Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Writing · Born 1909-02-11 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA

Biography

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…

Filmography

• Woman Trap as Reporter (as Joseph Mankiewicz)
• Hello Actors Studio as Self
• Night of 100 Stars III as Self
• The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn as Self
• The Screen Director as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Bette Davis: The Benevolent Volcano as Self
• George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey as Self
• Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker as Self
• In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton as Self