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Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Name in Native Language: "Joseph Leo Mankiewicz" (English/EN)
Crew | * 02/11/1909 († 83, 02/05/1993) | Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania (United States of America (USA))

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).

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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Romance / Love

Known for these Movies & Shows

A letter is addressed to three wives from their "best friend" Addie Ross, announcing that she is running away with one of their husbands - but she does not say which one. ...

A Letter to Three Wives

NR

1949 | 3.6/5 | 1h 43min
Drama, Romance / Love, Comedy
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From the moment she glimpses her idol at the stage door, Eve Harrington is determined to take the reins of power away from the great actress Margo Channing. Eve maneuvers her way into Margo's Broadway ...

All About Eve

Certification unknown

1950 | 4.1/5 | 2h 19min
Drama
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Determined to hold on to the throne, Cleopatra seduces the Roman emperor Julius Caesar. When Caesar is murdered, she redirects her attentions to his general, Marc Antony, who vows to take power—but ...

Cleopatra

G

1963 | 3.5/5 | 4h 8min
Drama, History, Romance / Love
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A mystery novelist devises an insurance scam with his wife's lover – but things aren't exactly as they seem. ...

Sleuth

PG

1972 | 3.8/5 | 2h 18min
Mystery, Thriller, Crime, Comedy
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Awards & Nominations for Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Writers Guild of America Award Directors Guild of America Award 2x Academy Award for Best Director 2x Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay National Board of Review Award for Best Film Star On Hollywood Walk of Fame 4x Academy Award for Best Director 2x Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay 3x Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay Academy Award for Best Picture
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Movies with Joseph L. Mankiewicz as Actor(11)

as Self (archive footage)2000 Backstory: 'All About Eve'
as himself1991 Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
as himself1990 Night Of 100 Stars III
as himself1988 Richard Burton: In from the Cold
as himself1986 W.C. Fields: Straight Up
as himself1986 The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
as himself1985 George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
as himself1983 All About Mankiewicz
as himself1983 Bette Davis: A Basically Benevolent Volcano
1951 The Screen Director
as Reporter (as Joseph Mankiewicz)1929 Woman Trap

TV Shows/Series with Joseph L. Mankiewicz as Actor(2)

as himself1973 The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as Self - Guest1968 The Dick Cavett Show

Movies with Joseph L. Mankiewicz as Crew(94)

Writing/Writer2019 National Theatre Live: All About Eve
Writing/Writer1992 Pleins feux
Writing/Screenplay1985 A Letter to Three Wives
Directing/Director1972 Sleuth
Directing/Director1970 King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Directing/Director1970 There Was a Crooked Man...
Production/Producer1970 There Was a Crooked Man...
Directing/Director1967 The Honey Pot
Writing/Screenplay1967 The Honey Pot
Directing/Director1964 Carol for Another Christmas
Production/Producer1964 Carol for Another Christmas
Directing/Director1963 Cleopatra
Writing/Screenplay1963 Cleopatra
Directing/Director1959 Suddenly, Last Summer
Directing/Director1958 The Quiet American
Production/Producer1958 The Quiet American
Writing/Writer1958 The Quiet American
Directing/Director1955 Guys and Dolls
Writing/Screenplay1955 Guys and Dolls
Directing/Director1954 The Barefoot Contessa
Writing/Writer1954 The Barefoot Contessa
Directing/Director1953 Julius Caesar
Directing/Director1952 5 Fingers
Directing/Director1951 People Will Talk
Writing/Writer1951 People Will Talk
Directing/Director1950 All About Eve
Writing/Screenplay1950 All About Eve
Directing/Director1950 No Way Out
Writing/Writer1950 No Way Out
Directing/Director1949 A Letter to Three Wives
Writing/Screenplay1949 A Letter to Three Wives
Directing/Director1949 House of Strangers
Crew/Additional Writing1948 The Pirate
Directing/Director1948 Escape
Directing/Director1947 The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
Directing/Director1947 The Late George Apley
Directing/Director1946 Dragonwyck
Writing/Writer1946 Dragonwyck
Directing/Director1946 Somewhere in the Night
Writing/Screenplay1946 Somewhere in the Night
Production/Producer1944 The Keys of the Kingdom
Writing/Screenplay1944 The Keys of the Kingdom
Production/Producer1942 Woman of the Year
Production/Producer1942 Reunion in France
Production/Producer1941 The Feminine Touch
Production/Producer1940 The Philadelphia Story
Production/Producer1940 Strange Cargo
Production/Producer1939 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Production/Producer1938 The Shining Hour
Writing/Screenplay1938 The Shining Hour
Production/Producer1938 The Shopworn Angel
Production/Producer1938 A Christmas Carol
Crew/Additional Writing1938 Mannequin
Production/Producer1938 Mannequin
Production/Producer1938 Three Comrades
Crew/Additional Writing1937 The Bride Wore Red
Production/Producer1937 The Bride Wore Red
Production/Producer1937 Double Wedding
Production/Producer1936 The Gorgeous Hussy
Production/Producer1936 Love on the Run
Production/Producer1936 Three Godfathers
Writing/Writer1936 Three Godfathers
Production/Producer1936 Fury
Writing/Screenplay1935 I Live My Life
Writing/Dialogue1934 Our Daily Bread
Writing/Screenplay1934 Manhattan Melodrama
Writing/Screenplay1934 Forsaking All Others
Writing/Screenplay1933 Alice in Wonderland
Writing/Writer1933 Diplomaniacs
Writing/Story1933 Too Much Harmony
Writing/Screenplay1933 Emergency Call
Writing/Screenplay1932 Sky Bride
Writing/Screenplay1932 This Reckless Age
Writing/Story1932 This Reckless Age
Writing/Writer1932 Night After Night
Writing/Writer1932 Million Dollar Legs
Writing/Writer1932 If I Had a Million
Writing/Story1932 If I Had a Million
Writing/Adaptation1932 If I Had a Million
Writing/Writer1931 Finn and Hattie
Writing/Writer1931 Sooky
Writing/Dialogue1931 Dude Ranch
Writing/Dialogue1931 The Gang Buster
Writing/Writer1931 Newly Rich
Writing/Screenplay1931 June Moon
Writing/Writer1931 Skippy
Writing/Screenplay1930 The Social Lion
Writing/Screenplay1930 Paramount on Parade
Writing/Writer1930 The Light of Western Stars
Writing/Screenplay1930 Slightly Scarlet
Writing/Screenplay1930 Only Saps Work
Writing/Adaptation1930 Only Saps Work
Writing/Screenplay1929 Fast Company
Crew/Title Graphics1929 The Saturday Night Kid

Full Name: Joseph Mankiewicz
Born: Thursday, 02/11 1909 (February) in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania (United States of America (USA))
Died: Friday, 02/05 1993 (February) in Bedford (aged: 83)
Zodiac sign: Aquarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Rooster)
Languages: German (DE), English (EN, native language)
Educated at: Columbia University, Stuyvesant High School
Spouses (current/former): Rose Stradner, Elizabeth Young
Children: Tom Mankiewicz
Other names for Joseph L. Mankiewicz (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Joseph Leo Mankiewicz"
"Joseph Mankiewicz"
"Joe Mankiewicz"
Joseph L. Mankiewicz frequently works together with these people:
Cedric Gibbons (21x, Crew)
Douglas Shearer (16x, Crew)
Edwin B. Willis (16x, Crew)
Franz Waxman (13x, Crew)
Adrian (13x, Crew)
Jack Oakie (11x, Actor)
Thomas Little (11x, Crew)
Ben Nye (10x, Crew)
Bess Flowers (9x, Actress)
Joan Crawford (9x, Actress)
Joseph Ruttenberg (8x, Crew)
George Stevens Jr. (3x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:6732, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 09/29/2025