FILM DIRECTOR

Delbert Mann

1920 - 2007

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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 which he had also directed. From 1967 to 1971, he was president of the Directors Guild of America. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Delbert Mann is the 479th most popular film director (down from 457th in 2019), the 3,473rd most popular biography from United States (down from 2,907th in 2019) and the 129th most popular American Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Delbert Mann ranks 479 out of 2,041. Before him are Thomas Vinterberg, Philippe Garrel, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Jerome Robbins, André Téchiné, and Patrice Leconte. After him are Neil Jordan, Maurice Pialat, Norman Taurog, Tom McCarthy, Ladislao Vajda, and Claude Zidi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Delbert Mann ranks 149. Before him are Paik Sun-yup, Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir, Ahmad bin Ali Al Thani, Thomas Szasz, Michael Anderson, and Heinz Kessler. After him are Martine Carol, Philippa Foot, Josefa Iloilo, José Luis de Vilallonga, 9th Marquess of Castellbell, DeForest Kelley, and John O'Connor. Among people deceased in 2007, Delbert Mann ranks 133. Before him are George Tabori, Joe Rantz, Marais Viljoen, Pedro Gastão of Orléans-Braganza, Dashrath Manjhi, and Sa'dun Hammadi. After him are José Luis de Vilallonga, 9th Marquess of Castellbell, Andrej Kvašňák, Charles Lane, June Almeida, Fernando Fernán Gómez, and Barbara West.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Delbert Mann ranks 3,473 out of 20,380. Before him are John Bates Clark (1847), Tim Allen (1953), Eric Hoffer (1898), Perry King (1948), Crispin Glover (1964), and Alicia Rhett (1915). After him are Anne Ramsey (1929), Henry Louis Gates Jr. (1950), Jennifer Beals (1963), Will Patton (1954), John DeLorean (1925), and Lizzie Borden (1860).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Delbert Mann ranks 129. Before him are James L. Brooks (1940), Joe Dante (1946), William A. Wellman (1896), D. J. Caruso (1965), Curtis Hanson (1945), and Jerome Robbins (1918). After him are Norman Taurog (1899), Tom McCarthy (1966), Sam Wood (1883), Richard Lester (1932), Nick Castle (1947), and J. J. Abrams (1966).

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