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In a film by this director, the song “Strong as I Am” plays as a serial killer tells a blind woman that “Francis (-5[1])is gone forever.” The lead actor learned safe-cracking for a film by this director with an electronic score by Tangerine Dream. In 2022, Meg Gardiner and this director wrote a novel as a sequel to one of his films. This director of Manhunter and Thief pioneered digital cameras on a (-5[1])film (-5[1])whose silver-haired antagonist asks, “yo homie, is that my briefcase?” before killing men who mugged a taxi driver. A showdown near an airport ends a three-hour epic by this showrunner of Miami Vice. That 1991 film by this director, known for its realistic gunfire between bank robbers and LAPD officers, (-5[1])stars Robert De Niro and Al (-5[1])Pacino. For 10 points, name this director of the neo-noir crime films Collateral and Heat. ■END■ (0[4])

ANSWER: Michael Mann [or Michael Kenneth Mann] (The novel is Heat 2.)
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