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Delbert Mann

Delbert Mann

Known For Directing
Birthday Jan 30, 1920
Died Nov 11, 2007 (87)
Birthplace Lawrence, Kansas, USA
Popularity 1 (history)
Updated Aug 09, 2025 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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Biography

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 Pictu ... re 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

Filmography

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Lily in Winter

Lily in Winter

1994

Director

Incident in a Small Town

Incident in a Small Town

1994

Director

Ironclads

Ironclads

1991

Director

April Morning

April Morning

1988

Director

The Last Days of Patton

The Last Days of Patton

1986

Director

Brontë

Brontë

1983

Director

Night Crossing

Night Crossing

1982

Director

All the Way Home

All the Way Home

1981

Director

To Find My Son

To Find My Son

1980

Director

Torn Between Two Lovers

Torn Between Two Lovers

1979

Director

Breaking Up

Breaking Up

1978

Director

Love’s Dark Ride

Love’s Dark Ride

1978

Director

Tom and Joann

Tom and Joann

1978

Director

Home to Stay

Home to Stay

1978

Director

Tell Me My Name

Tell Me My Name

1977

Director

Birch Interval

Birch Interval

1976

Director

A Girl Named Sooner

A Girl Named Sooner

1975

Director

She Waits

She Waits

1972

Director

No Place to Run

No Place to Run

1972

Director

Kidnapped

Kidnapped

1971

Director

Jane Eyre

Jane Eyre

1970

Director

David Copperfield

David Copperfield

1969

Director

Heidi

Heidi

1968

Director

The Pink Jungle

The Pink Jungle

1968

Director

Fitzwilly

Fitzwilly

1967

Director

Mister Buddwing

Mister Buddwing

1966

Director

Quick, Before It Melts

Quick, Before It Melts

1965

Director

Dear Heart

Dear Heart

1965

Director

A Gathering of Eagles

A Gathering of Eagles

1963

Director

That Touch of Mink

That Touch of Mink

1962

Director

Lover Come Back

Lover Come Back

1961

Director

The Outsider

The Outsider

1961

Director

What Makes Sammy Run?

What Makes Sammy Run?

1959

Director

Middle of the Night

Middle of the Night

1959

Director

Desire Under the Elms

Desire Under the Elms

1958

Director

The Plot to Kill Stalin

The Plot to Kill Stalin

1958

Director

Separate Tables

Separate Tables

1958

Director

The Bachelor Party

The Bachelor Party

1957

Director

Our Town

Our Town

1955

Director

The Petrified Forest

The Petrified Forest

1955

Director

Marty

Marty

1955

Director

Middle of the Night

Middle of the Night

1954

Director

Marty

Marty

1953

Director

The Bachelor Party

The Bachelor Party

1953

Director

April Morning

April Morning

1988

Producer

She Waits

She Waits

1972

Producer

Mister Buddwing

Mister Buddwing

1966

Producer

Quick, Before It Melts

Quick, Before It Melts

1965

Producer

What Makes Sammy Run?

What Makes Sammy Run?

1959

Producer

Organization Category Movie
Academy Awards Best Director Come Back, Little Sheba Nominated
Academy Awards Best Director The Young Philadelphians Nominated
Golden Globes Best Director Marty Won
Television Credits

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E! True Hollywood Story

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Aug 21, 1996

The Oscars

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 19, 1953

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