Abby Mann
Born	Abraham Goodman December 1, 1927 Philadelphia,Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	March 25, 2008(2008-03-25) (aged 80) Beverly Hills, California, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Screenwriter, film producer
Spouse	Myra Maislin
Children	3, includingAaron Cohen

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

The son ofRussian-Jewish immigrants, Mann was born as Abraham Goodman inPhiladelphia. He grew up inEast Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.^[2][3]

He was best known for his work on controversial subjects and social drama. His best known work is the screenplay forJudgment at Nuremberg (1961), which was initially atelevision drama that aired in 1959.Stanley Kramer directed the film adaptation, for which Mann received theAcademy Award forBest 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 featuredMaximilian Schell from the 1961 film in a different role.^[5] In the introduction to the printed script, Mann credited a conversation withAbraham Pomerantz, U.S. Chief Deputy Counsel, for giving him the initial interest in Nuremberg.^[6] Mann and Kramer also collaborated on the filmsShip of Fools andA Child Is Waiting.

While working for television, he created the seriesKojak, starringTelly 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 filmsThe Marcus-Nelson Murders,The Atlanta Child Murders,^[8]Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story,^[9] andIndictment: The McMartin Trial,^[10] as well as the filmWar and Love.^[11] He also directed the 1978 NBC TV miniseriesKing.^[12] In 1974, he signed a deal withColumbia Pictures Television to develop long-form television projects.^[13]

Mann was married to Myra Maislin. His wife had two children from a previous marriage, Adrienne Cohen Isom, andAaron Cohen,^[3] a former IsraeliDuvdevan Unit Special Forces operative.^[14]

Mann died of heart failure inBeverly Hills, California on March 25, 2008, aged 80.^[15][16] He died one day afterRichard Widmark, one of the stars ofJudgment at Nuremberg. Mann is interred inCulver City'sHillside Memorial Park Cemetery.^[17]

• Port of Escape (1956)
• Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
• A Child Is Waiting (1963)
• Ship of Fools (1965)
• The Detective (1968)
• The Marcus-Nelson Murders (1973)
• King (1978, also director)
• The Atlanta Child Murders (1985)
• War and Love (1985)
• Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story (1992)
• Indictment: The McMartin Trial (1995)

• Abby Mann atIMDb
• 1961 Academy Award winners list^{[permanent dead link‍]}
• Abby Mann atThe Interviews: An Oral History of Television

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• Television producers from Pennsylvania
• Best Adapted Screenplay Academy Award winners
• Burials at Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery
• Kojak
• Primetime Emmy Award winners
• Writers from Pittsburgh
• People from Greater Los Angeles
• Screenwriters from Philadelphia
• American people of Russian-Jewish descent
• American male television writers
• 20th-century American male writers
• 20th-century American screenwriters

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