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Mankiewicz

American  
[mang-kuh-wits] / ˈmæŋ kə wɪts /

noun

  1. Joseph L(eo), 1909–1993, U.S. motion-picture director, producer, and writer.


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He told Ben Mankiewicz of TCM that he wasn’t a maverick.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

Set in a dour factory, “Metropolis” is “the grandfather of all ‘beat the worker down with monotonous, repetitive labor, totally unrecognized by management’ movies,” says Mankiewicz of TCM.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 29, 2025

Workplace movies “give you very quickly an identifiable everyman or everywoman—somebody we can relate to,” says Ben Mankiewicz, the Turner Classic Movies host and great-nephew of legendary Hollywood screenwriter and director Joseph L. Mankiewicz.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 29, 2025

Ben Mankiewicz, the host of Turner Classic Movies and the grandson of “Citizen Kane” co-writer Herman J. Mankiewicz, narrates the documentary, which features archival images and video clips.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2024

Welles and writer Herman Mankiewicz shared the award for Best Original Screenplay.

From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow

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