Mankiewicz family

The Mankiewicz family is an American family of German-Jewish descent, with members including:

• Herman J. Mankiewicz (1897–1953), Hollywood screenwriter (1 Oscar) (brother of Joseph)
  • Don Mankiewicz (1922–2015), screenwriter (son of Herman)
    • John Mankiewicz (born 1954), screenwriter and producer (son of Don)
    • Jane Mankiewicz, fiction writer published in The New Yorker (daughter of Don)
  • Frank Mankiewicz (1924–2014), journalist, publicist, politician (son of Herman)
    • Josh Mankiewicz (born 1955), television journalist (son of Frank, brother of Ben)
    • Ben Mankiewicz (born 1967), co-host of The Young Turks, currently the primary host on Turner Classic Movies (TCM) (son of Frank, brother of Josh)
  • Johanna Mankiewicz Davis (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 (1909–1993), Hollywood screenwriter (2 Oscars), director (2 Oscars) and producer (brother of Herman)
  • Eric Reynal (né Mankiewicz, 1936–2022), bank executive (son of Joseph)
  • Christopher Mankiewicz (1940–2024), actor and producer (son of Joseph)
  • Tom Mankiewicz (1942–2010), screenwriter, director and producer (son of Joseph)
  • Alex Mankiewicz (born 1966), illustrator and artist (daughter of Joseph)
• Francis Mankiewicz (1944–1993), Canadian filmmaker, second cousin once removed to Herman J. Mankiewicz and Joseph L. Mankiewicz

• Davis, Nick (2021). Competing with Idiots: Herman and Joe Mankiewicz, a Dual Portrait. New York: Knopf Doubleday. ISBN 978-1-400-04183-1.
• Geist, Kenneth L. (1978). Pictures Will Talk: The Life and Films of Joseph L. Mankiewicz. New York: Scribners. ISBN 0-684-15500-1.
• Mankiewicz, Tom; Crane, Robert (2012). My Life as a Mankiewicz: An Insider's Journey through Hollywood. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 978-0-813-13605-9.
• Meryman, Richard (1978). Mank: The Wit, World, and Life of Herman Mankiewicz. New York: Morrow. ISBN 978-0-688-03356-9.
• Stern, Sydney Ladensohn (2019). The Brothers Mankiewicz: Hope, Heartbreak, and Hollywood Classics. University Press of Mississippi. ISBN 978-1-617-03267-7.