---
name: "Ami Canaan Mann"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ami-canaan-mann"
fi1m_id: "ami-canaan-mann"
imdb_id: "nm0542642"
tmdb_id: 155357
wikidata_id: "Q2843189"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "1 January 1969"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_as: "director"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-23T13:53:40.097092+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Ami Canaan Mann

## Identity

Ami Canaan Mann

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ami-canaan-mann
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ami-canaan-mann
- **IMDb ID:** nm0542642
- **TMDB ID:** 155357
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2843189
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ami_Canaan_Mann, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2843189, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0542642/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/155357

Director. Born 1 January 1969 in London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 1 January 1969, London, England, UK
- **Active:** 1993–2013
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 4: 2 directing, 1 writing, 1 crew
- **Frequently works with:** [Dan Lerner](https://film.one/person/dan-lerner.md), [John Zinman](https://film.one/person/john-zinman.md), [Karen Gaviola](https://film.one/person/karen-gaviola.md), [Kim Newton](https://film.one/person/kim-newton.md), [Mark Piznarski](https://film.one/person/mark-piznarski.md), [Michael Waxman](https://film.one/person/michael-waxman.md), [Michael W. Watkins](https://film.one/person/michael-w-watkins.md), [Patrick Massett](https://film.one/person/patrick-massett.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 74, as director, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 86 (2), 2000s 86 (1), 2010s 63 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ami_Canaan_Mann, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2843189, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0542642/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/155357

## Streaming the US now

- **Paramount+:** [*Friday Night Lights*](https://film.one/tv/friday-night-lights.md) (86)
- **Netflix:** [*The Blacklist*](https://film.one/tv/the-blacklist.md) (63)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Ami Canaan Mann is a British-born American film and television director and writer. Born in London in 1969, she is the daughter of director Michael Mann. She studied in the production programme at the USC School of Cinema/Television.

Mann began her career writing for television, including an episode of *NYPD Blue* (2000). She directed the episode 'I Can't' of *Friday Night Lights* (2010), which received a Television Academy Honors Award. Her feature films include *Morning* (2001), *Texas Killing Fields* (2011), which screened in competition at the Venice Film Festival, *Jackie & Ryan* (2014), and *Audrey's Children* (2024). She has also directed episodes of series such as *House of Cards*, *Sneaky Pete* and *Looking for Alaska*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

### Directed (2) — the average rests on these

- *The Blacklist* (2013), Fi1m 63, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-blacklist.md)
- *Friday Night Lights* (2006), Fi1m 86, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/friday-night-lights.md)

### Wrote (1)

- *NYPD Blue* (1993), Fi1m 82, Teleplay — [page](https://film.one/tv/nypd-blue.md)

### Crew (1)

- *Heat* (1995), Fi1m 91, Second Unit Director — [page](https://film.one/film/heat.md)

## Complete filmography (20)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Audrey's Children* (2025), Director
- *Looking for Alaska* (2019), series, Director
- *Deadly Class* (2019), series, Director
- *A Million Little Things* (2018), series, Director
- *Marvel's Cloak & Dagger* (2018), series, Director
- *Marvel's Runaways* (2017), series, Director
- *Shots Fired* (2017), series, Director
- *No Tomorrow* (2016), series, Director
- *Chicago Med* (2015), series, Director
- *Sneaky Pete* (2015), series, Director
- *Jackie & Ryan* (2014), Director, Writer, Producer
- *Power* (2014), series, Director
- *The Blacklist* (2013), series, Director — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-blacklist.md)
- *House of Cards* (2013), series, Director
- *Dakota* (2012), Director, Writer
- *Texas Killing Fields* (2011), Director
- *Friday Night Lights* (2006), series, Director — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/friday-night-lights.md)
- *Nancy Drew* (2002), Writer
- *Heat* (1995), Second Unit Director — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/heat.md)
- *NYPD Blue* (1993), series, Teleplay — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/nypd-blue.md)

---
© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/ami-canaan-mann