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Profile of Tom Mankiewicz
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Tom Mankiewicz |
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1st June 1942 |
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Los Angeles, California, USA |
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From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia
Tom Mankiewicz (born June 1, 1942) is an American screenwriter and director. He is the son of Joseph L. Mankiewicz and the nephew of Herman J. Mankiewicz.
Tom Mankiewicz wrote or co-wrote the screenplays for Mother Jugs and Speed, The Cassandra Crossing and The Eagle Has Landed.
He is best known for working on the screenplays for the James Bond movies Diamonds Are Forever, Live and Let Die and The Man with the Golden Gun. He received sole credit for Live and Let Die and shared credit on the other two with Richard Maibaum. He also did uncredited work on The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker.
Mankiewicz was asked by director Richard Donner to rewrite the screenplay for Superman: The Movie. Although he created much of the dialogue and several original characters, Mankiewicz was denied a screenplay credit. He was given the title Creative Consultant, to the annoyance of the Writers Guild of America.
Mankiewicz made his directorial debut with Dragnet in 1987.
External link
- Tom Mankiewicz at the Internet Movie Database
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