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Herman J. Mankiewicz

1897 - 1953 (age 55) • Writing

Herman Jacob Mankiewicz (November 7, 1897 – March 5, 1953; New York City) was an American screenwriter, who, with Orson Welles, wrote the screenplay for Citizen Kane (1941). Earlier, he was the Berlin correspondent for the Chicago Tribune and the drama critic for The New York Times and The New Yorker. Alexander Woollcott said that Herman Mankiewicz was the "funniest man in New York". Both Mankiewicz and Welles received Academy Awards for their screenplay. Mankiewicz's younger brother was Joseph L. Mankiewicz (1909–1993), an Oscar-winning Hollywood director, screenwriter, and producer. His nephew Tom Mankiewicz (1942 – 2010) was also a screenwriter and director.

Known For

Citizen Kane

80%

Screenplay

1941

Duck Soup

73%

Producer

1933

Horse Feathers

69%

Producer

1932

Monkey Business

69%

Producer

1931

The Pride of the Yankees

73%

Screenplay

1942

Dinner at Eight

68%

Screenplay

1933

The Last Command

74%

Writer

1928

San Francisco

66%

Writer

1936

The Mad Dog of Europe

70%

Self (archive footage)

2026

The Battle Over Citizen Kane

74%
1996

The Complete 'Citizen Kane'

1991

Dinner at Eight

55%

Original Film Writer

1989

That's Entertainment, Part II

70%

Thanks

1976

The Pride of St. Louis

70%

Screenplay

1952

Lux Video Theatre

67%

Screenplay

1950

A Woman's Secret

56%

Producer

1949

A Woman's Secret

56%

Screenplay

1949

The Spanish Main

64%

Screenplay

1945

The Enchanted Cottage

74%

Writer

1945

The Enchanted Cottage

74%

Screenplay

1945

Christmas Holiday

65%

Screenplay

1944

See Here, Private Hargrove

65%

Writer

1944

The Good Fellows

80%

Screenplay

1943

The Human Comedy

62%

Writer

1943

Stand by for Action

70%

Screenplay

1942

The Pride of the Yankees

73%

Screenplay

1942

This Time for Keeps

80%

Characters

1942

Rise and Shine

73%

Screenplay

1941

Citizen Kane

80%

Newspaperman (uncredited)

1941

Citizen Kane

80%

Screenplay

1941

The Wild Man of Borneo

67%

Theatre Play

1941

Keeping Company

67%

Story

1940

Comrade X

61%

Writer

1940

The Ghost Comes Home

57%

Staff Writer

1940

It's a Wonderful World

65%

Original Story

1939

Live, Love and Learn

56%

Writer

1937

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