Age, Biography and Wiki
Michael Mann is an American director, screenwriter, and producer. He is best known for his work on films such as Heat, The Last of the Mohicans, The Insider, Collateral, and Public Enemies. He has also directed television series such as Miami Vice and Luck.
Mann was born on February 5, 1943 in Chicago, Illinois. He attended the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he studied English and history. After graduating, he moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in filmmaking.
Mann has been married twice. His first marriage was to actress and producer Gayle Hunnicutt, with whom he had two children. His second marriage was to actress and producer Debra Winger, with whom he had one child.
Mann has won numerous awards for his work, including an Academy Award for Best Picture for The Insider, a Golden Globe Award for Best Director for The Last of the Mohicans, and a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie, or Dramatic Special for The Pacific.
As of 2021, Michael Mann's net worth is estimated to be roughly $50 million.
| Popular As |
Michael Kenneth Mann |
| Occupation |
producer,writer,director |
| Age |
80 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Aquarius |
| Born |
5 February, 1943 |
| Birthday |
5 February |
| Birthplace |
Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Nationality |
United States |
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He is a member of famous Producer with the age 80 years old group.
Michael Mann Height, Weight & Measurements
At 80 years old, Michael Mann height is 5' 8" (1.73 m) .
| Physical Status |
| Height |
5' 8" (1.73 m) |
| Weight |
Not Available |
| Body Measurements |
Not Available |
| Eye Color |
Not Available |
| Hair Color |
Not Available |
Who Is Michael Mann's Wife?
His wife is Summer Mann (m. 1974)
| Family |
| Parents |
Not Available |
| Wife |
Summer Mann (m. 1974) |
| Sibling |
Not Available |
| Children |
Ami Canaan Mann, Aran Reo Mann |
Michael Mann Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Michael Mann worth at the age of 80 years old? Michael Mann’s income source is mostly from being a successful Producer. He is from United States. We have estimated
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Timeline
President of the 'Official Competition' jury at the '69th Venice International Film Festival' in 2012.
As of 2007, he has used Mick Gould as a technical advisor on three of his films: Heat (1995), Collateral (2004) and Miami Vice (2006). For all three of these films, Gould served as a weapons trainer, instructing cast members how to properly handle firearms.
Michael Mann listed in BFI's 'Sight and Sound' Poll 2002 the following 10 films as the best ever: John Ford's My Darling Clementine (1946), Sergei M. Eisenstein's Battleship Potemkin (1925), F.W. Murnau's Faust (1926), Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now (1979), Sam Peckinpah's The Wild Bunch (1969), Alain Resnais' Last Year at Marienbad (1961), Carl Theodor Dreyer's The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928), Martin Scorsese's Raging Bull (1980), Orson Welles' Citizen Kane (1941) and Stanley Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb (1964).
Was Will Smith's personal choice to direct Ali (2001). Spike Lee campaigned vigorously against Mann, saying that only a black director could do Ali's story justice.
Member of the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Directors Branch) [2000-2006]
Takedown (1989) and producing films like the Emmy-winning Drug Wars: The Camarena Story (1990).
He followed that up in 1986 with the underrated, lesser-known TV series, Crime Story (1986), and the thriller Manhunter (1986) a precursor of The Silence of the Lambs (1991). He spent the next few years involved in television, directing films like L. A.
In 1985, sued William Friedkin for plagiarism, claiming that Friedkin stole the entire concept of Miami Vice (1984) when he made the movie To Live and Die in L.A. (1985) (which, ironically, starred William Petersen, who later played Will Graham in Manhunter (1986)). Mann lost the lawsuit. Despite this, the two directors are close friends nowadays. Friedkin even tease Mann in several interviews by saying "Michael Mann is one of my favorite directors because he tries to make films like mine!".
He hit it big in 1984, when he produced and created the long-running TV series Miami Vice (1984), which made Don Johnson a household name.
He followed with The Keep (1983), an adaptation of F. Paul Wilson's novel about a mysterious force within a Nazi fortress.
He followed that in 1981 with his first theatrical release, Thief (1981) starring James Caan as a safe-cracker who falls under the spell of the mob.
He directed his first film, the award-winning prison drama The Jericho Mile (1979), in 1979.
A student of London's International Film School, Michael Mann began his career in the late 70s, writing for TV shows like Starsky and Hutch (1975).
Was a close friend of legendary author Edward Bunker, since they both worked together on an adaptation of his novel "No Beast So Fierce", published in 1973. It later became the screenplay for Straight Time (1978), but Mann is not credited anymore as a writer.
Mann attended the University of Wisconsin at Madison and received a B.A. in English. He went to the UK in 1965 to study film and graduated from the London International Film School. First gained working experiences in TV and film production, Mann returned to the USA in 1971.
