Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Director, Escritor, Productor, Actor

11 de febrero de 1909 — 5 de febrero de 1993 (83 años)
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 United States, and was hired by Paramount Pictures as a dialogue writer. He then became a screenwriter, writing for numerous films starring Jack Oakie. He next moved to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), where he served as a producer for several films, including The Philadelphia Story (1940) and Woman of the Year (1942). Mankiewicz left MGM after a dispute with Louis B. Mayer.

In 1944, Mankiewicz began working for Twentieth Century-Fox, where he produced The Keys of the Kingdom (1944). He made his directorial debut with Dragonwyck (1946) after Ernst Lubitsch had dropped out due to illness. Mankiewicz remained at Fox, directing a broad range of genre films. Consecutively, in 1950 and 1951, he won two Academy Awards each for writing and directing A Letter to Three Wives (1949) and All About Eve (1950). In 1953, Mankiewicz formed his own production company Figaro, where he independently produced, as well as wrote and directed, The Barefoot Contessa (1954) and The Quiet American (1958).

In 1961, Mankiewicz took over direction from Rouben Mamoulian for Cleopatra (1963). Production was beset with numerous difficulties, including a heavily publicized extramarital affair between stars Taylor and Richard Burton. Relatively late into production, Darryl F. Zanuck reassumed control of Fox as studio president and briefly fired Mankiewicz for excessive overruns. Released in 1963, Cleopatra became the year's highest-grossing film and earned mixed reviews from critics. Mankiewicz's reputation suffered, and he did not return to direct another film until The Honey Pot (1967).

Mankiewicz then directed There Was a Crooked Man... (1970) and the documentary King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (1972), sharing credit with Sidney Lumet on the latter. His final film Sleuth (1972), starring Michael Caine and Laurence Olivier, earned Mankiewicz his fourth and final Oscar nomination as Best Director. In 1993, Mankiewicz died in Bedford, New York, at the age of 83.

Películas y series en Plex

  • Historias de Filadelfia
    Historias de Filadelfia1940
  • Ellos Y Ellas
    Ellos Y Ellas1955
  • Murmullos en la ciudad
    Murmullos en la ciudad1951
  • El día de los tramposos
    El día de los tramposos1970
  • Canción para otra Navidad
    Canción para otra Navidad1964
  • Las aventuras de Huckleberry Finn
    Las aventuras de Huckleberry Finn1939

Conocido por

  • Eva al desnudo
    Eva al desnudo1950
  • Historias de Filadelfia
    Historias de Filadelfia1940
  • La huella
    La huella1972
  • El fantasma y la señora Muir
    El fantasma y la señora Muir1947
  • Carta a tres esposas
    Carta a tres esposas1949
  • Ellos Y Ellas
    Ellos Y Ellas1955
  • La condesa descalza
    La condesa descalza1954
  • Cleopatra
    Cleopatra1963
  • Furia
    Furia1936
  • La mujer del año
    La mujer del año1942
  • Cuento de Navidad
    Cuento de Navidad1938
  • Un rayo de luz
    Un rayo de luz1950
  • Murmullos en la ciudad
    Murmullos en la ciudad1951
  • Julio César
    Julio César1953
  • Operación Cicerón
    Operación Cicerón1952
  • El castillo de Dragonwyck
    El castillo de Dragonwyck1946
  • El día de los tramposos
    El día de los tramposos1970
  • Odio entre hermanos
    Odio entre hermanos1949
  • Solo en la noche
    Solo en la noche1946
  • Las llaves del reino
    Las llaves del reino1944

Filmography

2019
1985
A Letter to Three Wives · as Original Film Writer
1967
The Honey Pot · as Screenplay
1963
Cleopatra · as Screenplay
1958
1955
Guys and Dolls · as ScreenplayEn Plex
1954
1953
Julius Caesar · as Screenplay
1952
1951
1951
1950
All About Eve · as Screenplay
1950
1949
House of Strangers · as Screenplay
1949
A Letter to Three Wives · as Screenplay
1948
1946
Somewhere in the Night · as Screenplay
1946
1944
The Keys of the Kingdom · as Screenplay
1938
The Shining Hour · as Screenplay
1938
1938
1938
1936
1936
1935
I Live My Life · as Screenplay
1935
1935
1935
1935
1934
Forsaking All Others · as Screenplay
1934
Manhattan Melodrama · as Screenplay
1933
Alice in Wonderland · as Screenplay
1933
1933
Emergency Call · as Screenplay
1933
1932
1932
1932
Sky Bride · as Screenplay
1931
This Reckless Age · as Screenplay
1931
1931
1931
1931
June Moon · as Screenplay
1931
1930
Only Saps Work · as Screenplay
1930
The Social Lion · as Screenplay
1930
Paramount on Parade · as Screenplay
1930
1930
Slightly Scarlet · as Screenplay
1929
The River of Romance · as Screenplay

2024
Bogart: Life Comes in Flashes · as Self - Director & Friend
2024
2016
I Am Not Your Negro · as SelfEn Plex
2006
2004
Cecil B. DeMille: American Epic · as Self - Interviewee
2001
2001
1997
1994
The 66th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Memorial Tribute
1991
1990
1989
1988
1988
1988
1986
1986
1984
1982
Cinéma cinémas · as Self
1977
1975
Arena (1975) · as Self
1973
1973
The 45th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Nominee
1971
1968
The Dick Cavett Show · as Self - GuestEn Plex
1967
Omnibus (1967) · as Self
1964
Cinema · as Self
1962
The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson · as Self - Remote Interview
1961
1957
1956
The 28th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Co-Host: New York
1953
1950
What's My Line? · as Self - Guest Panelist

1929
Woman Trap · as Reporter (as Joseph Mankiewicz)

1937
Mannequin · as Collaborating Writer
1937
The Bride Wore Red · as Story
1934
Our Daily Bread · as Dialogue
1933
Too Much Harmony · as Story
1932
1931
Dude Ranch · as Additional Dialogue
1931
The Gang Buster · as Dialogue
1929
The Virginian · as Titles
1929
1929
1929
Thunderbolt · as Titles
1929
1929
The Man I Love · as Titles
1929
Close Harmony · as Titles