Ami Canaan Mann is a British-born American film director, television director and television writer.

Career

Mann has worked as a television and film writer since writing the ''

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'' episode "Tea and Sympathy" in 2000. She has won three awards, all in 2001 for her first film as a director, ''Morning''. These included the Audience Award at Dahlonega International Film Festival, Grand Prize for best directorial debut and Gold Award for Independent Theatrical Feature Films – First Feature. Her 2011 film, ''

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'', screened in competition at the

68th Venice International Film Festival The 68th annual Venice International Film Festival was held in Venice, Italy between 31 August and 10 September 2011. American film director Darren Aronofsky was announced as the Head of the Jury. American actor and film director Al Pacino was p ...

in September. ''

Jackie & Ryan ''Jackie & Ryan'' (released in the UK and South Africa as ''Love Me Like You Do'') is a 2014 American romantic drama film written and directed by Ami Canaan Mann, starring Katherine Heigl and Ben Barnes. The film was released on July 3, 2015 in ...

'', her romance film starring

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and Ben Barnes, screened in the Horizons section at the 71st Venice International Film Festival.

Personal life

Mann is the daughter of director

Michael Mann Michael Kenneth Mann (born February 5, 1943) is an American director, screenwriter, and producer of film and television who is best known for his distinctive style of crime drama. His most acclaimed works include the films ''Thief'' (1981), ' ...

Filmography

Films

Television

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mann, Ami Canaan Writers from London American film directors Jewish American writers American people of Russian-Jewish descent American television writers American television directors American women film directors American women television directors Living people Place of birth missing (living people) American women television writers English-language film directors Film directors from London 1969 births 21st-century American Jews 21st-century American women