Abby Mann was an American film writer and producer.
12 Facts About Abby Mann
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The son of Russian-Jewish immigrants, Mann was born as Abraham Goodman in Philadelphia.
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Abby Mann was best known for his work on controversial subjects and social drama.
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Abby Mann's best known work is the screenplay for Judgment at Nuremberg, which was initially a television drama that aired in 1959.
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Stanley Kramer directed the film adaptation, for which Abby Mann received the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.
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Abby Mann later adapted the play for a 2001 production on Broadway, which featured Maximilian Schell from the 1961 film in a different role.
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Abby Mann was executive producer, but was credited as a writer on many episodes.
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Abby Mann's other writing credits include the screenplays for the television films The Marcus-Nelson Murders, The Atlanta Child Murders, Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story, and Indictment: The McMartin Trial, as well as the film War and Love.
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Abby Mann's wife had two children from a previous marriage, Adrienne Cohen Isom, and Aaron Cohen, a former Israeli Duvdevan Unit Special Forces operative.
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Abby Mann died of heart failure in Beverly Hills, California on March 25,2008, aged 80.
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Abby Mann died one day after Richard Widmark, one of the stars of Judgment at Nuremberg.
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Abby Mann is interred in Culver City's Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery.