About
Joseph Leo Mankiewicz (/ˈmæŋkəwɪts/ MANG-kə-wits; February 11, 1909 – February 5, 1993) 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. Also known as an actor's director, Mankiewicz directed several prominent actors, including Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart and Elizabeth Taylor, to several of their memorable onscreen performances. Born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, Mankiewicz studied at Columbia University and graduated in 1928. He moved overseas to Europe, where he worked as a foreign correspondent for the Chicago Tribune and translated German intertitles into English for UFA. On the advice of his screenwriter brother Herman, Mankiewicz moved back to the United States, and was hired by Paramount Pictures as a dialogue writer. He then became a...
Known for
CleopatraMovie • 1963
All About EveMovie • 1950
The Philadelphia StoryMovie • 1940
Guys and DollsMovie • 1955
The PirateMovie • 1948
A Letter to Three WivesMovie • 1949
SleuthMovie • 1972
Julius CaesarMovie • 1953
The Barefoot ContessaMovie • 1954
A Christmas CarolMovie • 1938
Woman of the YearMovie • 1942
Suddenly, Last SummerMovie • 1959
DragonwyckMovie • 1946
The Ghost and Mrs. MuirMovie • 1947
There Was a Crooked Man...Movie • 1970
Strange CargoMovie • 1940
Manhattan MelodramaMovie • 1934
The Keys of the KingdomMovie • 1944
No Way OutMovie • 1950
That's Entertainment, Part IIMovie • 1976
House of StrangersMovie • 1949
Somewhere in the NightMovie • 1946
Alice in WonderlandMovie • 1933
FuryMovie • 1936