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Joseph L. Mankiewicz
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American film director, screenwriter, and producer (1909-1993)
OverviewAI-generated
Joseph Leo Mankiewicz (1909–1993) was an American film producer, director, screenwriter, and actor. Born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, he began his professional career in 1929. He was educated at Stuyvesant High School and Columbia University. Mankiewicz was married to Rose Stradner and was the brother of Herman J. Mankiewicz and father of Tom Mankiewicz. He spoke both German and English.
His notable works include *Julius Caesar* (1953), *Guys and Dolls*, *5 Fingers*, *The Honey Pot*, and *La comtesse aux pieds nus*. He received multiple Academy Awards, including Best Director and Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay, as well as Writers Guild of America and Directors Guild of America Awards. He was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. Mankiewicz died of a myocardial infarction in Bedford.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 10
Top works
- La comtesse aux pieds nus
- Julius Caesar (1953)
- Guys and dolls
- 5 fingers
- The honey pot
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Film & TV
Writing · 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…
Known for
- Backstory: 'All About Eve' — Self (archive footage)2000
- Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker — Self1991
- Night of 100 Stars III — Self1990
- Hello Actors Studio — Self1988
- In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton — Self1988
- W.C. Fields: Straight Up — Self1986
- The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn — Self1986
- George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey — Self1985
- All About Mankiewicz — Self1983
- Bette Davis: The Benevolent Volcano — Self1983
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Germany
- Active from
- 1770-12-17
- Active to
- 1827-03-26
Discography
- Beethoven - Haydn
- Beethoven Immortal: Sonatas Para Piano 3, 12 Y 17
- Beethoven late string quartets (Volume 3)
- Beethoven: String Quintet op. 29 / Mendelssohn: String Quintet op. 87
- Beethoven/The Great Composers
- Berühmte Sinfonien Nr. 9
- Berühmte Werke
- Eroica (Symphony no. 3 in E-flat Major op. 55)1954
- Septett Es-dur1960
- Eroica-Variationen / 6 Variationen G-Dur / 32 Variationen c-moll1984
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 192
- Total plays
- 434
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- You Only Look Once: Unified, Real-Time Object Detection
· 2016 · cited 40,262x
- SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 36,510x
- Naturalistic inquiry
· 1985 · cited 34,781x
- When to use and how to report the results of PLS-SEM
· 2019 · cited 21,500x
- CONFIDENCE LIMITS ON PHYLOGENIES: AN APPROACH USING THE BOOTSTRAP
· 1985 · cited 19,721x
via Crossref · CC0
Quotes
- “I am never quite sure whether I am one of the cinema's elder statesmen or just the oldest whore on the beat.”
- “I have a lot to be sad about. Not bitter in any way. But I think it can be fairly said that I've been in on the beginning, the rise, peak, collapse and end of the talking picture.”
- “I got a job at Metro and went in to see Louis Mayer, who told me he wanted me to be a producer. I said I wanted to write and direct. He said, "No, you have to produce first, you have to crawl before you can walk." Which is as good a definition of producing as I ever heard.”
- “Every screenwriter worthy of the name has already directed his film when he has written his script.”
via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA
~40 min read
Encyclopedic overview
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, Gene Tierney, 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 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.
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