Scott_Mann_(director)
Scott Mann (director)
British film director
Scott Mann is a British film director originally from Newton Aycliffe, County Durham and now living in Los Angeles.[1]
Before making feature films Mann directed several award-winning short films including Chaingangs (2003) and Tug of War (2006), which starred Julie Goodyear, Marsha Thomason, Scott Neal and Jo Guest.
Mann has also directed several programmes for Granada Television.
His first feature film, The Tournament,[2] an action movie released on 20 October 2009, produced by Keith Bell and written by Gary Young, Jonathan Frank, and Nick Rowntree stars Robert Carlyle, Ving Rhames, Kelly Hu, Ian Somerhalder and Scott Adkins.[3] In 2011, he signed on to direct The Weinstein Company's planned remake of Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai, to be set in contemporary Thailand, but the project never materialized.[4] Mann's second feature film, Heist,[2] originally Bus 657, was released on 13 November 2015, starring Robert De Niro, Kate Bosworth, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, and Dave Bautista.[5]
Short films
| Year | Title | Director | Writer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | The Sneeze | Yes | No |
| 2003 | Chaingang | Yes | No |
| 2006 | Pocket Thief | Yes | Yes |
| Tug of War | Yes | No | |
Feature films
| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Producer | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Down Amongst the Dead Men | Yes | Yes | No | Co-directed with Nick Rowntree |
| 2009 | The Tournament | Yes | No | No | |
| 2015 | Heist | Yes | No | No | |
| 2018 | Final Score | Yes | No | No | |
| 2022 | Fall | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Television
- "Film director Scott Mann on his journey from Newton Aycliffe to Hollywood". The Northern Echo. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
- "Just Do It: Interview with Director Scott Mann — Adam Mendler in the Media". Adam Mendler. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
- "The Tournament (2009) Starring: Robert Carlyle, Kelly Hu, Ving Rhames - Three Movie Buffs Review". ThreeMovieBuffs.com. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
- Lodderhose, Diana (3 May 2011). "Weinsteins tap 'Samurai' director". Variety. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
- Scheck, Frank (10 November 2015). "'Heist': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
- Scott Mann at IMDb
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