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  1. Herman Jacob Mankiewicz (/ ˈmæŋkəwɪts / MANG-kə-wits; November 7, 1897 – March 5, 1953) was an American screenwriter who, with Orson Welles, wrote the screenplay for Citizen Kane (1941). Both Mankiewicz and Welles went on to receive the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for the film. Mankiewicz was previously a Berlin ...

  2. Apr 2, 2014 · Herman Mankiewicz is the older brother of noted director and screenwriter Joseph L. Mankiewicz. Herman Mankiewicz's daughter, Johanna Mankiewicz Davis, a novelist and writer for TIME magazine, was ...

  3. Herman Mankiewicz (born November 7, 1897, New York, New York, U.S.—died March 5, 1953, Los Angeles, California) was an American screenwriter, journalist, playwright, and wit, notable as a member of the Algonquin Round Table and as the coauthor of the screenplay for Citizen Kane (1941).

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  4. Herman was born on November 7, 1897 in New York City, the son of Johanna (Blumenau) and Franz Mankiewicz. His parents were Jewish emigrants from Germany, and after living in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, the family, along with Herman's kid brother Joe, moved back to the Big Apple in 1913. Mankiewicz took a degree in philosophy at Columbia and ...

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    • March 5, 1953
  5. Dec 4, 2020 · Herman J. Mankiewicz or "Mank," as he was called during his career and in Fincher's film, was born in 1897. In the early part of his career, ...

  6. Dec 4, 2020 · Acclaimed director David Fincher’s highly anticipated film “Mank,” on the Jewish screenwriter Herman Mankiewicz and the story behind his writing of the classic film “Citizen Kane,” hits ...

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  8. Nov 30, 2020 · Herman J. Mankiewicz, a reporter turned critic turned playwright turned screenwriter, helped shape the sound of classic Hollywood movies and lured other New York wits to California to do the same.

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