Editing Michael Mann (section)

==Early life and education==
Mann was born February 5, 1943,<ref>{{cite news|title=UPI Almanac for Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025|work=UPI|date=February 5, 2025|accessdate=February 6, 2025|url=https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2025/02/05/UPI-Almanac-for-Wednesday-Feb-5-2025/7071738722532/}}</ref> in Chicago, Illinois.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://film.guardian.co.uk/interview/interviewpages/0,,649435,00.html |work=The Guardian |location=London |title=Ali likes the film a lot. He's seen it six times |first=Xan |last=Brooks |date=February 13, 2002 |access-date=May 12, 2010}}</ref> He is Jewish and the son of Esther and Jack Mann.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/34/Michael-Mann.html|title=Michael Mann Biography (1943-)|website=www.filmreference.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/michael-mann/bio/166168|title=Michael Mann Biography &#124; TVGuide.com<!-- Bot generated title -->}}</ref> His grandfather left the [[Russian Empire]] in 1912, and brought his wife and Mann's father over in 1922.<ref>{{Cite news |date=December 25, 2023 |title=In Conversation: Michael Mann |work=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]] |url=https://www.vulture.com/article/michael-mann-in-conversation.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240224073139/https://www.vulture.com/article/michael-mann-in-conversation.html |archive-date=February 24, 2024}}</ref>

Mann graduated from [[Amundsen High School]], also the alma mater of [[Bob Fosse]].<ref>{{Cite web| title = Michael Mann| work = biographic sketch| publisher = Chicago Public Schools| url = http://www.cpsalumni.org/honor_roll/feb/26/2008/michael-mann| access-date = 31 December 2009}}</ref><ref>{{Citation| last = Mastony| first = Colleen| title = Chicago is the epicenter of another film credit| newspaper = Chicago Tribune| date = 2 July 2009| url = http://archives.chicagotribune.com/2009/jul/02/entertainment/chi-0702-public-enemies-location--dot--ar0jul02| access-date =31 December 2009}}</ref> He then studied [[English literature]] at the [[University of Wisconsin–Madison]].<ref name=Wildermuth-2>Wildermuth, p. 2</ref> While a student, he saw [[Stanley Kubrick]]'s ''[[Dr. Strangelove]]'' and fell in love with movies. In an ''[[LA Weekly]]'' interview, he described the film's impact on him:
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|text=It said to my whole generation of filmmakers that you could make an individual statement of high integrity and have that film be successfully seen by a mass audience all at the same time. In other words, you didn't have to be making ''[[Seven Brides for Seven Brothers]]'' if you wanted to work in the mainstream film industry, or be reduced to niche filmmaking if you wanted to be serious about cinema. So that's what Kubrick meant, aside from the fact that ''Strangelove'' was a revelation.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.laweekly.com/a-manns-mans-world/ |title=A Mann's Man's World |last=Foundas |first=Scott |date=July 26, 2006 |website=LA Weekly |access-date=May 17, 2020}}</ref>}}

Mann graduated from the [[University of Wisconsin]] with a BA in 1965. In 1967 he earned an MA from the [[London Film School]].