Seith Mann

Seith Mann (born 1973) is an American film and television director. He directed the short film Five Deep Breaths and has gone on to direct episodes of The Wire, Grey's Anatomy and Fringe.

Biography Mann was inspired to become a director when he saw the Spike Lee film Do the Right Thing. Mann graduated from Morehouse College and later earned an MFA in film at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University.

Five Deep Breaths Mann's thesis at New York University was the short film Five Deep Breaths. The film is set at an all-black college. After a physical assault upon a young woman by her boyfriend, another man, Mark, and his friends are moved to take revenge. Mann has commented that he likes morally ambiguous situations. It also won the Best Narrative Short Film award at the 2003 Los Angeles IFP/West Film Festival.

Film maker magazine named Mann one of their 25 new faces of independent film in 2003.

Television Television Producer Robert F. Colesberry saw Five Deep Breaths and introduced the other producers of HBO drama The Wire to it. Simon recalls Mann shadowing director Ernest R. Dickerson and showing a "careful interest in the process." Simon felt obligated to give Mann a chance after his dedication to shadowing Dickerson. Simon was pleased with the episode and described it as "beautifully covered." In 2007 Mann was nominated for an NAACP Image Award in the category Outstanding Directing in a Dramatic Series for his work on episode "Home Rooms". Mann has commented that he was "excited" to receive the nomination and grateful to the NAACP for their work. Mann has also directed episodes of Heroes, Cold Case, Lincoln Heights, Jericho, Entourage, Friday Night Lights, Men in Trees, Shark, Fringe, Blindspotting, and The Walking Dead.

Future projects Mann is working on a feature film script entitled Come Sunday. In 2010, Mann was announced as director of Miss: Better Living Through Crime with Spike Lee producing. In 2016, Mann was writing the Black movie.

Filmography

Director

Editor All We Know of Heaven (2004) Where to Find God on Sunday (2000) Kiss It Up to God (2000)

Writer Black (TBA) Five Deep Breaths (2003) Apology (2001)

Assistant Director The Living Silence (2003)