Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Writing
Born February 11, 1909 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA
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 screenwriter, writing for numerous films starring Jack Oakie. He next moved to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), where he served as a producer for several films, including The Philadelphia Story (1940) and Woman of the Year (1942). Mankiewicz left MGM after a dispute with Louis B. Mayer.
Filmography
National Theatre Live: All About Eve
Pleins feux
Stardust: The Bette Davis Story
Self (archive footage)
Backstory: 'All About Eve'
Self (archive footage)
Pleins feux
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
Self
Night of 100 Stars III
Self
Hello Actors Studio
Self
In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton
Self
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
Self
W.C. Fields: Straight Up
Self
A Letter to Three Wives
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
Self
All About Mankiewicz
Self
Bette Davis: The Benevolent Volcano
Self
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self
Sleuth
There Was a Crooked Man...
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
The Honey Pot
Carol for Another Christmas
Cleopatra
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
Suddenly, Last Summer
The Quiet American
Guys and Dolls
The Barefoot Contessa
Julius Caesar
The Oscars
Self
5 Fingers
People Will Talk
All About Eve
No Way Out
House of Strangers
A Letter to Three Wives
The Pirate
Escape
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
The Late George Apley
Somewhere in the Night
Dragonwyck
The Keys of the Kingdom
Reunion in France
Cairo
Woman of the Year
The Feminine Touch
The Wild Man of Borneo
The Philadelphia Story
Strange Cargo
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
A Christmas Carol
The Shining Hour
The Shopworn Angel
Three Comrades
Mannequin
Double Wedding
The Bride Wore Red
Love on the Run
The Gorgeous Hussy
Fury
Three Godfathers
I Live My Life
Forsaking All Others
Our Daily Bread
Manhattan Melodrama
Alice in Wonderland
Too Much Harmony
Emergency Call
Diplomaniacs
If I Had a Million
Night After Night
Million Dollar Legs
Sky Bride
This Reckless Age
Sooky
Newly Rich
Skippy
June Moon
Finn and Hattie
The Gang Buster
Only Saps Work
The Social Lion
Paramount on Parade
The Light of Western Stars
Slightly Scarlet
The Saturday Night Kid
Woman Trap
Reporter (as Joseph Mankiewicz)
The River of Romance