Mankiewicz

[ mang-kuh-wits ]

/ ˈmæŋ kə wɪts /

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noun

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

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How to use Mankiewicz in a sentence

In Mank’s 1930s timeline, Mankiewicz is just catching on to the power that images, whether or not they’re “real,” exercise over the ordinary people who watch them.
David Fincher’s new movie Mank is a broadside against Hollywood self-congratulation|Alissa Wilkinson|December 4, 2020|Vox
Over the course of Mank, you can see Mankiewicz’s sympathies growing.
The tangled history behind David Fincher’s Mank — and its link to Citizen Kane — explained|Alissa Wilkinson|December 4, 2020|Vox
When Mankiewicz’s work evaporates too, he has no reason to make nice anymore.
The tangled history behind David Fincher’s Mank — and its link to Citizen Kane — explained|Alissa Wilkinson|December 4, 2020|Vox
Mankiewicz seems to take Welles’s comment as a signal that it’s the right time to go after Hearst.
The tangled history behind David Fincher’s Mank — and its link to Citizen Kane — explained|Alissa Wilkinson|December 4, 2020|Vox

Mank then adds another layer to Mankiewicz’s frustration with Hearst, and one with perhaps a little more heart.
The tangled history behind David Fincher’s Mank — and its link to Citizen Kane — explained|Alissa Wilkinson|December 4, 2020|Vox
Shooting The Comancheros in 1961, Wayne spotted a JFK button on the lapel of the future screenwriter Tom Mankiewicz.
A New Biography Shows That ‘John Wayne’ Was His Own Best Creation|Christopher Bray|April 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“I am utterly miserable,” Fitzgerald whimpered in a letter to Mankiewicz.
‘The Counselor’ & How Cormac McCarthy Beat the Hollywood Curse|Andrew Romano|October 26, 2013|DAILY BEAST
And now I see the familiar visage of Ben Mankiewicz, so this just regular old TCM.
South Carolina, Who Knew?|Michael Tomasky|September 3, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Later another force of nature blew in, courtesy of Joseph L. Mankiewicz: the faceless Cleopatra became Elizabeth Taylor.
Cleopatra's Comeback|Stacy Schiff|June 3, 2010|DAILY BEAST
"I have never, ever, nor do I expect ever, to see a face more in grief," Mankiewicz later recalled.
Teddy's JFK Theory|Gerald Posner|August 26, 2009|DAILY BEAST