Herman J. Mankiewicz (7 Kasım 1897 - 5 Mart 1953) Akademi Ödüllü Amerikalı senaristtir. Orson Welles ile birlikte yazdığı sinema tarihinin en önemli ve en tartışmalı filmlerinden biri olarak kabul edilen Yurttaş Kane (Citizen Kane) senaryosu ile tanınır.

Hayatı

Mankiewicz, Columbia Üniversitesi ve Berlin Üniversitesi'nde eğitim gördü. Almanya'dan göçeden bir Yahudi ailesinde doğan Mankiewicz Joseph L. Mankiewicz'in büyük kardeşidir. Çocukları Don Mankiewicz senarist, Frank Mankiewicz politikacı ve Johanna Mankiewicz Davis yazardır. Mankiewicz 1926'da The New Yorker dergisindeki drama editörlüğü göreviden Hollywood'da yazmak için ayrıldı. Orson Welles ile birlikte yazdığı Yurtttaş Kane ile En İyi Özgün Senaryo Akademi Ödülü sahibi oldu.

Fimleri

The Road to Mandalay (1926) — Writer (story credit)
Stranded in Paris (1926) — Writer (adaptation)
Fashions for Women (1927) — Writer
A Gentleman of Paris (1927) (titles)
The City Gone Wild (1927) — Writer (titles)
Honeymoon Hate (1927) — Writer (titles)
The Gay Defender (1927) — Writer (titles)
Two Flaming Youths (1927) — Writer (titles)
Love and Learn (1928) — Writer (titles)
The Last Command (1928) — Writer (titles)
Something Always Happens (1928) — Writer (titles)
A Night of Mystery (1928/I) — Writer (titles)
Abie's Irish Rose (1928) — Writer (titles)
His Tiger Lady (1928) — Writer (titles)
The Dragnet (1928) — Writer (titles)
The Magnificent Flirt (1928) — Writer (titles)
The Mating Call (1928) — Writer (titles), Newspaperman (uncredited)
The Water Hole (1928) — Writer (titles)
Take Me Home (1928) — Writer (titles)
Avalanche (1928) — Writer (screenplay) (titles)
The Barker (1928) — Writer (titles)
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1928) — Writer (titles)
Three Weekends (1928) — Writer (titles)
What a Night! (1928) — Writer (titles)
The Love Doctor (1929) — Writer (titles)
The Canary Murder Case (1929) — Writer (titles)
The Dummy (1929) — Writer
The Man I Love (1929) — Writer (story)
Thunderbolt (1929) — Writer
The Mighty (1929) — Writer (titles)
The Vagabond King (1930) — Writer (screenplay) (story)
Men Are Like That (1930) — Writer (adaptation)
Honey (1930) — Writer (scenario) (titles)
Ladies Love Brutes (1930) — Writer (screenplay)
True to the Navy (1930) — Writer (dialogue)
Love Among the Millionaires (1930) — Writer (dialogue)
Laughter (1930) — Writer
The Royal Family of Broadway (1930) — Writer (adaptation)
Salga de la cocina (1931) — Writer (adaptation)
The Front Page (1931) — Bit (uncredited)
Every Woman Has Something (1931) — Writer (adaptation)
Man of the World (1931) — Writer (screenplay) (story)
Ladies' Man (1931) — Writer
Monkey Business (1931) — producer (uncredited)
The Lost Squadron (1932) — Writer (additional dialogue)
Dancers in the Dark (1932) — Writer
Girl Crazy (1932) — Writer
Million Dollar Legs (1932) — producer
Horse Feathers (1932) — producer (uncredited)
Another Language (1933) — Writer
Dinner at Eight (1933) — Writer (screenplay)
Meet the Baron (1933) — Writer
Duck Soup (1933) — producer (uncredited)
The Show-Off (1934) — Writer
Stamboul Quest (1934) — Writer (screenplay)
After Office Hours (1935) — Writer
Escapade (1935) — Writer
Three Maxims (1936) — Writer
Love in Exile (1936) — Writer
John Meade's Woman (1937) — Writer
The Emperor's Candlesticks (1937) — contributor to dialogue (uncredited)
My Dear Miss Aldrich (1937) — Writer (original story and screenplay)
It's a Wonderful World (1939) — Writer (story)
The Wizard of Oz (1939) — Writer (uncredited)
The Ghost Comes Home (1940) — Writer (contributing writer)
Comrade X (1940) — Writer (uncredited)
Keeping Company (1940) — Writer (story)
The Wild Man of Borneo (1941) — Writer (play)
Citizen Kane (1941) — Writer (screenplay), Newspaperman (uncredited)
Rise and Shine (1941) — Writer (screenplay)
This Time for Keeps (1942) — Writer (characters)
The Pride of the Yankees (1942) — Writer (screenplay)
Stand By for Action (1942) — Writer (screenplay)
The Good Fellows (1943) — Writer (play)
Christmas Holiday (1944) — Writer
The Enchanted Cottage (1945) — Writer
The Spanish Main (1945) — Writer (screenplay)
A Woman's Secret (1949) — Writer (screenplay), producer
The Pride of St. Louis (1952) — Writer
Lux Video Theatre (TV series episode, 1955): The Enchanted Cottage — Writer (original screenplay)