Delbert Mann
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- January 30, 1920
- Died
- November 11, 2007
- Birthplace
- 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 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.
Filmography
Rita 2003
as Self
Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach 1996
as Self
Lily in Winter 1994
Director
Incident in a Small Town 1994
Director
Against Her Will: An Incident in Baltimore 1992
Producer, Director
Ironclads 1991
Director
April Morning 1988
Director, Producer
Grace Kelly: The American Princess 1987
as Self, Thanks
The Last Days of Patton 1986
Director
The Ted Kennedy Jr. Story 1986
Director
Love Leads the Way: A True Story 1984
Director
Bruised Celluloid 1984
as Himself
The Gift of Love: A Christmas Story 1983
Director
Brontë 1983
Director
The Member of the Wedding 1982
Director
Night Crossing 1982
Director
All the Way Home 1981
Director
To Find My Son 1980
Director
All Quiet on the Western Front 1979
Director
Torn Between Two Lovers 1979
Director
Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery 1978
Director
Tom and Joann 1978
Director
Home to Stay 1978
Director
Love’s Dark Ride 1978
Director
Breaking Up 1978
Director
Tell Me My Name 1977
Director
Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident 1976
Director
Birch Interval 1976
Director
A Girl Named Sooner 1975
Director
The Legendary Curse of the Hope Diamond 1975
Director
The First Woman President 1974
Director, Producer
The Man Without a Country 1973
Director
No Place to Run 1972
Director
She Waits 1972
Director, Producer
Kidnapped 1971
Director
Jane Eyre 1970
Director
David Copperfield 1969
Director
Heidi 1968
Director
The Pink Jungle 1968
Director
Fitzwilly 1967
Director
Mister Buddwing 1966
Director, Producer
Dear Heart 1965
Director
Quick, Before It Melts 1965
Director, Producer
A Gathering of Eagles 1963
Director
That Touch of Mink 1962
Director
The Outsider 1961
Director
Lover Come Back 1961
Director
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs 1960
Director
What Makes Sammy Run? 1959
Producer, Director
- Sunday Showcase
Sunday Showcase 1959
Director
Middle of the Night 1959
Director
Separate Tables 1958
Director
The Plot to Kill Stalin 1958
Director
Desire Under the Elms 1958
Director
The Bachelor Party 1957
Director
Our Town 1955
Director
The Petrified Forest 1955
Director
Marty 1955
Director
- Middle of the Night
Middle of the Night 1954
Director
- The Bachelor Party
The Bachelor Party 1953
Director
Marty 1953
Director
The Iron Horse 1925
as Charles Crocker (uncredited)
Credits from TMDB.