Michael Mann accidentally shoots himself in the leg at the range, is in hospital

American director and screenwriter Michael Mann has been hospitalized after accidentally shooting himself in the leg at a Los Angeles shooting range. TMZ has learned. A source revealed to the site that the 83-year-old Heat and Collateral director was apparently trying to holster his weapon at the shooting range around 4pm on Saturday when a shot went off. He was later transported by ambulance to a local hospital.

The Los Angeles Police Department confirmed the incident: police officers and firefighters responded to The Range LA following the report of the incident. According to the authorities, Mann, who had no intention of harming himself, was injured during training, accidentally firing a gunshot into his own leg.

Michael Mann is an American director, screenwriter and producer, born in Chicago in 1943. Master of crime cinema and action thrillers, he is known for his rigorous visual style, nocturnal atmospheres and complex characters, often divided between ambition, loneliness and obsession. Among his most famous films are Heat (1995), with Al Pacino and Robert De Niro, The Last of the Mohicans (1992), Insider (1999), Collateral (2004) and Miami Vice (2006). He is considered one of the authors who have most influenced contemporary crime cinema.