- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- January 30, 1920
- Place of Birth
- Lawrence, Kansas, USA
- Died
- November 11, 2007
Delbert Mann
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 …
Filmography
movieRita
2003 · Self
tvE! True Hollywood Story
1996
movieBurt Lancaster: Daring to Reach
1996 · Self
movieLily in Winter
1994 · Director
movieIncident in a Small Town
1994 · Director
movieAgainst Her Will: An Incident in Baltimore
1992 · Producer, Director
movieIronclads
1991 · Director
movieApril Morning
1988 · Director, Producer
movieGrace Kelly: The American Princess
1987 · Self, Thanks
movieThe Last Days of Patton
1986 · Director
movieThe Ted Kennedy Jr. Story
1986 · Director
tvA Death in California
1985 · Director
movieLove Leads the Way: A True Story
1984 · Director
movieBruised Celluloid
1984 · Himself
movieThe Gift of Love: A Christmas Story
1983 · Director
movieBrontë
1983 · Director
movieThe Member of the Wedding
1982 · Director
movieNight Crossing
1982 · Director
movieAll the Way Home
1981 · Director
movieTo Find My Son
1980 · Director
movieAll Quiet on the Western Front
1979 · Director
movieTorn Between Two Lovers
1979 · Director
movieThou Shalt Not Commit Adultery
1978 · Director
movieTom and Joann
1978 · Director
movieHome to Stay
1978 · Director
movieLove’s Dark Ride
1978 · Director
movieBreaking Up
1978 · Director
movieTell Me My Name
1977 · Director
movieFrancis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident
1976 · Director
movieBirch Interval
1976 · Director
movieA Girl Named Sooner
1975 · Director
movieThe Legendary Curse of the Hope Diamond
1975 · Director
movieThe First Woman President
1974 · Director, Producer
movieThe Man Without a Country
1973 · Director
movieNo Place to Run
1972 · Director
movieShe Waits
1972 · Director, Producer
movieKidnapped
1971 · Director
movieJane Eyre
1970 · Director
movieDavid Copperfield
1969 · Director
movieHeidi
1968 · Director
movieThe Pink Jungle
1968 · Director
movieFitzwilly
1967 · Director
CBS Playhouse
tvCBS Playhouse
1966 · Director
movieMister Buddwing
1966 · Director, Producer
movieDear Heart
1965 · Director
movieQuick, Before It Melts
1965 · Director, Producer
movieA Gathering of Eagles
1963 · Director
movieThat Touch of Mink
1962 · Director
movieThe Outsider
1961 · Director
movieLover Come Back
1961 · Director
movieThe Dark at the Top of the Stairs
1960 · Director
tvStartime
1959 · Director
movieWhat Makes Sammy Run?
1959 · Director, Producer
movieSunday Showcase
1959 · Director
NBC Sunday Showcase
tvNBC Sunday Showcase
1959 · Director
movieMiddle of the Night
1959 · Director
movieSeparate Tables
1958 · Director
movieThe Plot to Kill Stalin
1958 · Director
movieDesire Under the Elms
1958 · Director
tvDuPont Show of the Month
1957 · Director
movieThe Bachelor Party
1957 · Director
Playwrights '56
tvPlaywrights '56
1955 · Director
Ford Star Jubilee
tvFord Star Jubilee
1955 · Director
movieOur Town
1955 · Director
movieThe Petrified Forest
1955 · Director
movieMarty
1955 · Director
Producers' Showcase
tvProducers' Showcase
1954 · Director
Middle of the Night
movieMiddle of the Night
1954 · Director
The Bachelor Party
movieThe Bachelor Party
1953 · Director
movieMarty
1953 · Director
tvThe Oscars
1953 · Self
tvOmnibus
1952 · Director
tvHallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Director
tvGoodyear Television Playhouse
1951 · Director
tvLights Out
1949 · Director
tvThe Philco Television Playhouse
1948 · Director
movieThe Iron Horse
1925 · Charles Crocker (uncredited)