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).
Academy Awards
Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
Best Director
Known For
Cleopatra
(1963)
Screenplay
The Barefoot Contessa
(1954)
Writer
All About Eve
(1950)
Screenplay
No Way Out
(1950)
Writer
Guys and Dolls
(1955)
Screenplay
Manhattan Melodrama
(1934)
Screenplay
Dragonwyck
(1946)
Writer
A Letter to Three Wives
(1949)
Screenplay
Alice in Wonderland
(1933)
Screenplay
Somewhere in the Night
(1946)
Screenplay
People Will Talk
(1951)
Writer
Our Daily Bread
(1934)
Dialogue
The Honey Pot
(1967)
Screenplay
The Keys of the Kingdom
(1944)
Screenplay
The Quiet American
(1958)
Writer
The Shining Hour
(1938)
Screenplay
Full Filmography
Writing
Fast Company
(1929)
Screenplay
Paramount on Parade
(1930)
Screenplay
The Light of Western Stars
(1930)
Writer
Slightly Scarlet
(1930)
Screenplay
The Social Lion
(1930)
Screenplay
Only Saps Work
(1930)
Screenplay
Newly Rich
(1931)
Writer
Finn and Hattie
(1931)
Writer
June Moon
(1931)
Screenplay
The Gang Buster
(1931)
Dialogue
Dude Ranch
(1931)
Dialogue
Skippy
(1931)
Writer
Sooky
(1931)
Writer
This Reckless Age
(1932)
Screenplay
Million Dollar Legs
(1932)
Writer
Sky Bride
(1932)
Screenplay
Night After Night
(1932)
Writer
If I Had a Million
(1932)
Writer, Adaptation, and Story
Alice in Wonderland
(1933)
Screenplay
Diplomaniacs
(1933)
Writer
Too Much Harmony
(1933)
Story
Emergency Call
(1933)
Screenplay
Manhattan Melodrama
(1934)
Screenplay
Forsaking All Others
(1934)
Screenplay
Our Daily Bread
(1934)
Dialogue
I Live My Life
(1935)
Screenplay
Three Godfathers
(1936)
Writer
The Shining Hour
(1938)
Screenplay
The Keys of the Kingdom
(1944)
Screenplay
Dragonwyck
(1946)
Writer
Somewhere in the Night
(1946)
Screenplay
A Letter to Three Wives
(1949)
Screenplay
All About Eve
(1950)
Screenplay
No Way Out
(1950)
Writer
People Will Talk
(1951)
Writer
The Barefoot Contessa
(1954)
Writer
Guys and Dolls
(1955)
Screenplay
The Quiet American
(1958)
Writer
Cleopatra
(1963)
Screenplay
The Honey Pot
(1967)
Screenplay
A Letter to Three Wives
(1985)
Screenplay
Pleins feux
(1992)
Writer
National Theatre Live: All About Eve
(2019)
Writer
Acting
Woman Trap
(1929)
Reporter (as Joseph Mankiewicz)
The Screen Director
(1951)
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
All About Mankiewicz
(1983)
Self
Bette Davis: The Benevolent Volcano
(1983)
Self
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
(1985)
Self
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
(1986)
Self
W.C. Fields: Straight Up
(1986)
Self
In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton
(1988)
Self
Hello Actors Studio
(1988)
Self
Night of 100 Stars III
(1990)
Self
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
(1991)
Self
Backstory: 'All About Eve'
(2000)
Self (archive footage)
Crew
The Saturday Night Kid
(1929)
Title Graphics
The Bride Wore Red
(1937)
Additional Writing
Mannequin
(1938)
Additional Writing
Production
Fury
(1936)
Producer
Three Godfathers
(1936)
Producer
Love on the Run
(1936)
Producer
The Gorgeous Hussy
(1936)
Producer
Double Wedding
(1937)
Producer
The Bride Wore Red
(1937)
Producer
The Shopworn Angel
(1938)
Producer
Mannequin
(1938)
Producer
A Christmas Carol
(1938)
Producer
Three Comrades
(1938)
Producer
The Shining Hour
(1938)
Producer
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
(1939)
Producer
The Philadelphia Story
(1940)
Producer
Strange Cargo
(1940)
Producer
The Feminine Touch
(1941)
Producer
Woman of the Year
(1942)
Producer
Reunion in France
(1942)
Producer
The Keys of the Kingdom
(1944)
Producer
The Quiet American
(1958)
Producer
Carol for Another Christmas
(1964)
Producer
There Was a Crooked Man...
(1970)
Producer
Directing
Dragonwyck
(1946)
Director
Somewhere in the Night
(1946)
Director
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
(1947)
Director
The Late George Apley
(1947)
Director
Escape
(1948)
Director
House of Strangers
(1949)
Director
A Letter to Three Wives
(1949)
Director
All About Eve
(1950)
Director
No Way Out
(1950)
Director
People Will Talk
(1951)
Director
5 Fingers
(1952)
Director
Julius Caesar
(1953)
Director
The Barefoot Contessa
(1954)
Director
Guys and Dolls
(1955)
Director
The Quiet American
(1958)
Director
Suddenly, Last Summer
(1959)
Director
Cleopatra
(1963)
Director
Carol for Another Christmas
(1964)
Director
The Honey Pot
(1967)
Director
There Was a Crooked Man...
(1970)
Director
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
(1970)
Director
Sleuth
(1972)
Director