Abby Mann (December 1, 1927 – March 25, 2008) was an American film writer and producer.[1]

Contents

1 Life and career 2 Personal life 3 Selected filmography 4 References 5 External links

Life and career[edit] Born to a Jewish
Jewish family[2][3] as Abraham Goodman in Philadelphia, he grew up in East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was the son of Russian- Jewish
Jewish immigrants. He was best known for his work on controversial subjects and social drama. His best known work is the screenplay for Judgment at Nuremberg
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961), which was initially a television drama that aired in 1959. Stanley Kramer
Stanley Kramer directed the film adaptation, for which Mann received the Academy Award
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. In his acceptance speech, he said:

"A writer worth his salt at all has an obligation not only to entertain but to comment on the world in which he lives."[4]

Mann later adapted the play for a 2001 production on Broadway, which featured Maximilian Schell
Maximilian Schell from the 1961 film in a different role.[5] In the introduction to the printed script, Mann credited a conversation with Abraham Pomerantz, U.S. Chief Deputy Counsel, for giving him the initial interest in Nuremberg.[6] Mann and Kramer also collaborated on the film A Child Is Waiting
A Child Is Waiting (1963).[citation needed] While working for television, he created the series Kojak, starring Telly Savalas. Mann was executive producer, but was also credited as a writer on many episodes.[7] His other writing credits include the screenplays for the television films The Marcus-Nelson Murders, The Atlanta Child Murders,[8] Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story,[9] and Indictment: The McMartin Trial,[10] as well as the film War and Love.[11] He also directed the 1978 NBC TV miniseries King.[citation needed] Personal life[edit] Mann was married to Myra Maislin; they had one child together, Abigail Mann. His wife had two children from a previous marriage, Adrienne Cohen Isom and Aaron Cohen,[3] a former Israeli Special
Special Forces operative.[12] Mann died of heart failure in Beverly Hills, California
Beverly Hills, California on March 25, 2008, aged 80.[13][14] He died one day after Richard Widmark, one of the stars of Judgment at Nuremberg. Mann is interred in Culver City's Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery.[citation needed] Selected filmography[edit]

Port of Escape (1956) Judgment at Nuremberg
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) A Child Is Waiting
A Child Is Waiting (1963) The Detective (1968) The Marcus-Nelson Murders (1973) King (1978, also director) The Atlanta Child Murders (1985) Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story (1992)

References[edit]

^ "The Sleeping Car Porter Who Won the Last Round". New York Times. 2002-02-23. Retrieved 2012-09-04.  ^ Erens, Patricia (1998). The Jew in American Cinema. Indiana University Press. p. 392. ISBN 978-0-253-20493-6.  ^ a b Douglas Martin, "Abby Mann, 'Nuremberg' Screenwriter, Dies at 83", nytimes.com, March 28, 2008. ^ "Ron Weiskind and Barbara Vancheri, "Pittsburgh goes to the Oscars". ''Pittsburgh Post-Gazette'', March 9, 2003". Post-gazette.com. 2003-03-09. Retrieved 2012-09-04.  ^ Bruce Weber, "On Evil and the Citizen, No Answers Are Easy". The New York Times, March 27, 2001. ^ Mann, Abby. Judgment at Nuremberg
Judgment at Nuremberg - A play. New Directions. pp. ix.  ^ "'Kojak' (1973)", imdb.com; accessed December 31, 2017. ^ Bedell, Sally (1985-02-09). "CBS Turning Cameras on its Decision-Makers". New York Times. Retrieved 2012-09-04.  ^ "Corruption, Love and Murder, All From Real Life". New York Times. September 11, 1992. Retrieved 2012-09-04.  ^ "The Horrors Behind The McMartin Trial". New York Times. May 19, 1995. Retrieved 2012-09-04.  ^ Vincent Canby, "Screen: War and Love". The New York Times, September 13, 1985. ^ Aaron Cohen and Douglas Century, Brotherhood of Warriors, harpercollins.com; accessed December 31, 2017. ^ Saperstein, Pat (2008-03-26). "Obituary". Variety. Retrieved 2012-09-04.  ^ Obituary - Los Angeles Times Archived May 12, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.

External links[edit]

Abby Mann on IMDb 1961 Academy Award
Academy Award winners list[permanent dead link] Abby Mann interview video at the Archive of American Television

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Academy Award
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay

1928–1950

Benjamin Glazer (1928) Hanns Kräly (1929) Frances Marion
Frances Marion (1930) Howard Estabrook
Howard Estabrook (1931) Edwin J. Burke (1932) Victor Heerman
Victor Heerman and Sarah Y. Mason
Sarah Y. Mason (1933) Robert Riskin
Robert Riskin (1934) Dudley Nichols (1935) Pierre Collings
Pierre Collings and Sheridan Gibney (1936) Heinz Herald, Geza Herczeg, and Norman Reilly Raine
Norman Reilly Raine (1937) Ian Dalrymple, Cecil Arthur Lewis, W. P. Lipscomb, and George Bernard Shaw (1938) Sidney Howard
Sidney Howard (1939) Donald Ogden Stewart
Donald Ogden Stewart (1940) Sidney Buchman and Seton I. Miller (1941) George Froeschel, James Hilton, Claudine West, and Arthur Wimperis (1942) Philip G. Epstein, Julius J. Epstein, and Howard E. Koch (1943) Frank Butler, and Frank Cavett (1944) Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder
Billy Wilder (1945) Robert Sherwood (1946) George Seaton
George Seaton (1947) John Huston
John Huston (1948) Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Joseph L. Mankiewicz (1949) Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Joseph L. Mankiewicz (1950)

1951–1975

Harry Brown and Michael Wilson (1951) Charles Schnee (1952) Daniel Taradash (1953) George Seaton
George Seaton (1954) Paddy Chayefsky
Paddy Chayefsky (1955) John Farrow, S. J. Perelman, and James Poe (1956) Carl Foreman
Carl Foreman and Michael Wilson (1957) Alan Jay Lerner
Alan Jay Lerner (1958) Neil Paterson (1959) Richard Brooks
Richard Brooks (1960) Abby Mann (1961) Horton Foote (1962) John Osborne
John Osborne (1963) Edward Anhalt (1964) Robert Bolt (1965) Robert Bolt (1966) Stirling Silliphant (1967) James Goldman (1968) Waldo Salt (1969) Ring Lardner Jr.
Ring Lardner Jr. (1970) Ernest Tidyman (1971) Francis Ford Coppola
Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo
Mario Puzo (1972) William Peter Blatty
William Peter Blatty (1973) Francis Ford Coppola
Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo
Mario Puzo (1974) Bo Goldman
Bo Goldman and Lawrence Hauben (1975)

1976–2000

William Goldman
William Goldman (1976) Alvin Sargent (1977) Oliver Stone
Oliver Stone (1978) Robert Benton (1979) Alvin Sargent (1980) Ernest Thompson
Ernest Thompson (1981) Costa-Gavras
Costa-Gavras and Donald E. Stewart (1982) James L. Brooks
James L. Brooks (1983) Peter Shaffer (1984) Kurt Luedtke (1985) Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (1986) Bernardo Bertolucci
Bernardo Bertolucci and Mark Peploe (1987) Christopher Hampton
Christopher Hampton (1988) Alfred Uhry
Alfred Uhry (1989) Michael Blake (1990) Ted Tally (1991) Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (1992) Steven Zaillian (1993) Eric Roth (1994) Emma Thompson
Emma Thompson (1995) Billy Bob Thornton
Billy Bob Thornton (1996) Curtis Hanson
Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland (1997) Bill Condon (1998) John Irving
John Irving (1999) Stephen Gaghan
Stephen Gaghan (2000)

2001–present

Akiva Goldsman
Akiva Goldsman (2001) Ronald Harwood (2002) Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson, and Fran Walsh (2003) Alexander Payne
Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor (2004) Larry McMurtry
Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana (2005) William Monahan
William Monahan (2006) Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (2007) Simon Beaufoy (2008) Geoffrey S. Fletcher
Geoffrey S. Fletcher (2009) Aaron Sorkin
Aaron Sorkin (2010) Alexander Payne, Jim Rash, and Nat Faxon
Nat Faxon (2011) Chris Terrio (2012) John Ridley
John Ridley (2013) Graham Moore (2014) Adam McKay
Adam McKay and Charles Randolph (2015) Barry Jenkins
Barry Jenkins and Tarell Alvin McCraney
Tarell Alvin McCraney (2016) James Ivory
James Ivory (2017)

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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special

Michael Mann
Michael Mann and Patrick Nolan (1979) David Chase
David Chase (1980) Arthur Miller
Arthur Miller (1981) Barry Morrow (1982) Marshall Herskovitz
Marshall Herskovitz and Edward Zwick
Edward Zwick (1983) William Hanley (1984) Vickie Patik (1985) Ron Cowen, Daniel Lipman, Sherman Yellen and David Butler (1986) Kenneth Blackwell, Tennyson Flowers and Richard Friedenberg (1987) William Hanley (1988) Ron Hutchison, Abby Mann and Robin Vote (1989) Terrence McNally
Terrence McNally (1990) Andrew Davies (1991) Joshua Brand and John Falsey (1992) Jane Anderson (1993) Bob Randall (1994) Alison Cross (1995) Simon Moore (1996) Horton Foote (1997) Kario Salem (1998) Ann Peacock (1999) David Mills and David Simon
David Simon (2000) Loring Mandel (2001) Larry Ramin and Hugh Whitemore (2002) William H. Macy
William H. Macy and Steven Schachter (2003) Tony Kushner
Tony Kushner (2004) Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely (2005) Richard Curtis
Richard Curtis (2006) Frank Deasy (2007) Kirk Ellis (2008) Andrew Davies (2009) Adam Mazer (2010) Julian Fellowes
Julian Fellowes (2011) Danny Strong
Danny Strong (2012) Abi Morgan (2013) Steven Moffat
Steven Moffat (2014) Jane Anderson (2015) D.V. DeVincentis (2016) Charlie Brooker
Charlie Brooker (2017)

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