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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. [1]
Delbert Mann. Director: Marty. Delbert Mann, the Oscar-winning film director, was born Delbert Martin Mann Jr. in Lawrence, Kansas, in 1920. His father moved the family to Nashville, Tennesse, after taking a teaching position at Scarritt College. The young Mann graduated from Vanderbilt University, where he met his future wife, Ann Caroline ...
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Delbert Mann. Director: Marty. Delbert Mann, the Oscar-winning film director, was born Delbert Martin Mann Jr. in Lawrence, Kansas, in 1920. His father moved the family to Nashville, Tennesse, after taking a teaching position at Scarritt College. The young Mann graduated from Vanderbilt University, where he met his future wife, Ann Caroline ...
Most of the motion pictures, television films, and plays directed by Delbert Mann are well documented in the papers, although there is less material for the beginning of Mann's career, during which he directed live television drama. For later productions a Script is almost included. Cast Lists are quite common.
May 8, 2024 · Delbert Mann was an American film and television director who applied the low-budget intimacy of television to the big screen, notably in the film adaptations of such teleplays as Marty (1955) and The Bachelor Party (1957).
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Oscar-winning director of Marty (1955), “Golden Age of Television” luminary, and former DGA President Delbert Mann shares insight from his long career as a director in television and film. More...
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Nov 11, 2007 · Photos. View all Delbert Mann pictures. Delbert Mann was an American film and television director best known for directing "Marty" (1955), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Director. The film was adapted from the 1953 teleplay of the same name which Mann had also directed.
