rivals in Hollywood, but over the last few years he has been brought into the forefront

through his increasingly impressive work, which will hit a peak this year with the

release of his latest offering, Ali.

Mann was born in Chicago on 5th February, 1943. After High School, he

attended the University of Wisconsin, from there he moved to London, and the

London International Film School. All in all, Mann spent 7 years in London, attending

Film school, and also directing commercials and documentaries.

Mann moved back to USA after his time in England, and in the 70's began writing for

American television, working on shows such as Starsky and Hutch. In 1979, Mann

directed his first TV movie, The Jericho Mile, which won him an award for

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Specials, and acted as a 'springboard' for his

move away from television, and towards Hollywood.

Mann's first foray into film directing was Thief (1981). Even though this was a

critical success, the relatively unknown director, caused Thief to be a box-office

failure. One of the main things that Thief did was introduce many tropes th

Fortunately for Mann, his next film, Manhunter (1986), saw him back on form

work, both TV and film, centres on studying what makes a man a great man. He has

all else it is Mann's aural/visual aesthetic rules the movie; you'll never listen to 'In-a-

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