Celebrity Biographies
Stanley mann
He received an Oscar nomination for co-writing William Wyler’s “The Collector” and has also worked on other well-known films. Stanley Mann died on January 11, 2016, at the age of 87, at his residence in Los Angeles, as a result of cancer, as announced by Joan, his wife.
Originally from Toronto, Stanley Mann was born on August 8, 1928. A graduate of McGill University, he began as a screenwriter and actor on the CBC radio network. At the end of the 50s he worked as a screenwriter for television series, and little by little he made his way in the big screen industry with titles such as Un coup de grace , a comedy at the service of Peter Sellers .
His best year was 1965, when he co-wrote the William Wyler film that earned him an Academy nomination, about a bank clerk who kidnaps a young student, and was also responsible for the libretto for Wind in Sails , about some children kidnapped by pirates.
He wrote three films starring Sean Connery , Mists of Disquiet , The Straw Woman and Meteor . In addition, she adapted for the screen Eyes of Fire , by Stephen King , and The Eye of the Needle , based on the first novel by Ken Follet . He too came out of his pen From him Conan the destroyer . In the UK he produced To Kill or Not to Kill, This Is the Problem , starring Vincent Price .
In addition to his wife, he is survived by his three children, and four grandchildren.