---
name: "Ted Mann"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ted-mann"
fi1m_id: "ted-mann"
imdb_id: "nm1949279"
tmdb_id: 1214471
wikidata_id: "Q7693488"
roles: ["Writer","Producer"]
born: "24 October 1952"
died: "4 September 2025"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 84
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-17T17:25:41.905142+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."
---

# Ted Mann

## Identity

Ted Mann

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ted-mann
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ted-mann
- **IMDb ID:** nm1949279
- **TMDB ID:** 1214471
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7693488
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Mann_(writer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7693488, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1949279/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1214471

Writer and producer. Born 24 October 1952 in Canada. Died 4 September 2025.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer, Producer
- **Born:** 24 October 1952, Canada
- **Died:** 4 September 2025
- **Active:** 1993–2011
- **Frequently works with:** [Bernadette McNamara](https://film.one/person/bernadette-mcnamara.md), [Clark Johnson](https://film.one/person/clark-johnson.md), [Dan Attias](https://film.one/person/dan-attias.md), [Daniel Minahan](https://film.one/person/daniel-minahan.md), [David Milch](https://film.one/person/david-milch.md), [Davis Guggenheim](https://film.one/person/davis-guggenheim.md), [Elizabeth Sarnoff](https://film.one/person/elizabeth-sarnoff.md), [George Putnam](https://film.one/person/george-putnam.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 84, as writer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 82 (1), 2000s 91 (1), 2010s 78 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 84 to 80 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Crime 2, War & Politics 1, Western 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Mann_(writer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7693488, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1949279/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1214471

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Deadwood*](https://film.one/tv/deadwood.md) (91)
- **Disney+:** [*Homeland*](https://film.one/tv/homeland.md) (78)

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

## Biography

Ted Mann was a Canadian-born television writer and producer. He began his career writing for National Lampoon magazine and its related projects, including the 1979 ABC series *Delta House*.

Mann frequently collaborated with David Milch. He served as a writer and producer on ABC’s *NYPD Blue* (1993–1995 and later seasons) and HBO’s *Deadwood* (2004–2006). He also wrote for *Millennium*, *Hatfields & McCoys* (2012) and produced later seasons of *Homeland* (2015–2018). He co-wrote the screenplays for the films *O.C. and Stiggs* (1985) and *Space Truckers* (1996).

In 1995, Mann shared a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series for *NYPD Blue*. He received further Emmy nominations for *Deadwood* and *Homeland*, and a Writers Guild of America Award for *Hatfields & McCoys*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, hollywoodreporter.com, variety.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Homeland* (2011), Fi1m 78, Writer, Co-Executive Producer, Consulting Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/homeland.md)
- *Deadwood* (2004), Fi1m 91, Writer, Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/deadwood.md)
- *NYPD Blue* (1993), Fi1m 82, Story, Teleplay, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/nypd-blue.md)

## Complete filmography (11)

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

- *Hatfields & McCoys* (2012), series, Writer, Creator
- *Homeland* (2011), series, Writer, Co-Executive Producer, Consulting Producer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/homeland.md)
- *John from Cincinnati* (2007), series, as Beach Rentals Attendant · Writer, Producer
- *Deadwood* (2004), series, as Rutherford · Writer, Producer — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/tv/deadwood.md)
- *Total Recall 2070* (1999), series, Writer
- *Millennium* (1996), series, Writer
- *Space Truckers* (1996), Producer, Story, Screenplay
- *NYPD Blue* (1993), series, Teleplay, Writer, Producer, Story — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/nypd-blue.md)
- *Civil Wars* (1991), series, Producer, Writer, Teleplay
- *O.C. and Stiggs* (1987), Screenplay
- *Disco Beaver from Outer Space* (1979), Writer

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