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name: "Tom Mankiewicz"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/tom-mankiewicz"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "1 June 1942"
died: "31 July 2010"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 57
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-18T11:19:51.530814+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."
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# Tom Mankiewicz

Writer. Born 1 June 1942 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Died 31 July 2010.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 June 1942, Los Angeles, California, United States
- **Died:** 31 July 2010
- **Active:** 1971–1974
- **Frequently works with:** [Albert R. Broccoli](https://film.one/person/albert-r-broccoli.md), [Guy Hamilton](https://film.one/person/guy-hamilton.md), [Harry Saltzman](https://film.one/person/harry-saltzman.md), [Richard Maibaum](https://film.one/person/richard-maibaum.md), [Roger Moore](https://film.one/person/roger-moore.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 57, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Mankiewicz, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q721417, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0542539/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7190

## Biography

Tom Mankiewicz was an American screenwriter, director and producer. Born in Los Angeles in 1942, he was the son of writer-director Joseph L. Mankiewicz and the nephew of Herman J. Mankiewicz. He studied drama at Yale University after attending Phillips Exeter Academy.

Mankiewicz received screenplay credit on the James Bond films *Diamonds Are Forever* (1971, shared with Richard Maibaum), *Live and Let Die* (1973) and *The Man with the Golden Gun* (1974, shared with Maibaum). He also contributed to *Superman* (1978) as a creative consultant and wrote the screenplays for *The Eagle Has Landed* (1976), *Ladyhawke* (1985) and *Dragnet* (1987).

He directed the feature films *Dragnet* (1987) and *Delirious* (1991), and worked on the television series *Hart to Hart*. Mankiewicz died in Los Angeles in 2010.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, latimes.com, theguardian.com, catalog.afi.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Man with the Golden Gun* (1974), Fi1m 56, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/the-man-with-the-golden-gun.md)
- *Diamonds Are Forever* (1971), Fi1m 58, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/diamonds-are-forever.md)

## Complete filmography (22)

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

- *Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut* (2006), Creative Consultant
- *Inside 'The Man with the Golden Gun'* (2000), Acting
- *Inside 'Live and Let Die'* (1999), Acting
- *Hart to Hart: Till Death Do Us Hart* (1996), Director
- *Taking the Heat* (1993), Director
- *Delirious* (1991), Man on Stretcher (uncredited), Director
- *Tales from the Crypt* (1989), series, Director
- *Dragnet* (1987), Director, Screenplay
- *Hot Pursuit* (1987), Executive Producer
- *Ladyhawke* (1985), Screenplay
- *Superman II* (1980), Creative Consultant
- *Hart to Hart* (1979), series, Director, Teleplay
- *Hart to Hart* (1979), Director, Teleplay
- *Superman* (1978), Writer
- *The Eagle Has Landed* (1976), Screenplay
- *The Cassandra Crossing* (1976), Screenplay
- *Mother, Jugs & Speed* (1976), Screenplay, Story, Producer
- *The Man with the Golden Gun* (1974), Screenplay — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/film/the-man-with-the-golden-gun.md)
- *Live and Let Die* (1973), Screenplay
- *Diamonds Are Forever* (1971), Screenplay — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/diamonds-are-forever.md)
- *The Sweet Ride* (1968), Writer
- *The Best Man* (1964), Production Executive

## Gallery

- ![Tom Mankiewicz (2007)](https://film.one/media/person/1026067/gallery-8ba4f036b3f8.jpg) Tom Mankiewicz (2007) — Erik Hustad, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Tom_Mankiewicz_in_2007.jpg/1280px-Tom_Mankiewicz_in_2007.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Tom Mankiewicz](https://film.one/media/person/1026067/gallery-fae749cc39e7.jpg) Tom Mankiewicz — Erik Hustad, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3b/Tom_Mankiewicz_in_2007_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

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