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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 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 film (10[1])whose silver-haired antagonist asks, “yo homie, is that my briefcase?” before killing men who mugged a taxi driver. A showdown (-5[1])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, stars Robert De Niro and Al Pacino. For 10 points, name this director of the neo-noir crime films Collateral and Heat. ■END■ (0[7])

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