Delbert Mann
| First Name | Delbert |
| Last Name | Mann |
| Age | 87 (age at death) |
| Date of Birth | January 30, 1920 |
| Date of Death | November 11, 2007 |
| Star Sign | Aquarius |
| Occupation Category | Director |
Delbert Martin Mann, Jr. (January 30, 1920 – November 11, 2007) was an American television and film director. He won the Palme d'Or (Golden Palm) at the Cannes Film Festival and the Academy Award for Best Director for the film Marty. It was the first Best Picture winner to be based on a television program, being adapted from a 1953 teleplay of the same name which he had also directed. Mann is also the only director other than Billy Wilder and Roman Polanski to win an Oscar for his direction and a Cannes Palme d'Or for the same film. From 1967 to 1971, he was president of the Directors Guild of America.
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Filmography
Selected Delbert Mann film and TV show credits:
Director Credits
1994
Incident in a Small Town
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1992
Against Her Will: An Incident in Baltimore
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1991
Ironclads
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1986
The Ted Kennedy Jr. Story
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1985
A Death in California
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1984
Love Leads the Way: A True Story
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1983
Brontë
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1983
The Gift of Love: A Christmas Story
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1981
All the Way Home
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1980
To Find My Son
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1979
Torn Between Two Lovers
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1978
Love's Dark Ride
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1978
Breaking Up
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1978
Home to Stay
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1978
Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery
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1978
Tom and Joann
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1977
Tell Me My Name
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1976
Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident
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1975
A Girl Named Sooner
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1975
The Legendary Curse of the Hope Diamond
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1974
The First Woman President
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1973
The Man Without a Country
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1972
No Place to Run
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1972
She Waits
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1968
Heidi
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1967
CBS Playhouse
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1960
Insight
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1959
Startime
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1959
Sunday Showcase
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1955
Ford Star Jubilee
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1955
Playwrights '56
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1952
Omnibus
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1951
Goodyear Playhouse
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1950
Masterpiece Playhouse
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1946
Lights Out
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Other Crew Credits
Producer Credits
1994
Incident in a Small Town
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1992
Against Her Will: An Incident in Baltimore
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1975
The Legendary Curse of the Hope Diamond
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1974
The First Woman President
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1972
She Waits
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1967
CBS Playhouse
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Academy Award for Best Director
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Presidents of the Screen Directors Guild and the Directors Guild of America
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Films directed by Delbert Mann
A Gathering of Eagles (1963)
David Copperfield (1969)
Delbert Mann
Desire Under the Elms (1958)
Fitzwilly (1967)
Ford Star Jubilee (1955)
Goodyear Playhouse (1951)
Heidi (1968)
Insight (1960)
Ironclads (1991)
Jane Eyre (1970)
Kidnapped (1971)
Lover Come Back (1961)
Marty (1955)
Middle of the Night (1959)
Mister Buddwing (1966)
Omnibus (1952)
Playhouse 90 (1956)
Producers' Showcase (1954)
Quick Before It Melts (1964)
Separate Tables (1958)
Sunday Showcase (1959)
That Touch of Mink (1962)
The Bachelor Party (1957)
The Pink Jungle (1968)
