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Anthony Mann
  • Birth Name:
    Emil Anton Bundesmann
  • Date of Birth:
    June 30, 1906
  • Zodiac Sign:
    Cancer
  • Place of Birth:
    San Diego, California, USA
  • Place of Death:
    Berlin, Germany
  • Date of Death:
    April 29, 1967
  • Cause of Death:
    Heart attack
  • Height:
    5' 6½"
  • Sex:
    Male
  • Nationality:
    American

Family

Anthony Mann
  • Spouse:
    Mildred Mann - Divorced
    Sara Montiel - Divorced

Career

Anthony Mann

Trivia

Anthony Mann
  • Liked to experiment with widescreen "scope" aspect ratios by placing major action on both the far left and right edges of the frame, often in the same shot.
  • Often included heavy elements of sadism in his films.
  • Biography in: John Wakeman, editor. "World Film Directors, Volume One, 1890-1945". Pages 723-731. New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1987.
  • Head of jury at the Berlin International Film Festival in 1964
  • In the late 1930s Mann, who was a stage director, was hired by David O. Selznick, who put him to work as a talent scout and casting director. In that capacity Mann directed screen tests for several of Selznick's films, including Gone with the Wind (1939) and Rebecca (1940).

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