Joseph L. Mankiewicz

    Known For

    Writing

    Birthday

    February 11, 1909

    Day of Death

    February 5, 1993 (83 years old)

    Place of Birth

    Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA

    Joseph L. Mankiewicz

    Biography

    Joseph Leo Mankiewicz was an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. Mankiewicz had a long Hollywood career and is best known as the writer-director of the Oscar-winning All About Eve (1950). He was brother to screenwriter and drama critic Herman J. Mankiewicz who also won an Oscar for co-writing Citizen Kane (1941).

    Known For

    • All About Eve

      All About Eve

      1950

    • The Philadelphia Story

      The Philadelphia Story

      1940

    • Cleopatra

      Cleopatra

      1963

    • Sleuth

      Sleuth

      1972

    • The Ghost and Mrs. Muir

      The Ghost and Mrs. Muir

      1947

    • Suddenly, Last Summer

      Suddenly, Last Summer

      1959

    • The Barefoot Contessa

      The Barefoot Contessa

      1954

    • Guys and Dolls

      Guys and Dolls

      1955

    • Fury

      Fury

      1936

    • Julius Caesar

      Julius Caesar

      1953

    • A Letter to Three Wives

      A Letter to Three Wives

      1949

    • Woman of the Year

      Woman of the Year

      1942

    • A Christmas Carol

      A Christmas Carol

      1938

    • There Was a Crooked Man...

      There Was a Crooked Man...

      1970

    • Dragonwyck

      Dragonwyck

      1946