'Daniel Mann', also known as 'Daniel Chugerman' (
August 8,
1912 –
November 21,
1991), was an
American film and television
director.
Daniel Mann was born in
Brooklyn, New York. He was a stage
actor since
childhood, and attended
New York's
Professional Children's School and the
Neighborhood Playhouse. He entered films in 1952 as a director, evincing very little flair for visual dynamics but an excellent ear for dialogue. Most of Mann's films were adaptations from the stage (''Come Back Little Sheba'', ''Rose Tattoo'', ''Teahouse of August Moon'') and literature (''BUtterfield 8'', ''Last Angry Man'').
Daniel Mann died of
heart failure in
Los Angeles,
California in November 1991.
Filmography as Director
★ ''
Come Back, Little Sheba'' (1952)
★ ''About Mrs. Leslie'' (1954)
★ ''
The Rose Tattoo'' (1955)
★ ''
I'll Cry Tomorrow'' (1955)
★ ''
The Teahouse of the August Moon'' (1956)
★ ''Hot Spell'' (1958)
★ ''
The Last Angry Man'' (1959)
★ ''
BUtterfield 8'' (1960)
★ ''
The Mountain Road'' (1960)
★ ''
Ada'' (1961)
★ ''Who's Got the Action?'' (1962)
★ ''
Five Finger Exercise'' (1962)
★ ''Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?'' (1963)
★ ''
Our Man Flint'' (1966)
★ ''
Judith'' (1966)
★
★ Released as ''Conflict'' on video
★ ''For Love of Ivy'' (1968)
★ ''A Dream of Kings'' (1969)
★ ''
Willard'' (1971)
★ ''The Revengers'' (1972)
★
★ Released as ''Los Vengadores'' in Mexico
★ ''Another Part of the Forest'' (1972) (TV)
★ ''Maurie'' (1973)
★
★ Also known as ''Big Mo''
★ ''Interval'' (1973)
★
★ Released as ''Intervalo'' in Mexico
★ ''Lost in the Stars'' (1974)
★ ''Journey Into Fear'' (1975)
★
★ Also known as ''Burn Out''
★ ''How the West Was Won'' (1977) (TV miniseries)
★ ''Matilda'' (1978)
★ ''Playing for Time'' (1980) (TV)
★ ''The Day the Loving Stopped'' (1981) (TV)
★ ''The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains'' (1987) (TV)
External links
★
★
Daniel Mann's Gravesite