theOscarSite Facts:
Birth Date:
  • 5 February 1943
Birthplace:
  • Chicago, IL
Quote:
  • "Could I have worked under a system where there were draconian controls on my creativity, meaning budget, time, script choices, etc.? Definitely not. I would have fared poorly under the old studio system that guys like Howard Hawks did so well in. I cannot just make a film and walk away from it. I need that creative intimacy, and quite frankly, the control to execute my vision, on all my projects." -- DGA Magazine, November 1999
Education:
  • University of Wisconsin (Madison, WI); majored in English literature
  • International Film School (London, England); M.A., 1967
Factoids:
  • Mann wrote episodes for hit '70s cop show "Starsky and Hutch"
  • Executive produced NBC cop series "Miami Vice" (1984-89)
  • Helmed the highly-anticipated first screen pairing of Al Pacino and Robert De Niro in HEAT (1995)
  • Member of the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Directors Branch) [2000-2006]
Significant Other:
  • Wife: Summer Mann, painter; his second marriage
Family:
  • Father: Jack Mann, grocer
  • Mother: grocer
  • Daughter: Amy Canaan Mann, screenwriter, director
  • Daughters: three others
Feature Film
Credits
(as writer / producer / director):
  • Frankie Machine (2009, rumored: also producer)
    Public Enemies (2009, announced)
    The Few (2008, announced: also producer)
    Miami Vice (2006)
    Collateral (2004)
    Ali (2001)
  • The Insider (1999)
    Heat (1995)
    The Last of the Mohicans (1992)
    Band of the Hand (1986)
    Manhunter (1986)
    The Keep (1983)
    Thief (1981)
    The Jericho Mile (1979)
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