Stanley Mann

Stanley Mann (born August 8, 1928 in Canada - † January 11, 2016 in Los Angeles , California ) was a Canadian screenwriter .

Life

In 1951 Mann's career began with his first co-production. He wrote the script for The Butler's Night Off with Anton Van De Water . Further scripts for television series and feature films followed. The greatest success in 1965 was the screenplay for The Catcher , for which he and co-author John Kohn were nominated for an Oscar and a Golden Globe in 1966. He wrote his last screenplay for Hanna's War in 1988 . His late works Conan the Destroyer (1984), the Stephen King film The Fire Devil (1984) and Ken Follett's The Needle became famous . He made guest appearances in Der Feuerteufel und Meteor (1979). In 1995 he was executive producer on The 1999 Class .

Filmography

• 1951: The Butler's Night Off
• 1955: The Mouse That Roared (The Mouse That Roared)
• 1961: Branded (The Mark)
• 1964: Woman of Straw (Woman of Straw)
• 1965: The Catcher (The Collector)
• 1965: Storm over Jamaica (A High Wind in Jamaica)
• 1967: The Man on the Wire (Naked Runner)
• 1973: Theater of Blood (Theater of Blood)
• 1976: On the track of the eagle (Sky Riders)
• 1978: Damien - Omen II
• 1978: The Blind Master's Secret (Circle of Iron)
• 1979: Meteor
• 1981: The needle (Eye of the Needle)
• 1984: The Firestarter
• 1988: Conan the Destroyer (Conan the Destroyer)
• 1988: Hanna's War

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Oscar Nominated Screenwriter Stanley Mann dies at 87 ( Memento of the original from January 23, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 

Web links

• Stanley man in the Internet Movie Database (English)