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Apr 2, 2014 · Jennifer Jones and Joseph L. Mankiewicz present Delbert Mann the Oscar® for Directing "Marty" at the 28th Academy Awards in 1956.
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Nov 13, 2007 · Delbert Mann, who directed Paddy Chayefsky's classic teleplays "Marty" and "The Bachelor Party" and then efficiently transformed them into big-screen triumphs, has died. He was 87.
In his four-hour interview, Delbert Mann (1920-2007) talks about studying at the Yale School of Drama and his transition to television following his service in the Air Force during World War II. He speaks of his days during the war and his further inspiration to pursue theater after seeing various productions at the Old Vic in London. He talks about joining NBC in the summer of 1949 as a floor ...
Delbert Martin Mann, Jr. was an American television and film director. He won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival and the Academy Award for Directing 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.
A director who found success in the competing mediums of film and television in the 1950s, Mann’s best known film, Marty (1955), was a remake of his 1953 television play. Other films include The Bachelor Party (1957), Separate Tables (1958), Lover Come Back (1961) and That Touch Of Mink (1962). *Read Delbert Mann's Independent obituary
Delbert Mann est un réalisateur américain, né le 30 janvier 1920 à Lawrence, au Kansas, et mort le 11 novembre 2007 à Los Angeles. Biographie [ modifier | modifier le code ] Cette section est vide, insuffisamment détaillée ou incomplète.
Biography. Working in TV from 1947, Mann directed over 100 live plays, the best known of which was Paddy Chayefsky's "Marty" (1953). The following year he directed a big-screen version, starring Ernest Borgnine as the lonely Bronx butcher in search of love. The success of the film--it took the Palme d'Or at Cannes--paved the way for a number of ...
