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Director · Writer · Producer · 1909 to 1993

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Best rated (directing): All About Eve (8.1)

Directing films
21
Directing avg
7.02
Peak run
1947’50
Oscar wins
2 of 4
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Directing films, by TMDB rating

The career

Joseph L. Mankiewicz, directing career by TMDB rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run
Peak 1947 to 1950, 7.36567819501955196019651970All About Eve 8.1Guys and Dolls 6.6Career avg 7.02

Dot size shows audience votes. Films below the source vote floor sit on the baseline.

Joseph L. Mankiewicz's career barcodecoolhot
194621 films1972
Current formLast 5: 7.07 vs career 7.02 (+0.05)
  1. WSuddenly, Last Summer1959 · 7.3+0.3
  2. WCleopatra1963 · 7.10.0
  3. LThe Honey Pot1967 · 6.5−0.5
  4. LThere Was a Crooked Man...1970 · 6.8−0.2
  5. WSleuth1972 · 7.7+0.7
As a director, films with 25+ votes

Joseph by the numbers

Average
7.02
18 rated films
Vote weighted
7.08
bigger films count more
Median
7.0
half are better
Consistency
±0.52
rating spread
Career
27y
1946 to 1972
Total votes
6.01K
across every film
Best
8.1
All About Eve
Worst
6.6
Guys and Dolls
Newest first

Filmography

Directing filmography
1972Sleuth posterSleuth7.7751
1970There Was a Crooked Man... posterThere Was a Crooked Man...6.8149
1970King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis·12
1967The Honey Pot posterThe Honey Pot6.571
1963Cleopatra posterCleopatra7.1894
1959Suddenly, Last Summer posterSuddenly, Last Summer7.3329
1958The Quiet American posterThe Quiet American5.834
1955Guys and Dolls posterGuys and Dolls6.6264
1954The Barefoot Contessa posterThe Barefoot Contessa6.8287
1953Julius Caesar posterJulius Caesar7.1247
19525 Fingers poster5 Fingers7.5106
1951People Will Talk posterPeople Will Talk7.1102
1950All About Eve posterAll About Eve8.11,774
1950No Way Out posterNo Way Out6.9111
1949House of Strangers posterHouse of Strangers7.093
1949A Letter to Three Wives posterA Letter to Three Wives7.2182
1948Escape posterEscape·17
1947The Ghost and Mrs. Muir posterThe Ghost and Mrs. Muir7.5370
1947The Late George Apley posterThe Late George Apley·17
1946Somewhere in the Night posterSomewhere in the Night6.774
Better together?

Joseph L. Mankiewicz's regulars

The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers. Acting pairs here count billed roles (an actor in a director's top six, co-stars both in the top five); each duo page counts every film they made together in those roles.

Films together: Joseph L. Mankiewicz and Milton Krasner movies · Joseph L. Mankiewicz and Alfred Newman movies · Joseph L. Mankiewicz and Rex Harrison movies · Joseph L. Mankiewicz and Philip Dunne movies

Takes

On Joseph L. Mankiewicz

9 nominations, 4 wins

Awards record

  • Best Director · Academy Awards 1973
    Joseph L. Mankiewicz
    Nominated
  • Best Original Screenplay · Academy Awards 1955
    Joseph L. Mankiewicz
    Nominated
  • Best Director · Academy Awards 1953
    Joseph L. Mankiewicz
    Nominated
  • Best Director · Academy Awards 1951
    Joseph L. Mankiewicz
    Won
  • Best Adapted Screenplay · Academy Awards 1951
    Joseph L. Mankiewicz
    Won
  • Best Original Screenplay · Academy Awards 1951
    Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Lesser Samuels
    Nominated
  • Best Director · Academy Awards 1950
    Joseph L. Mankiewicz
    Won
  • Best Adapted Screenplay · Academy Awards 1950
    Joseph L. Mankiewicz
    Won
  • Best Adapted Screenplay · Academy Awards 1931
    Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Sam Mintz
    Nominated

Career statistics use TMDB ratings and 25+ votes per film.

Sources: TMDB (TMDB API terms and product-specific authorization, as of 2026-10-12T23:47:04.021Z), Wikidata (CC0).

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