American screenwriter, producer and film director Michael Mann was nominated for four Academy Awards for his 1999 film, The Insider. He began his career in 1975 as a writer for the television series Starsky & Hutch and made his feature film directorial debut in 1981 with The Thief, which starred James Caan.

Mann went on to produce many films and television series including The Last of the Mohicans, Heat, Collateral and both the Miami Vice (TV Show) and movie versions of Miami Vice.

1. "I would have fared poorly under the old studio system that guys like Howard Hawks did so well in. I cannot just make a film and walk away from it. I need that creative intimacy, and quite frankly, the control to execute my visions, on all my projects."
2. A 65-foot-wide screen and 500 people reacting to the movie, there is nothing like that experience."

• Note: Many of the links in this timeline are to IMDb, which has pop-ups.

• February 5, 1943: Born

• 1971 Jaunpuri: IMDb

• 1972 17 Days Down The Line: IMDb

• 1981 Thief: IMDb | Rotten Tomatoes

• 1979 The Jericho Mile: IMDb | Rotten Tomatoes

• 1984 Miami Vice: IMDb | Mahalo | Wikipedia Executive Producer from 1984-1990

• 1986 Band of the Hand: IMDb | Rotten Tomatoes

• 1986 Manhunter: IMDb | Rotten Tomatoes

• 1986 Crime Story: IMDb | Rotten Tomatoes Executive Producer from 1986-1988

• 1992 The Last of the Mohicans: IMDb | Rotten Tomatoes

• 1995 Heat: IMDb | Mahalo | Rotten Tomatoes

• 1999 The Insider: IMDb | Rotten Tomatoes

• 2001 Ali: IMDb | Rotten Tomatoes

• 2002 Robbery Homicide Division: IMDb

• 2004 Collateral: IMDb | Rotten Tomatoes

• 2004 The Aviator: IMDb | Rotten Tomatoes

• 2006 Miami Vice: IMDb | Rotten Tomatoes

• 2007 The Kingdom: IMDb | Mahalo | Rotten Tomatoes