Delbert Mann
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. 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."
Delbert Mann | |
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Mann directing Heidi (1968) | |
| Born | Delbert Martin Mann Jr. January 30, 1920 Lawrence, Kansas, U.S. |
| Died | November 11, 2007 (aged 87) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
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| Occupation | Director |
| Years active | 1949–1994 |
| Spouse |
Ann Caroline Gillespie
(m. 1942; died 2001) |
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