Anthony Mann

Gender: Male
Born: 30th June 1906
Died: 29th April 1967
Nationality: United States of America, Germany
Movies: A Dandy in Aspic, Bend of the River, Border Incident, Cimarron, Desperate, Devil's Doorway, Dr. Broadway, El Cid, Follow Me Quietly, God's Little Acre, He Walked by Night, Man of the West, Men in War, Moonlight in Havana, My Best Gal, Nobody's Darling, Railroaded!, Raw Deal, Reign of Terror, Serenade, Side Street, Sing Your Way Home, Spartacus, Strange Impersonation, Strangers in the Night, Strategic Air Command, T-Men, The Bamboo Blonde, The Fall of the Roman Empire, The Far Country, The Furies, The Glenn Miller Story, The Great Flamarion, The Heroes of Telemark, The Last Frontier, The Man from Laramie, The Naked Spur, The Tall Target, The Tin Star, Thunder Bay, Two O'Clock Courage, Winchester '73

Anthony Mann (June 30, 1906 – April 29, 1967) was an American actor and film director, most notably of film noirs and Westerns. As a director, he often collaborated with the cinematographer John Alton and with James Stewart in his Westerns.

Born Emil Anton Bundsmann in the Point Loma area of San Diego, California, Mann was the son of Austrian immigrants Emile Theodore Bundsmann, and his wife Bertha Waxelbaum (original surname: Weichselbaum) of Macon, Georgia.

Mann started out as an actor, appearing in plays off-Broadway in New York City. In 1938, he moved to Hollywood, where he joined the Selznick International Pictures.

Mann became an assistant director in 1942, directing low-budget assignments for RKO and Republic Pictures.

Mann was respected for his acute visual sensitivity toward the American Western landscape, effortlessly blending natural vistas with human drama. Mann's dramas verged on classical tragedy, often showing anguished heroes attempting to resolve personal pain and confusion.

In 1964 he was head of the jury at the 14th Berlin International Film Festival.

In 1967, Mann died from a heart attack in Berlin, Germany while filming the spy thriller A Dandy in Aspic. The

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