Joseph L. Mankiewicz
American film director, screenwriter, and producer (1909-1993) · United States · On the map · Directors · Died at 83
Joseph Leo Mankiewicz was an American filmmaker. A four-time Academy Award winner, he is best known for his witty and literate dialogue and his preference for voice-over narration and narrative flashbacks.
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Ciné regardsSeries1973
The American Film Institute Salute to ...Series1970
There Was a Crooked Man...Film, Director, Producer1968
The Dick Cavett ShowSeries1964
Carol for Another ChristmasFilm, Director, Producer1961
The Mike Douglas ShowSeries1959
Suddenly, Last SummerFilm, Director1955
Guys and DollsFilm, Director, Writer1953
The OscarsSeries
Julius CaesarFilm, 1953Director, Writer1951Academy Award for Best DirectorAwardAcademy Award for Best Writing, Adapted ScreenplayAward
People Will TalkFilm, 1951Director, Writer1950Academy Award for Best DirectorAwardAcademy Award for Best Writing, Adapted ScreenplayAward1947
The Ghost and Mrs. MuirFilm, Director1944
The Keys of the KingdomFilm, Writer, Producer1940
Strange CargoFilm, Producer1938
A Christmas CarolFilm, Producer1936
FuryFilm, Producer1933
Alice in WonderlandFilm, Writer1931
SkippyFilm, Writer1909Born11 February 1909People around Joseph
Joan Crawford Joseph produced The Gorgeous Hussy (1936)
Franchot Tone Joseph produced The Gorgeous Hussy (1936)
Reginald Owen Joseph produced Woman of the Year (1942)
Franklyn Farnum Joseph directed All About Eve (1951)
Frank Puglia Joseph produced The Bride Wore Red (1937)
E. Alyn Warren Joseph produced Three Comrades (1938)
Katharine Hepburn Joseph produced The Philadelphia Story (1941)
James Stewart Joseph produced The Philadelphia Story (1941)
Spencer Tracy Joseph produced Woman of the Year and Fury
Rex Harrison Joseph directed Cleopatra (1963)
Darryl F. Zanuck Produced Dragonwyck and All About Eve
Hume Cronyn Joseph directed Cleopatra (1963)
Robert Young Joseph produced Three Comrades (1938)
Henry Daniell Joseph produced The Philadelphia Story (1941)
George Chandler Joseph produced Fury and Three Comrades
Bess Flowers Joseph directed All About Eve and Guys and Dolls
Richard Loo Joseph produced The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)
Gino Corrado Joseph produced Fury and The Bride Wore Red
Lawrence Dobkin Joseph directed Julius Caesar and 5 Fingers
Clark Gable Joseph produced Strange Cargo (1940)
Frank Borzage Also in Mannequin and Three Comrades
Louis Calhern Joseph directed Julius Caesar (1953)
Stuart Holmes Joseph directed The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947)
Greta Meyer Joseph produced The Gorgeous Hussy (1936)
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All About Eve 1950
Sleuth 1972
5 Fingers 1952
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir 1947
The Philadelphia Story 1940
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Filmography 40
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Television 5
Media & music
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The 1936 film poster for Three Godfathers. Mankiewicz is listed as the producer near the bottom.
L-R: John Howard, Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn and James Stewart in The Philadelphia Story.
Mankiewicz produced Woman of the Year, which paired Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy for the first time.
Rose Stradner and Gregory Peck in The Keys of the Kingdom
L-R: Glenn Langan, Gene Tierney, and Vincent Price in Dragonwyck
L-R: Bette Davis, Gary Merrill, Anne Baxter and George Sanders in All About Eve.
A 1963 trailer screenshot crediting the film as Joseph L. Mankiewicz' Cleopatra.Awards
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Also known as an actor's director, Mankiewicz directed several prominent actors, including Bette Davis, Gene Tierney, Humphrey Bogart and Elizabeth Taylor, to several of their memorable onscreen performances.
