Biography
Delbert Martin Mann Jr. 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 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."
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Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Director · 1956
- Directors Guild of America Award
- National Board of Review Award — Best Film
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
- Academy Award — Best Director · 1956 · nominated
Filmography24 titles
Marty
Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach
Marty
Incident in a Small Town
Jane Eyre
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
Lover Come Back
Middle of the Night
Separate Tables
Desire Under the Elms
All Quiet on the Western Front
The Iron Horse
The Last Days of Patton
The Gift of Love: A Christmas Story
Dear Heart
That Touch of Mink
Heidi
Night Crossing
Fitzwilly
Mister Buddwing
Lights Out
She Waits
A Gathering of Eagles
April Morning