![]() Avg.User Rating: Rate this person: Director, Producer, Screenwriter, Consultant/advisor Born: June 1, 1942 in Los Angeles, CA Biography:"Tom Mankiewicz" comes from a distinguished film family. His father, "Joseph L. Mankiewicz", is a renowned screenwriter and director and his uncle, "Herman Mankiewicz", is also a highly respected screenwriter. Following studies at the Exeter Academy and Yale, Mankiewicz worked as a production associate on a 1964 film, "The Best Man". A few years later, he became a screenwriter. In the early '80s, he directed some episodes of the television series "Hart to Hart", and in 1987 he directed his first feature film, "Dragnet". Mankiewicz has also worked as a script consultant on a few James Bond films and on two of the Superman films. As a director, he primarily makes action-adventures. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
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