Michael Kenneth Mann (born February 5, 1943) is an American
film director,
screenwriter, and
producer. For his work in film, he has received nominations from myriad international organizations and juries, including those at
the British Academy of Film and Television Arts,
Cannes and
the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. He has produced the Academy Awards ceremony twice, first in 1999 with the
72nd annual Academy Awards and second in 2004 with the
77th annual ceremony.
Biography
Early life
Mann was born in Chicago of
Jewish heritage,
[Director Michael Mann tells Xan Brooks about getting into the ring with a legend | Interviews | guardian.co.uk Film] the son of
grocers Esther and Jack Mann.
[Michael Mann Biography (1943-)][Michael Mann Biography | TVGuide.com] His father was a
Ukraine immigrant and
World War II veteran and his mother came from a family native to Chicago. Mann was close to his father and his paternal grandfather. He grew up in the Humboldt Park neighborhood and immersed himself in the burgeoning Chicago blues-music scene as a teenager.
