Don Mankiewicz

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Don Mankiewicz (born January 20, 1922 in Berlin , † April 25, 2015 in Monrovia , California ) was an American screenwriter and author.

Life

Mankiewicz is a son of screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz . One uncle was Joseph L. Mankiewicz , who was also in the film business . Mankiewicz studied at Columbia University until his graduation in 1942 , served in the United States Army and worked for the New Yorker . In 1954 he published the novel Trial , which was also made into a film. In the 1950s and 1960s he was active in the Democratic Party .

From the early 1950s, he worked as a screenwriter primarily for television series and films. For the screenplay for the court drama Let Me Live , he was nominated together with Nelson Gidding for an Oscar in the category "Best Adapted Screenplay" in 1959 . He wrote the screenplay for the 1962 Oscar-nominated short documentary film The Road to the Wall by Robert Saudek . He was nominated for an Emmy in 1968 for his work on the series The Boss . Another nomination followed in 1970 for his screenplay for an episode of the series Dr. med. Marcus Welby . He last appeared as a screenwriter in 1995.

Mankiewicz was married twice. His second marriage son, John Mankiewicz , born in 1954, works as a screenwriter and producer.

Filmography (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Filmreference.com, accessed January 4, 2016
  2. ^ Latimes.com, accessed January 4, 2016
personal data
SURNAME Mankiewicz, Don
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American screenwriter and book writer
DATE OF BIRTH January 20, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH April 25, 2015
Place of death Monrovia , California