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Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Known for: Writing

Biography: 1909-02-11

Deathday: 1993-02-05 (83 years old)

Biography

Joseph Leo Mankiewicz was an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. Mankiewicz had a long Hollywood career and is best known as the writer-director of the Oscar-winning All About Eve (1950). He was brother to screenwriter and drama critic Herman J. Mankiewicz who also won an Oscar for co-writing Citizen Kane (1941).

Filmography

all 93

Movies 88

Producer 21

Director 19

self 18

Writer 14

Screenplay 14

TV Shows 5

Writer

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Biography

Filmography

all 93

Movies 88

Producer 21

Director 19

self 18

Writer 14

Screenplay 14

TV Shows 5

National Theatre Live: All About Eve (2019)

Pleins feux (2017)

Backstory: 'All About Eve' (2000)

Linda Darnell: Hollywood's Fallen Angel (1999)

Pleins feux (1992)

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker (1991)

Night of 100 Stars III (1990)

Hello Actors Studio (1988)

In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton (1988)

Talking Pictures (1988)

The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn (1986)

W.C. Fields: Straight Up (1986)

A Letter to Three Wives (1985)

George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey (1985)

All About Mankiewicz (1983)

Bette Davis: The Benevolent Volcano (1983)

The Hollywood Greats (1977)

The American Film Institute Salute to ... (1973)

Sleuth (1972)

Tribute to Bogart (1972)

There Was a Crooked Man... (1970)

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (1970)

The Dick Cavett Show (1968)

The Honey Pot (1967)

Carol for Another Christmas (1964)

Cleopatra (1963)

Suddenly, Last Summer (1959)

The Quiet American (1958)

Guys and Dolls (1955)

The Barefoot Contessa (1954)

Julius Caesar (1953)

The Oscars (1953)

5 Fingers (1952)

People Will Talk (1951)

The Screen Director (1951)

All About Eve (1950)

No Way Out (1950)

House of Strangers (1949)

A Letter to Three Wives (1949)

The Pirate (1948)

Escape (1948)

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947)

The Late George Apley (1947)

Somewhere in the Night (1946)

Dragonwyck (1946)

The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)

Reunion in (1942)

Woman of the Year (1942)

The Feminine Touch (1941)

The Philadelphia Story (1940)

Strange Cargo (1940)

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1939)

A Christmas Carol (1938)

The Shining Hour (1938)

The Shopworn Angel (1938)

Three Comrades (1938)

Mannequin (1938)

Double Wedding (1937)

The Bride Wore Red (1937)

Love on the Run (1936)

The Gorgeous Hussy (1936)

Fury (1936)

Three Godfathers (1936)

I Live My Life (1935)

Forsaking All Others (1934)

Our Daily Bread (1934)

Manhattan Melodrama (1934)

Alice in Wonderland (1933)

Too Much Harmony (1933)

Known For

Writing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1909-02-11

Deathday

1993-02-05 (83 years old)

Birth Place

Wilkes-Barre, United States

Relationships

Rose Stradner (1939 - 1958), Elizabeth Young (1934 - 1937)

Children

Tom Mankiewicz

Siblings

Herman J. Mankiewicz

Citizenships

United States

Also Known As

Joseph Leo Mankiewicz, Joseph Mankiewicz, Joe Mankiewicz

Awards

National Board of Review Award for Best Film, Writers Guild of America Award, Directors Guild of America Award, Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay, Academy Award for Best Director, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame