Delbert Mann
American television and film director (1920–2007)
3.34body-of-work score · ranked #330 of 2631 directors · 3 films in our library
A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.
- Born
- January 30, 1920 · Lawrence
- Died
- November 11, 2007 · Los Angeles
- Nationality
- United States
- Work
- film director, film producer, trade unionist, director

Films in our library, ranked
Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.
- 1
1955 · United States · drama, romance
Palme d'Or winner 1955 · Oscar Best Picture winner 1955 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1955 #7
2.735 citations - 20.451 citation
- 30.171 citation
Complete filmography
All 38 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.
- 1955Marty
- 1957The Bachelor Party
- 1958Desire Under the Elms
- 1958Separate Tables
- 1959Middle of the Night
- 1960The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
- 1961Lover Come Back
- 1961The Outsider
- 1962That Touch of Mink
- 1963A Gathering of Eagles
- 1964Dear Heart
- 1964Quick, Before It Melts
- 1966Mister Buddwing
- 1967Fitzwilly
- 1968Heidi
- 1968Saturday Adoption
- 1968The Pink Jungle
- 1969David Copperfield
- 1970Jane Eyre
- 1971Kidnapped
- 1971Kidnapped; Catriona
- 1972No Place to Run
- 1972She Waits
- 1973The Man Without a Country
- 1975A Girl Named Sooner
- 1976Birch Interval
- 1978Home to Stay
- 1979All Quiet on the Western Front
- 1979Torn Between Two Lovers
- 1982Night Crossing
- 1983The Gift Of Love: A Christmas Story
- 1984Love Leads the Way
- 1986The Last Days of Patton
- 1988April Morning
- 1991Ironclads
- 1992Against Her Will: An Incident in Baltimore
- 1994Incident in a Small Town
- 1994Lily in Winter
