Michael Mann is an American filmmaker known for his obsessively researched crime dramas — especially 'Heat', 'The Insider', and 'Collateral' — and for pioneering digital cinematography in narrative film.
Mann's 'Heat' (1995) established the modern Los Angeles crime epic as a genre, and his adoption of digital video on 'Collateral' and 'Miami Vice' demonstrated that low-light handheld digital could achieve aesthetic legitimacy in prestige cinema.
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