Delbert Mann

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Delbert Martin Mann, Jr. (born January 30, 1920 Lawrence, Kansas) American television and film director. He graduated from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. He was married to Ann Caroline Mann from 1941 until his wife's death in 2001.

From 1967 to 1971, he was president of the Directors Guild of America.

He won the Academy Award for Directing the film Marty.

Preceded by
Elia Kazan
for On the Waterfront
Academy Award for Best Director
1955
for Marty
Succeeded by
George Stevens
for Giant

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