Daniel Mann
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Daniel Mann, also known as Daniel Chugerman (August 8, 1912 – November 21, 1991), was an American film and television director.
Daniel Mann was born in Brooklyn, New York. He was a stage actor since childhood, and attended Erasmus Hall High School, New York's Professional Children's School and the Neighborhood Playhouse.[1] He entered films in 1952 as a director, evincing very little flair for visual dynamics but an excellent ear for dialogue. Most of Mann's films were adaptations from the stage (Come Back Little Sheba, Rose Tattoo, Teahouse of August Moon) and literature (BUtterfield 8, Last Angry Man).
Daniel Mann died of heart failure in Los Angeles, California in November 1991.
[edit] Filmography as Director
- Come Back, Little Sheba (1952)
- About Mrs. Leslie (1954)
- The Rose Tattoo (1955)
- I'll Cry Tomorrow (1955)
- The Teahouse of the August Moon (1956)
- Hot Spell (1958)
- The Last Angry Man (1959)
- Butterfield 8 (1960)
- The Mountain Road (1960)
- Ada (1961)
- Who's Got the Action? (1962)
- Five Finger Exercise (1962)
- Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed? (1963)
- Our Man Flint (1966)
- Judith (1966)
- Released as Conflict on video
- For Love of Ivy (1968)
- A Dream of Kings (1969)
- Willard (1971)
- The Revengers (1972)
- Released as Los Vengadores in Mexico
- Another Part of the Forest (1972) (TV)
- Maurie (1973)
- Also known as Big Mo
- Interval (1973)
- Released as Intervalo in Mexico
- Lost in the Stars (1974)
- Journey Into Fear (1975)
- Also known as Burn Out
- How the West Was Won (1977) (TV miniseries)
- Matilda (1978)
- Playing for Time (1980) (TV)
- The Day the Loving Stopped (1981) (TV)
- The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains (1987) (TV)
[edit] References
- ^ Honan, William H. "Daniel Mann, 79, the Director Of Successful Plays and Films", The New York Times, November 23, 1991. Accessed December 13, 2007. "Mr. Mann was born in Brooklyn, the youngest of five children of a lawyer named Samuel Chugermann. He attended Erasmus Hall High School, but quit after an argument with a physics teacher and completed his education at the Children's Professional School."
