Cleopatra
1963
Search results
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.
Joseph L. Mankiewicz. Jump to. 21 wins & 26 nominations. Academy Awards, USA. 1973 Nominee Oscar. Best Director. Sleuth. 1955 Nominee Oscar. Best Writing, Story and Screenplay. The Barefoot Contessa. 1953 Nominee Oscar. Best Director. 5 Fingers. 1951 Winner Oscar. Best Director. All About Eve. 1951 Winner Oscar. Best Writing, Screenplay.
- February 11, 1909
- February 5, 1993
Apr 24, 2024 · His early writing credits include The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu (1929); Skippy (1931), a family comedy that earned him an Academy Award nomination; If I Had a Million (1932), for which he coined Field’s famous phrase “my little chickadee”; and Million Dollar Legs (1932).
- Michael Barson
A Letter to Three Wives (1949) and All About Eve (1950) brought him wide recognition along with two Academy Awards for each as a writer and a director, seven years after his elder brother Herman J. Mankiewicz won Best Screenplay for Citizen Kane (1941).
- January 1, 1
- Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA
- January 1, 1
- Bedford, New York, USA
Apr 2, 2014 · The film earned 14 Academy Award nominations and scored six, including Best Picture, with Mankiewicz also winning for his direction and screenplay. Later Career and Death. Mankiewicz had...
Joseph L. Mankiewicz. Original Screenplay winner for A Letter to Three Wives, with wife Rose Stradner. Olivia de Havilland. Best Actress winner for The Heiress. View More Memorable Moments.
