Biography
Joseph Leo Mankiewicz 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.
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Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay · 1951
- Academy Award — Best Director · 1951
- Academy Award — Best Director · 1950
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay · 1950
- Directors Guild of America Award
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- National Board of Review Award — Best Film
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
- Writers Guild of America Award
- Academy Award — Best Director · 1973 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Original Screenplay · 1955 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Director · 1953 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Director · 1951 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Original Screenplay · 1951 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Director · 1950 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Picture · 1941 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay · 1931 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay · nominated
Filmography50+ titles
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
All About Eve
5 Fingers
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
The Philadelphia Story
Fury
Diplomaniacs
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Suddenly, Last Summer
A Letter to Three Wives
Three Comrades
Cleopatra
Julius Caesar
People Will Talk
The Keys of the Kingdom
That's Entertainment, Part II
Woman of the Year
Strange Cargo
A Christmas Carol
Manhattan Melodrama
Slightly Scarlet
No Way Out
The Bride Wore Red
Three Godfathers
There Was a Crooked Man...
The Dick Cavett Show
The Barefoot Contessa
The Shopworn Angel
Million Dollar Legs
Dragonwyck
Our Daily Bread
Guys and Dolls
The Pirate
Love on the Run
If I Had a Million
The Honey Pot
Reunion in France
Double Wedding
Cairo
Night After Night
Alice in Wonderland
Skippy
In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton
Mannequin
Forsaking All Others
Carol for Another Christmas
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
The Quiet American
The River of Romance
The Light of Western Stars