---
name: "Herman J. Mankiewicz"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/herman-j-mankiewicz"
fi1m_id: "herman-j-mankiewicz"
imdb_id: "nm0542534"
tmdb_id: 30012
wikidata_id: "Q956533"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "7 November 1897"
died: "5 March 1953"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 75
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-20T00:55:38.999659+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Herman J. Mankiewicz

## Identity

Herman J. Mankiewicz

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/herman-j-mankiewicz
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** herman-j-mankiewicz
- **IMDb ID:** nm0542534
- **TMDB ID:** 30012
- **Wikidata ID:** Q956533
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_J._Mankiewicz, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q956533, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0542534/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/30012

Writer. Born 7 November 1897 in New York City, New York, USA. Died 5 March 1953.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 7 November 1897, New York City, New York, USA
- **Died:** 5 March 1953
- **Active:** 1933–1943
- **Also known as:** Herman Jacob Mankiewicz
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 5: 4 writing, 1 producing
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won · 1 nominated)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 75, as writer, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1930s 80 (2), 1940s 77 (3)
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Family 2, Music 1, Mystery 1, Romance 1, Sport 1
- **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $32m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_J._Mankiewicz, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q956533, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0542534/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/30012

## Streaming the US now

- **Pluto TV:** [*The Pride of the Yankees*](https://film.one/film/the-pride-of-the-yankees.md) (71)

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## Biography

Herman J. Mankiewicz was an American screenwriter and journalist. Born in New York City, he worked as a foreign correspondent for the Chicago Tribune in Berlin and later as a drama critic for The New York Times and The New Yorker before moving to Hollywood in the mid-1920s.

He is best known for co-writing the screenplay for *Citizen Kane* (1941) with Orson Welles; the pair received the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. Mankiewicz also contributed to *Dinner at Eight* (1933), *The Pride of the Yankees* (1942) and numerous other films, often working uncredited to revise scripts. He was the older brother of director and screenwriter Joseph L. Mankiewicz.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, britannica.com.*

## On Fi1m (5)

### Wrote (4) — the average rests on these

- *The Human Comedy* (1943), Fi1m 66, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-human-comedy.md)
- *The Pride of the Yankees* (1942), Fi1m 71, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/the-pride-of-the-yankees.md)
- *Citizen Kane* (1941), Fi1m 93, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/citizen-kane.md)
- *San Francisco* (1936), Fi1m 71, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/san-francisco.md)

### Produced (1)

- *Duck Soup* (1933), Fi1m 88, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/duck-soup.md)

## Complete filmography (102)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Battle Over Citizen Kane* (1996), Actor
- *The Complete 'Citizen Kane'* (1991), Actor
- *Dinner at Eight* (1989), Original Film Writer
- *That's Entertainment, Part II* (1976), Thanks
- *The Pride of St. Louis* (1952), Screenplay
- *Lux Video Theatre* (1950), series, Screenplay
- *A Woman's Secret* (1949), Producer, Screenplay
- *The Spanish Main* (1945), Screenplay
- *The Enchanted Cottage* (1945), Writer, Screenplay
- *Christmas Holiday* (1944), Screenplay
- *See Here, Private Hargrove* (1944), Writer
- *The Good Fellows* (1943), Screenplay
- *The Human Comedy* (1943), Writer — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/the-human-comedy.md)
- *Stand by for Action* (1942), Screenplay
- *The Pride of the Yankees* (1942), Screenplay — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/the-pride-of-the-yankees.md)
- *This Time for Keeps* (1942), Characters
- *Rise and Shine* (1941), Screenplay
- *Citizen Kane* (1941), as Newspaperman (uncredited) · Screenplay — Fi1m 93, [page](https://film.one/film/citizen-kane.md)
- *The Wild Man of Borneo* (1941), Theatre Play
- *Keeping Company* (1940), Story
- *Comrade X* (1940), Writer
- *The Ghost Comes Home* (1940), Staff Writer
- *It's a Wonderful World* (1939), Original Story
- *Live, Love and Learn* (1937), Writer
- *My Dear Miss Aldrich* (1937), Screenplay, Original Story
- *The Emperor's Candlesticks* (1937), Dialogue
- *Street of Shadows* (1937), Writer
- *John Meade's Woman* (1937), Writer
- *Love in Exile* (1936), Writer
- *Suzy* (1936), Writer
- *San Francisco* (1936), Writer — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/san-francisco.md)
- *The Three Maxims* (1936), Adaptation
- *The Perfect Gentleman* (1935), Writer
- *It's in the Air* (1935), Writer
- *The Murder Man* (1935), Writer
- *Escapade* (1935), Screenplay
- *After Office Hours* (1935), Screenplay
- *Stamboul Quest* (1934), Screenplay
- *Operator 13* (1934), Writer
- *Come On, Marines!* (1934), Writer
- *The Show-Off* (1934), Screenplay
- *Dinner at Eight* (1933), Screenplay
- *Duck Soup* (1933), Producer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/duck-soup.md)
- *Meet the Baron* (1933), Story
- *Another Language* (1933), Writer
- *Fast Workers* (1933), Screenplay
- *Horse Feathers* (1932), Producer
- *Million Dollar Legs* (1932), Producer
- *Girl Crazy* (1932), Adaptation
- *The Lost Squadron* (1932), Dialogue
- *Dancers in the Dark* (1932), Writer
- *Monkey Business* (1931), Producer
- *Dude Ranch* (1931), Additional Dialogue
- *Ladies' Man* (1931), Writer
- *The Front Page* (1931), as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
- *Man of the World* (1931), Screenplay, Story
- *Every Woman Has Something* (1931), Adaptation
- *Leave The Kitchen!* (1931), Adaptation
- *The Royal Family of Broadway* (1930), Adaptation
- *Laughter* (1930), Writer
- *Love Among the Millionaires* (1930), Dialogue
- *True to the Navy* (1930), Dialogue
- *Ladies Love Brutes* (1930), Screenplay
- *Honey* (1930), Writer, Dialogue
- *Men Are Like That* (1930), Adaptation
- *The Vagabond King* (1930), Screenplay
- *The Mighty* (1929), Dialogue
- *Fast Company* (1929), Writer
- *Thunderbolt* (1929), Writer
- *The Man I Love* (1929), Story, Screenplay
- *The Dummy* (1929), Writer
- *The Canary Murder Case* (1929), as Additional Writing
- *The Love Doctor* (1929), Dialogue
- *What a Night!* (1928), Dialogue
- *Three Week Ends* (1928), Dialogue
- *Avalanche* (1928), Screenplay, Dialogue
- *Moran of the Marines* (1928), Writer
- *Take Me Home* (1928), Dialogue
- *The Barker* (1928), Dialogue
- *The Water Hole* (1928), Dialogue
- *The Mating Call* (1928), as Newspaperman · Dialogue
- *The Big Killing* (1928), Writer
- *His Tiger Lady* (1928), Dialogue
- *The Magnificent Flirt* (1928), Dialogue
- *The Drag Net* (1928), Dialogue
- *Abie's Irish Rose* (1928), Dialogue
- *A Night of Mystery* (1928), Dialogue
- *Something Always Happens* (1928), Dialogue
- *Gentlemen Prefer Blondes* (1928), Dialogue
- *The Last Command* (1928), Writer
- *Love and Learn* (1928), Dialogue
- *Serenade* (1927), Dialogue
- *Two Flaming Youths* (1927), Dialogue
- *The Gay Defender* (1927), Dialogue
- *Honeymoon Hate* (1927), Dialogue
- *The Spotlight* (1927), Dialogue
- *The City Gone Wild* (1927), Dialogue
- *Figures Don't Lie* (1927), Writer
- *A Gentleman of Paris* (1927), Writer
- *Fashions for Women* (1927), Writer
- *Stranded in Paris* (1926), Adaptation
- *The Road to Mandalay* (1926), Story

## Gallery

- ![Front cover of the dust jacket for the first edition of The Citizen Kane Book (1971), the first book publication of "Raising Kane", an essay by Pauline Kael, an](https://film.one/media/person/59072/gallery-f74c179b8fec.jpg) Front cover of the dust jacket for the first edition of The Citizen Kane Book (1971), the first book publication of "Raising Kane", an essay by Pauline Kael, an — Little, Brown and Company; dust jacket design by Bernie LaCasse, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Citizen-Kane-Book-FE.jpg/1280px-Citizen-Kane-Book-FE.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Photograph of screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz (1943)](https://film.one/media/person/59072/gallery-2ddf53bda6f3.jpg) Photograph of screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz (1943) — International News, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Herman-Mankiewicz.jpg/1280px-Herman-Mankiewicz.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Herman Jacob Mankiewicz in the Columbia University yearbook (1917)](https://film.one/media/person/59072/gallery-16de6fb41984.jpg) Herman Jacob Mankiewicz in the Columbia University yearbook (1917) — Columbia University, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Herman_Jacob_Mankiewicz_1917.jpg/1280px-Herman_Jacob_Mankiewicz_1917.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Orson Welles seated on witness stand at trial of Herman J. Mankiewicz in Los Angeles (1943)](https://film.one/media/person/59072/gallery-e4ee798cc755.jpg) Orson Welles seated on witness stand at trial of Herman J. Mankiewicz in Los Angeles (1943) — Los Angeles Daily News, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Orson_Welles_on_witness_stand_1943.jpg/1280px-Orson_Welles_on_witness_stand_1943.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won, 1 nominated

- 1943: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (nominated), for *The Pride of the Yankees*
- 1942: Best Writing, Original Screenplay (won), for *Citizen Kane*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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