Ami Canaan Mann

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| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1969}}

| birth_place = London, England{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/ami-canaan-mann-a-graduate-of-the-family-business-strikes-out-2363053.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111001055726/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/ami-canaan-mann-a-graduate-of-the-family-business-strikes-out-2363053.html |archive-date=2011-10-01 |url-access=limited |url-status=live|title=Ami Canaan Mann: A graduate of the family business strikes out|work=Independent|first=James|last=Mottram|date=September 30, 2011}}

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| occupation = Film director, television director, television writer

| years_active = 2000–present

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| father = Michael Mann

| website = [http://amicanaanmann.com Ami Canaan Mann]

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Ami Canaan Mann (born 1969) 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 NYPD Blue 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0542642/awards|title=Awards for Ami Canaan Mann|work=IMDb}}

Her 2011 film, Texas Killing Fields, screened in competition at the 68th Venice International Film Festival in September.{{cite web|url=https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117946022/|title=Texas Killing Fields – Variety|work=Variety|first=Leslie|last=Felperin|date=September 10, 2011}} Jackie & Ryan, her romance film starring Katherine Heigl and Ben Barnes, screened in the Horizons section at the 71st Venice International Film Festival.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2014/film/reviews/venice-film-review-jackie-ryan-1201294824/|title=Venice Film Review: 'Jackie & Ryan'|work=Variety|first=Guy|last=Lodge|date=August 30, 2014}}

Personal life

Mann is the daughter of director Michael Mann.{{cite web|url=http://www.screendaily.com/festivals/san-sebastian/-ami-canaan-manns-texas-killing-fields-to-open-retrospective-at-san-sebastian/5030778.article|title=Ami Canaan Mann's Texas Killing Fields to open retrospective at San Sebastian|work=Screen International|first=Sarah|last=Cooper|date=August 11, 2011}}