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Anthony Mann
Anthony Mann (June 30, 1906 – April 29, 1967) was an American actor and film director.
Born Emil Anton Bundsmann in the Point Loma area of San Diego, Mann was the son of Jewish-Austrian immigrants Emile Theodore Bundsmann, and his wife Bertha Waxelbaum (original Jewish 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.
As director
A Dandy in Aspic
The Heroes of Telemark
The Fall of the Roman Empire
El Cid
Cimarron
God's Little Acre
Man of the West
The Tin Star
Men in War
Serenade
The Last Frontier
Strategic Air Command
The Man from Laramie
The Glenn Miller Story
The Far Country
The Naked Spur
Thunder Bay
Bend of the River
The Tall Target
The Furies
Devil's Doorway
Winchester '73
Side Street
Border Incident
Reign of Terror
Raw Deal
T-Men
Desperate
Railroaded!
Strange Impersonation
