Abby Mann

Birthday: 1 December 1927, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Birth Name: Abraham Goodman

Abby Mann was born on December 1, 1927 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA as Abraham Goodman. He was a writer and producer, known for Judgment at Nuremberg (1961), Kojak (1973) and A Child Is Waiting ...Show More

I consider the two years I spent in England from 1954 to 1956 to be the happiest in my life. It was Show more I consider the two years I spent in England from 1954 to 1956 to be the happiest in my life. It was that time when I was able to look at my life and work with some objectivity and to find out what I really wanted to say. Hide

[on writing the screenplay for 'Judgment at Nuremberg'] A few years ago I retired to a room on Fifty Show more [on writing the screenplay for 'Judgment at Nuremberg'] A few years ago I retired to a room on Fifty-eight Street in New York with some legal records of the Third Reich. And I went there because I believe a write worth his salt at all has an obligation not only to entertain, but to comment on the world in which he lives. Not only to comment but maybe have a shot at reshaping that world. Hide

A lot of people didn't want it done. People wanted to sweep the issue under the rug. (1994 interview Show more A lot of people didn't want it done. People wanted to sweep the issue under the rug. (1994 interview about the making of "Judgment at Nuremberg") Hide

Abby Mann's FILMOGRAPHY

as Creator (3)

Indictment: The McMartin Trial

Ship of Fools

Judgment at Nuremberg