Case Study on Director 'Michael Mann

February 5, 1943 was a huge day in Hollywood, It was the day that Michael Mann was born. Michael Mann is one of the most notable directors in films today. He is known for films such as Collateral, Miami Vice and Heat.

Michael Mann grew up in Chicago Illinois and later moved to London to study at the London Film School. After graduating he started to work on commercials however he later realized that this was not the right thing for him at the time. He then returned to America and immediately started to work on 17 days down the Line. The documentary 17 days down the line was the first step of his career and led to him be given the opportunity to write four episodes of Starsky and hutch.

Starsky and hutch was very popular at the time and it motivated Michael a lot as the majority of his films later on had some relations to cops and crime in America. He then began to work on a t.v. show called Police Story.

Since then Michael Mann has worked with some of the best actors in Hollywood such as will smith, Tom Cruise, Jamie Foxx, Leorndo Di Caprio, Robert De Niro and Al Pacino.

As well as action thrillers Michael Mann is also noticed for his remake of Muhammad Ali Life. This was one of his best pieces of work and also launched Will Smiths career too great heights. 
Micheal Mann is known for always having great thriller openings which is why i chose him to analyse. His thriller opening are very engaging and he is one of the best at what he does. he famously known for not revealing to much in thriller openings. this is very important and it plays a huge part in his success. what is does is make the audience want to watch more. he also uses flashbacks in his thriller opening,he uses this technique in 'ALI'. Both of these techniques are very useful and must be used in the correct ways.