Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Personal Info

Birthday

February 11, 1909

Day of Death

1993-02-05

(83 years old)

Place of Birth

Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA

Also Known As

Joseph Leo Mankiewicz

Joseph Mankiewicz

Joe Mankiewicz

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

Woman Trap

Filmography

2000
Backstory: 'All About Eve'
as Self (archive footage)
1991
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
as Self
1990
Night of 100 Stars III
as Self
1988
Hello Actors Studio
as Self
In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton
as Self
1986
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
as Self
W.C. Fields: Straight Up
as Self
1985
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
as Self
1983
All About Mankiewicz
as Self
Bette Davis: The Benevolent Volcano
as Self
1951
The Screen Director
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1929
Woman Trap
as Reporter (as Joseph Mankiewicz)