- Born
- Died
- Birth nameThomas Frank Mankiewicz
- Nickname
- Tommy
- Tom Mankiewicz was born on June 1, 1942 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was a writer and director, known for Ladyhawke (1985), Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut (1980) and The Man with the Golden Gun (1974). He died on July 31, 2010 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- RelativesHerman J. Mankiewicz(Aunt or Uncle)Joseph L. Mankiewicz(Cousin)
- Attended Phillips Exeter Academy and Yale University (1955-59), majoring in drama. Before his graduation, he worked as production assistant on the John Wayne western, The Comancheros (1961). He continued to work as a production associate through most of the early 1960s. Screenwriter of three back-to-back James Bond thrillers, Diamonds Are Forever (1971), Live and Let Die (1973) and The Man with the Golden Gun (1974).
- Son of director Joseph L. Mankiewicz and Rose Stradner.
- Nephew of screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz.
- First cousin once-removed of producer Nick Davis, screenwriter John Mankiewicz, radio personality & TCM host Ben Mankiewicz and journalist Josh Mankiewicz.
- First cousin of screenwriter Don Mankiewicz, Frank Mankiewicz and the late novelist Johanna Mankiewicz Davis.
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