
- E! True Hollywood Story1996
- Grace Kelly: The American Princess — Self1987
- Bruised Celluloid — Himself1984
- The Oscars — Self1953
- The Iron Horse — Charles Crocker (uncredited)1925
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Group
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1962
- Active to
- 1969
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 44
- Total plays
- 86
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- MaxQuant enables high peptide identification rates, individualized p.p.b.-range mass accuracies and proteome-wide protein quantification
· 2008 · cited 14,599x
- Nonparametric Tests Against Trend
· 1945 · cited 14,310x
- On a Test of Whether one of Two Random Variables is Stochastically Larger than the Other
· 1947 · cited 11,217x
- The Sequence of the Human Genome
· 2001 · cited 10,205x
- The Perseus computational platform for comprehensive analysis of (prote)omics data
· 2016 · cited 8,393x
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Key facts
- Born
- Delbert Martin Mann Jr. , ( 1920-01-30 ) January 30, 1920, Lawrence, Kansas , U.S.
- Died
- November 11, 2007 (2007-11-11) (aged 87) , Los Angeles, California , U.S.
- Education
- Vanderbilt University ( BA ) Yale University ( MFA )
- Occupation
- Director
- Years active
- 1949–1994
- Spouse
- Ann Caroline Gillespie ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1942 ; died 2001 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Mann
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Lawrence
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Occupation
- film director
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Conflict
- World War II
- Image
- Jack Metzger – Heidi 1967 ETH-BIB Com L16-0706-0002-0006 crop.jpg
- Work location
- United States
Show 9 more facts
- date of birth
- 1920-01-30
- date of death
- 2007-11-11
- cause of death
- pneumonia
- manner of death
- natural causes
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Director
- related category
- Category:Films directed by Delbert Mann
- start of work period
- 1949-00-00
- Commons category
- Delbert Mann
- birth name
- Delbert Martin Mann
Sources (8)
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Encyclopedic overview
Delbert Martin Mann Jr. (January 30, 1920 – November 11, 2007) was an American television and film director. He won the Academy Award for Best Director for the film Marty (1955), adapted from a 1953 teleplay which he had also directed. From 1967 to 1971, he was president of the Directors Guild of America. In 2002, he received the DGA's honorary life member award. Mann was credited to have "helped bring TV techniques to the film world."
Early life and education
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