Mankiewicz Family

The Mankiewicz family is an American family of

German-Jewish The history of the Jews in Germany goes back at least to the year 321, and continued through the Early Middle Ages (5th to 10th centuries CE) and High Middle Ages (''circa'' 1000–1299 CE) when Jewish immigrants founded the Ashkenazi Jewish ...

descent, with members including: * Herman J. Mankiewicz (1897–1953), Hollywood screenwriter (1

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) (brother of Joseph) **

Don Mankiewicz Don Martin Mankiewicz (January 20, 1922 – April 25, 2015) was an American screenwriter and novelist best known for his novel, ''Trial''. Early life Born in Berlin, Germany, he was the son of Sara (née Aaronson) and the screenwriter Herman J. ...

(1922–2015), screenwriter (son of Herman) ***

John Mankiewicz John Mankiewicz (born February 18, 1954) is an American television and film executive producer and screenwriter. He was co-executive producer for ''House of Cards'' and '' Bosch'', he co-created the television series ''The Street'' and has writte ...

(born 1954), screenwriter and producer (son of Don) *** Jane Mankiewicz, fiction writer published in ''The New Yorker'' (daughter of Don) **

Frank Mankiewicz Frank Fabian Mankiewicz II (May 16, 1924 – October 23, 2014) was an American journalist, political adviser, president of National Public Radio, and public relations executive. Life and career Frank Mankiewicz was born in New York City ...

(1924–2014), journalist, publicist, politician (son of Herman) ***

Josh Mankiewicz Joshua Paul "Josh" Mankiewicz (born August 27, 1955) is an American journalist, who has been reporting for ''Dateline NBC'' since 1995. He has reported for ''The Today Show'' and ''NBC Nightly News'' with Brian Williams, and '' Sunday Night with ...

(born 1955), television journalist (son of Frank, brother of Ben) ***

Ben Mankiewicz Benjamin Frederick Mankiewicz (born March 25, 1967) is an American television personality, political commentator, and film critic. He is a host on Turner Classic Movies and has been a commentator on '' The Young Turks'' and ''What the Flick?!'' ...

(born 1967), co-host of ''

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'', currently the primary host on

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(TCM) (son of Frank, brother of Josh) **

Johanna Mankiewicz Davis Johanna is a feminine name, a variant form of Joanna that originated in Latin in the Middle Ages, including an -h- by analogy with the Latin masculine name Johannes. The original Greek form ''Iōanna'' lacks a medial /h/ because in Greek /h/ cou ...

(1937–1974), novelist (daughter of Herman) *** Nick Davis (born 1965), screenwriter, director and producer (son of Johanna) *** Tim Davis (born 1963), television writer (son of Johanna) *

Joseph L. Mankiewicz Joseph Leo Mankiewicz (; February 11, 1909 – February 5, 1993) was an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. Mankiewicz had a long Hollywood career, and won both the Academy Award for Best Director and the Academy Award for Best A ...

(1909–1993), Hollywood screenwriter (2

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), director (2

) and producer (brother of Herman) **

Christopher Mankiewicz Christopher is the English version of a Europe-wide name derived from the Greek name Χριστόφορος (''Christophoros'' or '' Christoforos''). The constituent parts are Χριστός (''Christós''), "Christ" or "Anointed", and φέρει� ...

(born 1940), actor and producer (son of Joseph) **

Tom Mankiewicz Thomas Frank Mankiewicz (June 1, 1942 – July 31, 2010) was an American screenwriter, director, and producer of motion pictures and television whose credits included ''James Bond'' films and his contributions to '' Superman: The Movie'' (1978) a ...

(1942–2010), screenwriter, director and producer (son of Joseph) **

Alex Mankiewicz Alex is a given name. It can refer to a shortened version of Alexander, Alexandra, Alexis. People Multiple * Alex Brown (disambiguation), multiple people * Alex Gordon (disambiguation), multiple people * Alex Harris (disambiguation), multiple ...

(born 1966), illustrator and artist (daughter of Joseph) *

Francis Mankiewicz Francis Mankiewicz (March 15, 1944 in Shanghai, China – August 14, 1993 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada) was a Canadian film director, screenwriter and producer. In 1945, his family moved to Montreal, where Francis spent all his childhood. Hi ...

(1944–1993), Canadian filmmaker, second cousin once removed to Herman J. Mankiewicz and Joseph L. Mankiewicz {{surname, Mankiewicz American people of German-Jewish descent Jewish-American families