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Michael Mann

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Michael Kenneth Mann (born February 5, 1943) is an American film director, screenwriter, author and producer. Best known for his stylized crime dramas, he has won two Primetime Emmy Awards, as well as earned nominations for four Academy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and a BAFTA Award. His most acclaimed works include the films Thief (1981), Manhunter (1986), The Last of the Mohicans (1992), Heat (1995), The Insider (1999), Ali (2001), Collateral (2004), Public Enemies (2009), and Ferrari (2023). He was executive producer on the popular TV series Miami Vice (1984–90), which he adapted into a 2006 feature film. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Michael Mann is the 34th most popular film director (up from 98th in 2019), the 324th most popular biography from United States (up from 672nd in 2019) and the 10th most popular American Film Director.

Michael Mann is most famous for his work in the field of paleoclimatology, specifically in the study of the Earth's climate history.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Michael Mann ranks 34 out of 2,041. Before him are Jean-Luc Godard, Konstantin Stanislavski, Georges Méliès, Michelangelo Antonioni, Wim Wenders, and Fritz Lang. After him are Billy Wilder, Vittorio De Sica, Quentin Tarantino, Emir Kusturica, James Cameron, and Krzysztof Kieślowski.

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Among people born in 1943, Michael Mann ranks 16. Before him are Betty Williams, George Harrison, Vangelis, Mick Jagger, Toto Cutugno, and Sharon Tate. After him are Albano Carrisi, Tarja Halonen, Roger Waters, Jocelyn Bell Burnell, Joe Pesci, and Ben Kingsley.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Michael Mann ranks 324 out of 20,380. Before him are Donald A. Glaser (1926), Paulette Goddard (1910), John Young (1930), Scatman John (1942), Brian Wilson (1942), and Sammy Davis Jr. (1925). After him are John Williams (1932), Arthur Miller (1915), Ronnie James Dio (1942), Tyrone Power (1914), Robert Duvall (1931), and Benjamin Harrison (1833).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Michael Mann ranks 10. Before him are Stanley Kubrick (1928), D. W. Griffith (1875), Woody Allen (1935), Francis Ford Coppola (1939), Cecil B. DeMille (1881), and George Lucas (1944). After him are Quentin Tarantino (1963), John Ford (1894), Tim Burton (1958), Robert Zemeckis (1952), Oliver Stone (1946), and Stephen Hillenburg (1961).

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