Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA

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).

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National Theatre Live: All About Eve (2019)
Writer
Pleins feux (1992)
Writer
A Letter to Three Wives (1985)
Screenplay
Sleuth (1972)
Director
There Was a Crooked Man... (1970)
Director | Producer
The Honey Pot (1967)
Director | Screenplay
Carol for Another Christmas (1964)
Director | Producer
Cleopatra (1963)
Director | Screenplay
Suddenly, Last Summer (1959)
Director
The Quiet American (1958)
Director | Writer | Producer
Guys and Dolls (1955)
Director | Screenplay
The Barefoot Contessa (1954)
Director | Writer
Julius Caesar (1953)
Director
5 Fingers (1952)
Director
People Will Talk (1951)
Director | Writer
All About Eve (1950)
Director | Screenplay
No Way Out (1950)
Director | Writer
House of Strangers (1949)
Director
A Letter to Three Wives (1949)
Director | Screenplay
Escape (1948)
Director
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947)
Director
The Late George Apley (1947)
Director
Somewhere in the Night (1946)
Director | Screenplay
Dragonwyck (1946)
Director | Writer
The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)
Screenplay | Producer
Reunion in France (1942)
Producer
Woman of the Year (1942)
Producer
The Feminine Touch (1941)
Producer
The Philadelphia Story (1940)
Producer
Strange Cargo (1940)
Producer
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1939)
Producer
A Christmas Carol (1938)
Producer
The Shining Hour (1938)
Producer | Screenplay
The Shopworn Angel (1938)
Producer
Three Comrades (1938)
Producer
Mannequin (1938)
Producer | Additional Writing
Double Wedding (1937)
Producer
The Bride Wore Red (1937)
Producer | Additional Writing
Love on the Run (1936)
Producer
The Gorgeous Hussy (1936)
Producer
Fury (1936)
Producer
Three Godfathers (1936)
Producer | Writer
I Live My Life (1935)
Screenplay
Forsaking All Others (1934)
Screenplay
Our Daily Bread (1934)
Dialogue
Manhattan Melodrama (1934)
Screenplay
Alice in Wonderland (1933)
Screenplay
Too Much Harmony (1933)
Story
Emergency Call (1933)
Screenplay
Diplomaniacs (1933)
Writer
If I Had a Million (1932)
Writer | Adaptation | Story
Night After Night (1932)
Writer
Million Dollar Legs (1932)
Writer
Sky Bride (1932)
Screenplay
This Reckless Age (1932)
Screenplay
Sooky (1931)
Writer
Newly Rich (1931)
Writer
Dude Ranch (1931)
Dialogue
Skippy (1931)
Writer
June Moon (1931)
Screenplay
Finn and Hattie (1931)
Writer
The Gang Buster (1931)
Dialogue
Only Saps Work (1930)
Screenplay
The Social Lion (1930)
Screenplay
Paramount on Parade (1930)
Screenplay
The Light of Western Stars (1930)
Writer
Slightly Scarlet (1930)
Screenplay
The Saturday Night Kid (1929)
Title Graphics
Fast Company (1929)
Screenplay