Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Joseph Leo Mankiewiczwas an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. Mankiewicz had a long Hollywood career, and he twice won the Academy Award for both Best Director and Best Writing, Screenplay for A Letter to Three Wivesand All About Eve...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth11 February 1909
CountryUnited States of America
real giving people
There is no such thing as realistic dialogue. If you [simply recorded] the real conversation of any people and played it back from the stage, it would be impossible to listen to. It would be redundant . . . . The good dialogue writer is the one who can give you the impression of real speech.
differences scripts make-sense
The difference between life and the movies is that a script has to make sense, and life doesn't.