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Ted Mann

Writer and producer · Died September 4, 2025, aged 72 · Canada

Born
October 24, 1952
Died
September 4, 2025 (aged 72)
From
Canada
Works as
Writer and producer
Titles
7 on Motif · 11 credits in all
Links
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 39 days to Oct 28Up 53% in 30 days

What are Ted Mann's films like?

Across a limited sample of 3 Motif titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Power and Survival.

Themes

share of theme weight
Power
38%
Survival
28%
Bonds
19%
Morality
15%

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Absurd
2
Tense
1
Thrilling
1
Dread
1
Manic
1
Other
1

How their films linger

Thought-provoking2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Ted Mann's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 5 of their 7 Motif titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on HBO Max (2).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Ted Mann's titles on Motif; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Motif score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

11 credits, 7 with a Motif page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Hatfields & McCoys(2012)

    Show 3 episodes · Creator · Writer

    Motif score: 87th percentile of all shows

  • Homeland(2011)

    Show 24 episodes · Co-Executive Producer · Consulting Producer · Writer

    Motif score: 95th percentile of all shows

  • John from Cincinnati(2007)

    Show 10 episodes · Producer · Writer · as Beach Rentals Attendant

    Motif score: 44th percentile of all shows

  • Deadwood(2004)

    Show 24 episodes · Producer · Writer · as Rutherford

    Motif score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • Total Recall 2070 (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1999)

    Show 1 episode · Writer

  • Millennium (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1996)

    Show 3 episodes · Writer

  • Space Truckers(1996)

    Producer · Screenplay · Story

    Motif score: 25th percentile of all films

  • NYPD Blue(1993)

    Show 42 episodes · Producer · Story · Teleplay · Writer

    Motif score: 86th percentile of all shows

  • Civil Wars (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1991)

    Show 36 episodes · Producer · Teleplay · Writer

  • O.C. and Stiggs(1985)

    Screenplay

    Motif score: 30th percentile of all films

  • Disco Beaver from Outer Space (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1979)

    Writer

Career shape

A full career of 11 titles from 1979 to 2012.

Biggest box office

O.C. and Stiggs (1985)

$30K worldwide

Highest rated

Hatfields & McCoys (2012)

Motif 87th

Film career

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting2 of 11: 0 only acting, 2 with another roleWriting11 of 11: 4 only writing, 7 with another role · typical Motif score86thProducing6 of 11: 0 only producing, 6 with another role · typical Motif score86thOther crew1 of 11: 0 only other crew, 1 with another role

11 titles, 7 with more than one role — writing and producing overlap on 6 of them.

By decade

1970s1 · crew1980s1 · crew1990s5 · crew2000s2 · 2 acting · 2 crew2010s2 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Motif score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on Motif, shown from 5 scored.

Who does Ted Mann work with?

People who share at least 2 of Ted Mann's Motif titles; Dennis Hopper shares the most, 2.