Joseph Leo Mankiewicz (; February 11, 1909 – February 5, 1993) was an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. Mankiewicz had a long Hollywood career, and set a record by winning a pair of writing and directing Academy Awards two years in a row. He won the Academy Award for Best Director and the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for "A Letter to Three Wives" (1949), and both the Academy Award for Best Director and Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for "All About Eve" (1950), the latter of which was nominated for 14 Academy Awards and won six.