Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Also known as Joseph Leo Mankiewicz, Joseph Mankiewicz

American film director, screenwriter, and producer (1909-1993)

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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

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: Germany
Active from: 1770-12-17
Active to: 1827-03-26

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Discography

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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

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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.”

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Joseph
Gender: male
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: Wilkes-Barre
Place of death: Bedford
Child: Tom Mankiewicz
Sibling: Herman J. Mankiewicz
Occupation: director
Educated at: Stuyvesant High School
Languages spoken: English language
Native language: English language
Award: star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
Image: Joseph L. Mankiewicz (1950).jpg

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cause of death: myocardial infarction
date of birth: 1909-02-11
date of death: 1993-02-05
manner of death: natural causes
nominated for: Academy Award for Best Picture
Commons category: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
name in native language: Joseph Leo Mankiewicz
start of work period: 1929-00-00
related category: Category:Films with screenplays by Joseph L. Mankiewicz
writing language: English language

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Encyclopedic overview

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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