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| Born | February 11, 1909 Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Died | February 5, 1993 (aged 83) Bedford, New York, USA |
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Joseph Leo Mankiewicz (February 11, 1909 – February 5, 1993) was an American Academy Award-winning director, screenwriter, and producer. Events 660 BC - Traditional founding date of Japan by Emperor Jimmu. Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Events 1576 - Henry of Navarre converts to Roman Catholicism in order to ensure his right to the throne of France. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) The United States of America —commonly referred to as the "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. A film director, or filmmaker, is a person who directs the making of a Film. Screenwriters or scenarists are Scriptwriters who write the Screenplays from which Films and Television programs are made A film producer is a person who creates the conditions for making movies.
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Biography
Born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania to Franz Mankiewicz and Johanna Blumenau, immigrants from Poland, Mankiewicz moved with his family to New York City where he graduated in 1924 from Stuyvesant High School. Wilkes-Barre (ˈwɪlksbɛrə or /-bɛri/ is the central city of the Wyoming Valley and County seat of Luzerne County in northeastern Pennsylvania Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland The City of New York Stuyvesant High School ( IPA: /ˈstаɪvɛsənt/ commonly referred to as Stuy ( IPA: /ˈstаɪ/ is a New York City Public high school [1] In 1928, he obtained a bachelor's degree from Columbia University. A bachelor's degree is usually an Undergraduate Academic degree awarded for a course or major that generally lasts for three four or in some cases and Columbia University is a private University in the United States and a member of the Ivy League. For a time he worked in Berlin, Germany, as a foreign correspondent for the Chicago Tribune newspaper before being lured into the motion picture business. Berlin is the capital city and one of sixteen states of Germany. The Chicago Tribune is a major daily Newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, United States, and owned by the Tribune Company
During his long career in Hollywood, Mankiewicz wrote forty-eight screenplays, including All About Eve, for which he won an Academy Award. All About Eve is a Drama film, written and directed by Joseph L "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. He also produced more than twenty films including The Philadelphia Story which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1941. The Philadelphia Story is a romantic Comedy film starring Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, and James Stewart, and directed by The Academy Award for Best Motion Picture is one of the Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to artists working However, he is best known for the films he directed, twice winning the Academy Award for Directing. The Academy Award for Achievement in Directing (Best Director is one of the Awards of Merit presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to In 1944, he produced The Keys of the Kingdom, which starred his wife, Rose Stradner, and Gregory Peck. The Keys of the Kingdom is a 1941 novel by A J Cronin. Spanning four decades it tells the story of Father Francis Chisholm an unconventional Gregory Peck (April 5 1916 &ndash June 12 2003 was an Academy Award -winning and four-time Golden Globe Award-winning American Film
In 1958, Mankiewicz directed The Quiet American an adaptation of Graham Greene's 1955 novel about the seed of American military involvement in what would become the Vietnam War. The Quiet American was the first film adaptation of Graham Greene 's bestselling novel released in 1958. Henry Graham Greene OM, CH (2 October 1904 &ndash 3 April 1991 was an English writer best known as a novelist but who also produced Short stories The Quiet American ( 1955) is a novel by British author Graham Greene. The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War, or the Vietnam Conflict, occurred in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia Mankiewicz, under career pressure from the climate of anti-Communism and the Hollywood blacklist, distorted the message of Greene's book, changing major parts of the story to appeal to a national audience. Anti-communism refers to opposition to Communism. Historically the word "communism" has been used to refer to several types of communal social organization and "Hollywood Ten" redirects here For the 1950 short documentary film see The Hollywood Ten. The term nationalism can refer to an Ideology, a sentiment, a form of Culture, or a Social movement that focuses on the Nation A cautionary tale about America's blind support for "anti-Communists" was turned into, according to Greene, a "propaganda film for America. "
He was the younger brother of Herman J. Mankiewicz. Herman Jacob Mankiewicz ( November 7, 1897 - March 5, 1953) was a Hollywood screenwriter noted for writing along with Orson His sons are writer/director Tom Mankiewicz and producer Christopher Mankiewicz. Tom Mankiewicz (born June 1, 1942) is an American Screenwriter and director. He also has a daughter named Alexandra Mankiewicz. His great-nephew is radio & television personality Ben Mankiewicz, currently on TCM. Ben Mankiewicz (born 1967 is an American radio and Television personality Turner Classic Movies ( TCM) is a cable television channel featuring commercial -free classic movies mostly from the Turner Entertainment and Warner
On his passing in 1993, Joseph Mankiewicz was interred in Saint Matthew's Episcopal Churchyard cemetery, Bedford, New York. Bedford, commonly known as Bedford Village, is a hamlet (and Census-designated place or CDP located in the town of Bedford in New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous
Director and Screenwriter
Comfortable in a variety of genres and able to elicit career performances from actors and actresses alike, Joseph L Mankiewicz combined brilliant scripts with a precise, even clinical, mise en scène to produce one of the most distinctive oeuvres in cinema history. Mankiewicz toiled as a screenwriter (Paramount) and as a producer (MGM) for 17 years before finally getting a chance to direct at Twentieth Century Fox. Over a period of six years he made 11 films for Fox, reaching a peak in 1949 and 1950 when he won consecutive Academy Awards for Screenplay and Direction for A Letter to Three Wives and All About Eve. In 1951, Mankiewicz left Fox and moved to New York, intending to write for the Broadway stage. Although this dream never materialised, he continued to make films (both for his own production company Figaro and as a director-for-hire) that explored his favourite themes - the clash of aristocrat with commoner, life as performance and - most especially - the propensity for life to louse up the scripts people write for themselves. And nothing loused up Mankiewicz's personal script more than Cleopatra. The movie consumed three years of his life and ended up both derailing his career and bankrupting a studio. Mankiewicz made more films, however, garnering an Oscar nomination for Best Direction in 1972 for Sleuth. Unfortunately, this was his final production.
Filmography
Director
Screenplays
- Fast Company (1929) co-writer
- Slightly Scarlet (1930) co-writer
- Paramount on Parade (1930)
- The Social Lion (1931) Adaptation
- Only Saps Work (1931) co-writer
- The Gang Buster (1931)
- Finn & Hattie (1931)
- June Moon (1931) co-writer
- Skippy (1931) co-writer
- Newly Rich (1931) co-writer
- Sooky (1931) co-writer
- This Reckless Age (1932) co-writer
- Sky Bride (1932) co-writer
- Million Dollar Legs (1932) Story
- If I Had A Million (1932) (segments "China Shop", "Three Marines", "Violet") Uncredited
- Diplomaniacs (1933) co-writer
- Emergency Call (1933) co-writer
- Too Much Harmony (1933) Story
- Alice In Wonderland (1933) co-writer
- Manhattan Melodrama (1934) co-writer
- Our Daily Bread (1934) Dialogue
- Forsaking All Others (1934)
- I Live My Life (1935)
- The Keys of the Kingdom (1944) co-writer
- Dragonwyck (1946)
- Somewhere in the Night (1946) co-writer
- A Letter to Three Wives (1949)
- House of Strangers (1949) Uncredited
- No Way Out (1950) co-writer
- All About Eve (1950)
- People Will Talk (1951)
- 5 Fingers (1952) Uncredited
- Julius Caesar (1953) Uncredited
- The Barefoot Contessa (1954)
- Guys and Dolls (1955)
- The Quiet American (1958)
- Cleopatra (1963) co-writer
- The Honey Pot (1967)
Further reading
- Jack Brodsky and Nathan Weiss: The Cleopatra Papers. The year 1946 in film involved some significant events Events Top grossing films (U Dragonwyck is a 1946 period drama film made by Twentieth Century-Fox. Somewhere in the Night is a Psychological thriller, directed by Joseph L The year 1947 in film involved some significant events Events May 22 - Great Expectations is premiered in New York The Ghost and Mrs Muir ( 1947) is a romantic Fantasy film starring Gene Tierney and Rex Harrison. The year 1948 in film involved some significant events Events Laurence Olivier 's Hamlet becomes the The year 1949 in film involved some significant events Events Top grossing films (U A Letter to Three Wives is a 1949 film which tells the story of a woman who mails a letter to three women telling them she has left town with the husband of one of House of Strangers is the first of three film versions of Jerome Weidman's novel I'll Never Go Home Any More each scripted by Phillip Yordan. The year 1950 in film involved some significant events Events February 15 - Walt Disney Studios No Way Out ( 1950) is a Black-and-white Film noir directed by Joseph L All About Eve is a Drama film, written and directed by Joseph L The year 1951 in film involved some significant events Events Sweden - May Britt is scouted by Italian People Will Talk ( 1951) is a 20th Century Fox Comedy film directed by Joseph L The year 1952 in film involved some significant events Events January 10 - Cecil B This page is for the Otto Lang film For the 2006 Islamic terrorist film see Five Fingers (2006 film. The year 1953 in film involved some significant events Events September 16 — The Robe debuts as Julius Caesar is an MGM film adaptation of the play by Shakespeare, directed by Joseph L The year 1954 in film involved some significant events Events May 12 - The Marx Brothers' Zeppo Marx The Barefoot Contessa is a 1954 film about the life and loves of fictional Spanish sex symbol Maria Vargas The year 1955 in film involved some significant events Events November 3 - The musical Guys and Dolls Guys and Dolls is a 1955 Musical film starring Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Frank Sinatra and Vivian Blaine. The year 1958 in film involved some significant events Events February 16- " In the Money " by William The Quiet American was the first film adaptation of Graham Greene 's bestselling novel released in 1958. The year 1959 in film involved some significant events Events The Three Stooges make their 180th and last short film Suddenly Last Summer is a 1959 Drama film made by Columbia Pictures, based on the play of the same title by Tennessee Williams The year 1963 in film involved some significant events Events January 28 - Filming begins on Dr Cleopatra is a 1963 Film directed by Joseph L Mankiewicz. The screenplay was adapted by Sidney Buchman, Ben Hecht, The year 1964 in film involved some significant events Events January 29 - The film Dr Carol for Another Christmas, scripted by Rod Serling as a modernization of Charles Dickens ' A Christmas Carol and a plea for The year 1967 in film involved some significant events It is widely considered as one of the most ground-breaking years in film The Honey Pot, also known as The Honeypot, is a 1967 crime Comedy film made by Famous Artists Productions and distributed The year 1970 in film involved some significant events Events February 11 - The film The Magic Christian King a Filmed Record Montgomery To Memphis is a 1970 Documentary film biography of Doctor Martin Luther King Jr There Was a Crooked Man is a 1970 western Comedy starring Kirk Douglas and Henry Fonda and directed by Joseph L The year 1972 in film involved some significant events Events Top grossing films (U Sleuth is the 1972 film adaptation of the Tony Award -winning play of the same title by British playwright Anthony Shaffer. Skippy is one of the first films nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture, in 1931. If I Had a Million is an American film released by Paramount Studios in 1932 starring Gary Cooper, Charles Laughton, Manhattan Melodrama is a 1934 Crime Melodrama Film, produced by MGM Pictures. Our Daily Bread is a 1934 film directed by King Vidor and starring Karen Morley, Tom Keene, and John Qualen. The Keys of the Kingdom is a 1941 novel by A J Cronin. Spanning four decades it tells the story of Father Francis Chisholm an unconventional Dragonwyck is a 1946 period drama film made by Twentieth Century-Fox. Somewhere in the Night is a Psychological thriller, directed by Joseph L A Letter to Three Wives is a 1949 film which tells the story of a woman who mails a letter to three women telling them she has left town with the husband of one of House of Strangers is the first of three film versions of Jerome Weidman's novel I'll Never Go Home Any More each scripted by Phillip Yordan. No Way Out ( 1950) is a Black-and-white Film noir directed by Joseph L All About Eve is a Drama film, written and directed by Joseph L People Will Talk ( 1951) is a 20th Century Fox Comedy film directed by Joseph L This page is for the Otto Lang film For the 2006 Islamic terrorist film see Five Fingers (2006 film. Julius Caesar is an MGM film adaptation of the play by Shakespeare, directed by Joseph L The Barefoot Contessa is a 1954 film about the life and loves of fictional Spanish sex symbol Maria Vargas Guys and Dolls is a 1955 Musical film starring Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Frank Sinatra and Vivian Blaine. The Quiet American was the first film adaptation of Graham Greene 's bestselling novel released in 1958. Cleopatra is a 1963 Film directed by Joseph L Mankiewicz. The screenplay was adapted by Sidney Buchman, Ben Hecht, The Honey Pot, also known as The Honeypot, is a 1967 crime Comedy film made by Famous Artists Productions and distributed New York, Simon and Schuster, 1963.
- Joseph L. Mankiewicz and Gary Carey: More About 'All About Eve. New York, Random House, 1972.
- Kenneth L. Geist: Pictures Will Talk: The Life and Films of Joseph L. Mankiewicz. New York, Scribners, 1978. ISBN 0-68415-500-1
- Cheryl Bray Lower: Joseph L. Mankiewicz: Critical Essays and Guide to Resources. Jefferson, NC, McFarland & Co. , 2001. ISBN 0-78640-987-8
- Bernard F. Dick: Joseph L. Mankiewicz. New York, Twayne Publishers, 1983. ISBN 0-80579-291-0
References
- ^ Flint, Peter. "Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Literate Skeptic of the Cinema, Dies at 83", New York Times, 1993-02-06. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar defeats the combined army of Pompeian followers and Numidians under Metellus Scipio Retrieved on 2007-11-01. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 996 - Emperor Otto III issues a deed to Gottschalk Bishop of Freising which is the oldest known document using the name Ostarrîchi
External links
- Joseph L. Mankiewicz at the Internet Movie Database
- Joseph L. Mankiewicz at the TCM Movie Database
- Senses of Cinema: Great Directors Critical Database
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