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Joseph L. Mankiewicz Biography

Birth Name:

Joseph Leo Mankiewicz

Birth Place:

Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, United States

Profession

Director, producer, screenwriter

Fast Facts

In the late 1920s, was a foreign correspondent for the Chicago Tribune and wrote English subtitles for German-language films
Coined the phrase "my little chickadee" for W
C
Fields
Claimed to have introduced Spencer Tracy to Katharine Hepburn
Rewrote some of F
Scott Fitzgerald's dialogue for the Three Comrades (1938)
When director Ernst Lubitsch fell ill during the filming of 1946's Dragonwyck, he filled in
He (A Letter to Three Wives, All About Eve) and brother Herman (Citizen Kane) both won Best Screenplay Oscars
When Marlon Brando, considering the role of Marc Antony in 1953's Julius Caesar, played him a tape of line-readings from Shakespeare, Mankiewicz told him, "You sound just like June Allyson
"

1972Oscar-Best Achievement in Directing: nominated
1965Emmy-Outstanding Program Achievements in Entertainment: nominated
1964Golden Globe-Best Director - Motion Picture: nominated
1956Writers Guild Awards-Musical: nominated
1955Writers Guild Awards-Drama: nominated
1954Oscar-Best Writing (Story and Screenplay): nominated
1953Directors Guild of America Awards-Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film: nominated
1952Directors Guild of America Awards-Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film: nominated
1952Writers Guild Awards-Comedy: nominated
1952Oscar-Best Achievement in Directing: nominated
1951Writers Guild Awards-Comedy: winner
1951Writers Guild Awards-Drama: nominated
1951Golden Globe-Best Screenplay - Motion Picture: winner
1951Cannes Film Festival-Special Jury Prize: winner
1951Golden Globe-Best Director - Motion Picture: nominated
1950Writers Guild Awards-The Robert Meltzer Award: nominated
1950Oscar-Best Writing (Screenplay): winner
1950Writers Guild Awards-Comedy: winner
1950Directors Guild of America Awards-Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film: nominated
1950New York Film Critics Circle-Best Director: winner
1950Oscar-Best Writing (Story and Screenplay): nominated
1950Oscar-Best Achievement in Directing: winner
1949Oscar-Best Writing (Screenplay): winner
1949Oscar-Best Achievement in Directing: winner
1948Directors Guild of America Awards-Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film: winner
1931Oscar-Best Writing (Adaptation): nominated