- Son of Hollywood director Daniel Mann.
- Studied acting and directing with Judith Weston.
- "Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas" a trilogy project he co-directed and also was a writer on was nominated for an Annie Award for Best Achievment in an Animated Home Video Production.
- Creative consultant to comedian Rodney Dangerfield.
- Worked with Disney legend Joe Grant ( Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Dumbo, Pinocchio) at The Walt Disney Studios.
- Member of the Writers Guild of America, West (Animation Writers Caucus).
- Spent over ten years working in story development at Disney Studios.
- One of the first scholarship/fellowship students accepted into the inaugural class of the Disney Character Animation Program at California Institute of the Arts.
- Studied character animation with WB animator Ben Washam - who worked for many years with Chuck Jones.
- Married with one daughter.
- During his internship at Disney he was mentored by legendary directing animator Eric Larson.
- Favorite Movies - The Graduate, Umberto D, Dumbo, Bambi, Sullivan's Travels, Duck Soup, The Third Man, On The Waterfront, Groundhog Day, The King's Speech, City Lights, and To Sir With Love. 20th Century Woman, Toy Story 2.
- Studied screenwriting with Alexander Mackendrick, David Freeman, Robert McKee, and a faithful student of Dara Marks.
- Worked with Retta Scott on an animated feature in San Francisco.
- Started in the film business at the age of sixteen.
- While in high school invited to Walt Disney Productions by Francis Mary Crabb the wife of the legendary Disney director Ham Luske to tour the Animation Department, and met with Ken Anderson, Eric Larson, and many of the nine old men, who were still a part of Walt's animation dream team.
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