Michael Mann

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Michael Kenneth Mann (born February 5, 1943) is an American writer, screenwriter, and television producer who is best known for his distinctive brand of stylized crime dramas.

He's best known films include the crime films Thief (1981), Manhunter (1985), Heat (1995), Collateral (2004), the historical drama The Last of the Mohicans (1992) and The Insider (1999).

He is also known for his work as executive producer on the hit television show Miami Vice (1984–89), which he later adapted to a 2006 feature film. He has been nominated by international organizations and juries for his work, including the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, Cannes, and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Mann No. 2 is the highest ranked film in the world. Sight and Sound ranked him No. 28 on its list of the 100 Greatest Directors Ever, No. 28. Mann No. 5 on their list of the 10 Best Directors of the Last 25 Years, and Entertainment Weekly named Mann No. 5 on their list of the 10 Best Directors of the Last 25 Years. On their list of the Top Active Film Directors, 8 of the top 100.

Early life and education

Mann was born in Chicago, Illinois, on February 5, 1943. He is the son of Jewish grocers Esther and Jack Mann.

Mann studied English literature at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He fell in love with movies as a student. In an L.A. Weekly interview, he discussed the film's effect on the city: he wrote about it.

Mann received a B.A. degree from Wisconsin. In 1965, the United States was a republic in the United Kingdom. He obtained an M.A. in 1967. The London Film School is a film school in the United Kingdom.

Ami Canaan Mann's daughter is also a film director and producer.

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Career

Mann then migrated to London in the mid 1960s to attend graduate school in cinema. In 1967, he earned a graduate degree at the London Film School. He spent seven years in the United Kingdom going to film school and then working in commercials alongside contemporaries Alan Parker, Ridley Scott, and Adrian Lyne. In 1968, he shot a video of the Paris student revolt for a documentary called Insurrection, and he incorporated his '68 experiences into the short film Jaunpuri, which received the Jury Prize at Cannes in 1970.

After divorcing his first wife in 1971, Mann returned to the United States. 17 Days Down the Line: He went on to produce a road trip film. Robert Lewin, a Hawaii Five-Origin veteran, gave Mann a chance and a crash course on television writing and story structure three years later. Mann wrote four episodes of Starsky and Hutch (three in the first season and one in the second) as well as the Vega$ pilot episode. Joseph Wambaugh, a cop turned novelist, appeared on a programme called Police Story around this time. Mann was taught by the police story that thorough realism of a real cop's life was vital to his art, and that first-hand investigation was crucial to bring authenticity to his work. Mann also penned a early draft of the 1978 film Straight Time.

The Jericho Mile, the author's first feature film, was released theatrically in Europe. In 1979, it received the Emmy for Outstanding Writing in a Limited Series or a Special, as well as the DGA Best Director award. He also served as the executive producer of Miami Vice and Crime Story, as well as being the television producer on Miami Vice and Crime Story. Despite common belief, he was not the creator of these shows but the executive producer and showrunner, who were hired by his production company.

Thief (1981) starring James Caan, Mann's first film as director, was a realistic representation of robbery in New York City and Chicago at the time. To keep the technological scenes as realistic as possible, Mann used actual former professional burglars. The Keep (1983), a supernatural drama set in Nazi-occupied Romania, was his next film. Despite being a commercial flop, the film has since earned cult status amongst fans.

Mann was the first to bring Thomas Harris' character of serial killer Hannibal Lecter to the screen with Manhunter's translation of the book Red Dragon, which starred Brian Cox as Hannibal. In an interview with Manhunter DVD producer William Petersen, Mann says that because he is so concentrated on his creations, finishing a film takes many years; Petersen believes that this is why Mann does not make films very often.

Mann received acclaim in 1992 for his film adaptation of James Fenimore Cooper's book into the epic historical drama The Last of the Mohicans starring Daniel Day-Lewis. The film is shot during the French and Indian War. "Mann is a master of violence and lyrical fear," Film critic Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly described Mann's directorial style writing, "Mann, at his best, is a master of violence and lyrical fear." "The performance is richly detailed and dramatically staged," Rolling Stone's Peter Travers praised Mann's directing writing.

Heat (1995) starred Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, and Val Kilmer, and was followed by crime drama Heat (1995) starring Al Pacino, Robert De Niro and Val Kilmer. With Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Times calling the film a "sleek, accomplished piece of art that is meticulously controlled and totally involved," the film, a remake of his TV movie L.A. Takedown, was a critical success. The dark side of the street doesn't get much more inviting than this." "Most ably produced and incisively acted by a large and talented cast, Michael Mann's insightful exploration of the similarities of good and evil stands out from other films of its kind by virtue of its rich characterizations and its reflective, deeply melancholy view of modern life."

Mann filmed Insider about Jeffrey Wigand, a tobacco industry whistleblower, in 1999. Russell Crowe portrayed Wigand, with Al Pacino playing Lowell Bergman and Christopher Plummer as Mike Wallace. Mann's cinematic style was displayed in the film, receiving the most critical praise of his career to date. As a result, the Insider was nominated for seven Academy Awards, including a prize for Mann's leadership. "The Insider had a greater effect on me than All the President's Men," Chicago Sun-Times critic Roger Ebert said. My parents were not killed by watergate, but it didn't kill mine. Cigarettes were sold."

Mann started playing with digital cameras in his next film, Ali (2001), starring Will Smith. Mann shot all of the exterior scenes digitally for his action thriller film Collateral, which cast Tom Cruise against type by giving him the role of a hitman. Jamie Foxx was nominated for an Academy Award for his work in Collateral. Mann produced The Aviator, a tribute to Howard Hughes' life, which he had collaborated with Leonardo DiCaprio in 2004. The Aviator had been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture but it was unable to win a million dollar jackpot. Mann produced the film version of Miami Vice, which he also produced after Collateral. With Colin Farrell as Don Johnson's character Sonny Crockett and Jamie Foxx as Paul Thomas, the film follows a completely different cast.

Mann was a producer for The Kingdom and Hancock with Peter Berg as director. Will Smith, a Hancock actor, stars Will Smith as a hard-drinking superhero who has fallen out of favor with the public and has begun to have a relationship with the wife (Charlize Theron) of a public relations specialist (Jason Bateman), who is assisting him in restoring his image. Mann makes a cameo appearance in the film as an executive.

Mann wrote and directed Public Enemies for Universal Pictures about the depression-era crime wave, based on Bryan Burrough's nonfiction book Public Enemies: America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933–34. Johnny Depp and Christian Bale appeared in the film. In the film, Depp played John Dillinger, and Bale played Melvin Purvis, the FBI agent in charge of capturing Dillinger.

After Polanski was jailed in Switzerland in 1977 for heroin use and raping a 13-year-old teen, Mann signed a petition in favor of film director Roman Polanski, calling for his release.

Mann, along David Milch, was confirmed by Variety in January 2010 that he would act as co-executive producer of the new TV series Luck. Mann narrated the series's pilot, and it was an hour-long HBO production. Although it was initially renewed for a second season after the pilot's airing, it was later cancelled due to the death of three horses during manufacture.

Mann had been producing an untitled thriller film with screenwriter Morgan Davis Foehl for more than a year for Legendary Pictures, which was revealed on February 14, 2013. Mann began filming the action thriller named Blackhat in Los Angeles, Kuala Lumpur, Hong Kong, and Jakarta in May 2013. Universal released Chris Hemsworth as a hacker who is released from jail to pursue a cyberterrorist around the world on January 16, 2015. It received mixed reviews and was a commercial failure, but several commentators included it on their year-end "best-of" lists, with year-end "best-of" lists.

For HBO Max, Mann produced the first episode of the 2022 crime film Tokyo Vice.

Mann wrote Heat 2, a memoir he co-authored with Meg Gardiner in August 2022. The book spans events from 1988 to 2000, chronicling incidents that occurred before and after the 1995 film was released.

Mann began shooting his forthcoming film in Modena featuring Adam Driver and Penélope Cruz.

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