Delbert Mann, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Delbert Mann

American television and film director

Date of Birth: 30-Jan-1920

Place of Birth: Lawrence, Kansas, United States

Date of Death: 11-Nov-2007

Profession: film director, film producer, trade unionist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

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 of the same name 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."