FILM DIRECTOR

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

1909 - 1993

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Joseph Leo Mankiewicz (; February 11, 1909 – February 5, 1993) was an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. Mankiewicz had a long Hollywood career, and won both the Academy Award for Best Director and the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay in consecutive years for A Letter to Three Wives (1949) and All About Eve (1950), the latter of which was nominated for 14 Academy Awards and won six.Comfortable in a variety of genres and able to elicit career performances from actors and actresses alike, Mankiewicz combined ironic, sophisticated scripts with a precise, sometimes stylized mise en scène. Mankiewicz worked for seventeen years as a screenwriter for Paramount Pictures and as a writer and producer for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer before getting a chance to direct at 20th Century Fox. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joseph L. Mankiewicz has received more than 1,680,349 page views. Her biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 52 in 2019). Joseph L. Mankiewicz is the 157th most popular film director (down from 144th in 2019), the 1,021st most popular biography from United States (down from 985th in 2019) and the 42nd most popular American Film Director.

Joseph L. Mankiewicz was an American film director, producer, and screenwriter who is famous for his work in the Golden Age of Hollywood. He directed and produced many classic films, including "All About Eve" and "Cleopatra," and won four Academy Awards for his screenwriting and directing. Mankiewicz was known for his sharp wit, sophisticated dialogue, and skillful handling of complex characters and themes, and he is considered one of the greatest filmmakers of all time.

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Over the past year Joseph L. Mankiewicz has had the most page views in the with 183,238 views, followed by French (33,843), and Italian (18,503). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Lithuanian (138.66%), Latin (62.05%), and Breton (49.88%)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Joseph L. Mankiewicz ranks 157 out of 2,041. Before her are Victor Sjöström, Ed Wood, Alexander Dovzhenko, Shohei Imamura, Otto Preminger, and Roland Emmerich. After her are Jesús Franco, Peter Greenaway, Kim Ki-duk, Sergio Corbucci, Andrei Konchalovsky, and Josef von Sternberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Joseph L. Mankiewicz ranks 34. Before her are Benny Goodman, Errol Flynn, Fred Perry, John Fante, Oldřich Nejedlý, and Jessica Tandy. After her are Edward Tatum, Miep Gies, Matt Busby, Ernst vom Rath, Leo Fender, and Alain Poher. Among people deceased in 1993, Joseph L. Mankiewicz ranks 27. Before her are Kōbō Abe, Bill Bixby, Wolfgang Paul, Brandon Lee, Félix Houphouët-Boigny, and Dizzy Gillespie. After her are W. Edwards Deming, Lillian Gish, Cantinflas, Arthur Ashe, Robert W. Holley, and Vincent Price.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Joseph L. Mankiewicz ranks 1,021 out of 20,380. Before her are Mr. T (1952), Kevin Kline (1947), Walter Lippmann (1889), Jerome Karle (1918), Hugh Glass (1783), and Duff McKagan (1964). After her are John Searle (1932), W. Edwards Deming (1900), Paul Allen (1953), Cass Elliot (1941), Michael Jai White (1967), and Edward Tatum (1909).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Joseph L. Mankiewicz ranks 42. Before her are George A. Romero (1940), D. W. Griffith (1875), Michael Cimino (1939), Jonathan Demme (1944), Frances Marion (1888), and Ed Wood (1924). After her are Joel Schumacher (1939), Gordon Parks (1912), Don Siegel (1912), Blake Edwards (1922), Kathryn Bigelow (1951), and Henry Hathaway (1898).

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Filmography

All About Eve
Director
From the moment she glimpses her idol at the stage door, Eve Harrington is determined to take the reins of power away from the great actress Margo Channing. Eve maneuvers her way into Margo's Broadway role, becomes a sensation and even causes turmoil in the lives of Margo's director boyfriend, her playwright and his wife. Only the cynical drama critic sees through Eve, admiring her audacity and perfect pattern of deceit.
Nov 9o 19508.116 / 10
Cleopatra
Director
Determined to hold on to the throne, Cleopatra seduces the Roman emperor Julius Caesar. When Caesar is murdered, she redirects her attentions to his general, Marc Antony, who vows to take power—but Caesar’s successor has other plans.
Jun 12o 19637.049 / 10
Guys and Dolls
Director
Gambler Nathan Detroit has few options for the location of his big craps game. Needing $1,000 to pay a garage owner to host the game, Nathan bets Sky Masterson that Sky cannot get virtuous Sarah Brown out on a date. Despite some resistance, Sky negotiates a date with her in exchange for bringing people into her mission. Meanwhile, Nathan's longtime fiancée, Adelaide, wants him to go legit and marry her.
Dec 23o 19556.6 / 10