American television and film director (1920?2007)
Delbert Mann
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Mann directing
Heidi
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Born
| Delbert Martin Mann Jr.
(
1920-01-30
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January 30, 1920
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Died
| November 11, 2007
(2007-11-11)
(aged 87)
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Education
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Occupation
| Director
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Years active
| 1949?1994
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Spouse
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Ann Caroline Gillespie
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m.
1942; died 2001)
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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 of the same name
which he had also directed.
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From 1967 to 1971, he was president of the
Directors Guild of America
.
[2]
[3]
In 2002, he received the DGA's honorary life member award.
[4]
Mann was credited to have "helped bring TV techniques to the film world."
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Early life and education
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Delbert Martin Mann Jr. was born on January 30, 1920, in
Lawrence, Kansas
, to Delbert Mann Sr. and Ora (Patton) Mann (died 1961).
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[2]
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His father taught sociology at the
University of Kansas
from 1920 to 1926. In 1926, the Manns left Lawrence and moved to
Pennsylvania
and then
Chicago
before finally settling in
Nashville
in 1931.
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[10]
There, his father continued to teach sociology at the
Scarritt College for Christian Workers
.
[1]
His mother was also a schoolteacher.
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Mann was head of his high school drama club when he met
Fred Coe
, the future television producer and director, who was leading a church-sponsored acting society. Coe would later figure prominently in Mann's career as a director.
[2]
Coe would also serve as Mann's mentor.
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Mann studied political science in
Vanderbilt University
.
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He graduated there in 1941 with a bachelor's degree on political science.
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During
World War II
, Mann served with the
Army Air Corps
as a B-24 bomber pilot and then as an intelligence officer with the
8th Air Force
stationed in
England
.
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[2]
Mann also attended the
Yale School of Drama
, where he earned a master's fine arts degree in directing.
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Career
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Television
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Mann took a directing job at the
Town Theatre
, a community playhouse in
Columbia, South Carolina
. Mann was affiliated with the Town Theatre from 1947 to 1949, before moving to New York to work with Coe in television.
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In 1949, at Coe's invitation, Mann joined him in New York, where he became a stage manager and assistant director at
NBC
. Within months, he became an alternating director of the anthology series,
The Philco Television Playhouse
.
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Between 1949 and 1955, Mann directed more than 100 live television dramas. But even after turning to films, he returned to television and directed productions for
Playhouse 90
,
Ford Star Jubilee
and other dramatic television anthology series. He also directed more than two dozen films for television from the late 1960s to the early 1990s, including
Heidi
(1968),
David Copperfield
(1969),
Jane Eyre
(1970) and
All Quiet on the Western Front
(1979).
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Film
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In addition to
Marty
(1955), other films directed by Mann include
The Bachelor Party
(1957),
Desire Under the Elms
(1958),
Separate Tables
(1958),
Middle of the Night
(1959),
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
(1960),
The Outsider
(1961),
That Touch of Mink
(1962),
A Gathering of Eagles
(1963),
Dear Heart
(1964),
Fitzwilly
(1967),
Kidnapped
(1971) and
Night Crossing
(1982).
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Personal life and death
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Mann was married to Ann Caroline Gillespie from 1942 until her death by
Alzheimer's disease
in 2001.
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They had four children: Fred, David, Steven and Susan. Susan died in a car accident in 1976.
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During the 1980s and 1990s, Mann served on the advisory board of the
National Student Film Institute
. He also served as honorary chairman of the institute for a one-year term.
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On November 11, 2007, Mann died of pneumonia at the
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
in Los Angeles, at age 87.
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Filmography
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References
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Fox, Margalit (November 13, 2007).
"Delbert Mann, Director, Is Dead at 87"
.
The New York Times
. Retrieved
April 29,
2016
.
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McLellan, Dennis (November 13, 2007).
"Delbert Mann, 87; director won Oscar for 'Marty'
"
.
Los Angeles Times
. Retrieved
April 29,
2016
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Bernstein, Adam (November 15, 2007).
"Delbert Mann, 87: Film Director and TV Pioneer (2 of 2)"
.
The Washington Post
. Retrieved
May 1,
2016
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McLellan, Dennis (November 14, 2007).
"Director Delbert Mann dies at 87"
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The Day
. Retrieved
May 1,
2016
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Marquez, Jeremiah (November 13, 2007).
"Pioneering TV, film director Delbert Mann dies in L.A."
The Bryan Times
. Retrieved
May 1,
2016
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"Pioneering Director Delbert Mann dies in L.A.; won Oscar for 'Marty'
"
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Lodi News-Sentinel
. November 12, 2007
. Retrieved
May 1,
2016
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Bergan, Ronald (November 14, 2007).
"Delbert Mann"
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The Guardian
. Retrieved
April 30,
2016
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Farmer, Bill (March 10, 1962).
"
'Marty' Director a Visitor"
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Lawrence Journal-World
. Retrieved
April 30,
2016
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Zepp, George R. (September 1, 2009).
Hidden History of Nashville
. Arcadia.
ISBN
9781625843067
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George R. Zepp,
Hidden History of Nashville
, The History Press, 2009 page 77
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"Delbert Mann"
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The Daily Telegraph
. November 20, 2007
. Retrieved
April 30,
2016
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Marquez, Jeremiah (November 13, 2007).
"TV, film director Delbert Mann dies"
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Star-News
. Retrieved
May 1,
2016
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Vallance, Tom (November 13, 2007).
"Delbert Mann: Oscar-winning director of 'Marty'
"
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The Independent
. Retrieved
April 30,
2016
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"Director Delbert Mann dies at 87"
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The Hollywood Reporter
. November 13, 2007
. Retrieved
April 30,
2016
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Marquez, Jeremiah (November 13, 2007).
"Pioneering TV, film director Delbert Mann dies in Los Angeles"
.
The Gettysburg Times
. Retrieved
May 1,
2016
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National Student Film Institute/L.A: The Sixteenth Annual Los Angeles Student Film Festival
. The Directors Guild Theatre. June 10, 1994. pp. 10?11.
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Los Angeles Student Film Institute: 13th Annual Student Film Festival
. The Directors Guild Theatre. June 7, 1991. p. 3.
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Marquez, Jeremiah (November 13, 2007).
"Delbert Mann; director won Oscar for 'Marty,' provided bridge between TV, movies"
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The Boston Globe
. Retrieved
April 30,
2016
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External links
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Awards for Delbert Mann
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1951?1975
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1976?2000
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2001?present
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1948?1975
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1976?2000
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2001?present
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