This Biography is about one of the best Film Director Delbert Mann including his Height, weight,Age & Other Detail…
Biography Of Delbert Mann | |
Real Name | Delbert Mann |
Profession | Directors |
Nick Name | Delbert Martin Mann, Jr. |
Famous as | Film Director |
Nationality | American |
Personal life of Delbert Mann | |
Born on | 30 January 1920 |
Birthday | 30th January |
Died At Age | 87 |
Sun Sign | Aquarius |
Born in | Lawrence, Kansas, U.S. |
Died on | 11 November 2007 |
Place of death | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Family Background of Delbert Mann | |
Father | Delbert Mann, Sr. |
Mother | Ora Mann |
Spouse/Partner | Ann Caroline Mann (1941-2001) |
Children | Susan, Steven, Fred, David |
Awards | Academy Award for Best Director for the film Marty (1955) |
Personal Fact of Delbert Mann | |
Delbert Martin Mann, Jr. was an American film and television director who won the Academy Award for Best Director for the 1955 romantic drama film Marty. It is believed that he “helped bring TV techniques to the film world”. Starting his career in direction at the Town Theatre in Columbia, South Carolina, he later turned to television and worked as assistant director and stage manager with an American commercial broadcast TV network called the National Broadcasting Company(NBC). Soon he was made an alternate director of an American television anthology series called The Philco Television Playhouse that was broadcast live. Moving on he contributed to directing over 100 live TV dramas. Some of the TV films he directed are All Quiet on the Western Front, David Copperfield, Heidi and Jane Eyre. His stint as a film director for the big-screen for almost three decades saw him delivering many remarkable films. Some of his notable big-screen flicks are The Bachelor Party, Night Crossing, A Gathering of Eagles, The Outsider, The Dark at the Top of the Stairs, Middle of the Night, Desire Under the Elms and Dear Heart among several others. He served as President of the Directors Guild of America from 1967 to 1971 and was awarded the Robert B. Aldrich Achievement Award by the Guild in 1997. Later in 2002 he was conferred Honorary Life Membership by the Guild. |