Anthony Mann
Directing
- Born
- June 30, 1906 · San Diego, California, USA
- Died
- April 29, 1967 (age 60)
Anthony Mann (June 30, 1906 – April 29, 1967) was an American actor and film director.
Born Emil Anton Bundsmann in the Point Loma area of San Diego, Mann was the son of Jewish-Austrian immigrants Emile Theodore Bundsmann, and his wife Bertha Waxelbaum (original Jewish surname: Weichselbaum) of Macon, Georgia.
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Mann started out as an actor, appearing in plays off-Broadway in New York City. In 1938, he moved to Hollywood, where he joined the Selznick International Pictures.
Mann became an assistant director in 1942, directing low-budget assignments for RKO and Republic Pictures.
Mann was respected for his acute visual sensitivity toward the American Western landscape, effortlessly blending natural vistas with human drama. Mann's dramas verged on classical tragedy, often showing anguished heroes attempting to resolve personal pain and confusion.
In 1964 he was head of the jury at the 14th Berlin International Film Festival.
In 1967, Mann died from a heart attack in Berlin, Germany while filming the spy thriller A Dandy in Aspic. The film was completed by the film's star, Laurence Harvey.
For his contribution to the motion picture industry, Anthony Mann has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6229 Hollywood Blvd.
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Known for
Sullivan's Travels
November 30, 1941
Quo Vadis
November 8, 1951
Winchester '73
July 6, 1950
El Cid
October 24, 1961
The Man from Laramie
August 19, 1955
The Naked Spur
January 29, 1953
Man of the West
October 1, 1958
The Fall of the Roman Empire
March 24, 1964
Bend of the River
January 23, 1952
The Heroes of Telemark
November 12, 1965
The Far Country
February 12, 1954
The Glenn Miller Story
January 4, 1954
Behind the camera45
- 1968A Dandy in Aspic Director, Producer
- 1965The Heroes of Telemark Director
- 1964The Fall of the Roman Empire Director
- 1961El Cid Director
- 1960Cimarron Director
- 1958Man of the West Director
- 1958God's Little Acre Director
- 1957The Tin Star Director
- 1957Men in War Director, Producer
- 1956Serenade Director