FILM DIRECTOR

Michael Mann

1943 - Today

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Michael Kenneth Mann (born February 5, 1943) is an American film director, screenwriter, author, and producer, best known for his stylized crime dramas. Mann has received numerous accolades including a BAFTA Award and two Primetime Emmy Awards as well as nominations for four Academy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards. His most acclaimed works include the films Thief (1981), Manhunter (1986), The Last of the Mohicans (1992), Heat (1995), The Insider (1999), Ali (2001), Collateral (2004), Public Enemies (2009), and Ferrari (2023). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michael Mann has received more than 4,403,906 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). Michael Mann is the 98th most popular film director (up from 121st in 2019), the 672nd most popular biography from United States (up from 820th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular American Film Director.

Michael Mann is most famous for his work in the field of paleoclimatology, specifically in the study of the Earth's climate history.

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  • 64.87

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  • 47

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  • 4.29

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.25

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Michael Mann ranks 98 out of 2,041. Before him are William Friedkin, Andrzej Żuławski, Robert Bresson, René Clair, George Cukor, and Sidney Lumet. After him are Zhang Yimou, Sam Peckinpah, Ang Lee, Marcel Carné, Jean-Pierre Melville, and Walter Hill.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Michael Mann ranks 48. Before him are Gianni Rivera, Mario Monti, Carlos Alberto Parreira, Hanna Schygulla, Mariss Jansons, and Helmut Marko. After him are Klaus von Klitzing, Princess Christina, Mrs. Magnuson, Billie Jean King, Pervez Musharraf, Andreas Baader, and Terrence Malick.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Michael Mann ranks 672 out of 20,380. Before him are Laura Branigan (1952), Colin Powell (1937), Harper Lee (1926), Irwin Rose (1926), Black Dahlia (1924), and Josiah Willard Gibbs (1839). After him are Donald Knuth (1938), Charles H. Townes (1915), Ursula K. Le Guin (1929), Frances Farmer (1913), Washington Irving (1783), and Linda B. Buck (1947).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Michael Mann ranks 22. Before him are Sydney Pollack (1934), Terry Gilliam (1940), Jim Jarmusch (1953), William Friedkin (1935), George Cukor (1899), and Sidney Lumet (1924). After him are Sam Peckinpah (1925), Walter Hill (1942), Mel Brooks (1926), John Carpenter (1948), Robert Altman (1925), and David Fincher (1962).

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Filmography

Heat
Director
Obsessive master thief Neil McCauley leads a top-notch crew on various daring heists throughout Los Angeles while determined detective Vincent Hanna pursues him without rest. Each man recognizes and respects the ability and the dedication of the other even though they are aware their cat-and-mouse game may end in violence.
Dec 15o 19957.921 / 10
Collateral
Director
Cab driver Max picks up a man who offers him $600 to drive him around. But the promise of easy money sours when Max realizes his fare is an assassin.
Aug 4o 20047.222 / 10
Public Enemies
Director
Depression-era bank robber John Dillinger's charm and audacity endear him to much of America's downtrodden public, but he's also a thorn in the side of J. Edgar Hoover and the fledgling FBI. Desperate to capture the elusive outlaw, Hoover makes Dillinger his first Public Enemy Number One and assigns his top agent, Melvin Purvis, the task of bringing him in dead or alive.
Jul 1o 20096.685 / 10