The Resume

(February 11, 1909-February 5, 1993)
Won the 1949 Best Director Oscar ('A Letter to Three Wives')
Won the 1950 Best Director Oscar ('All About Eve')
Directed 'Five Fingers,' 'Julius Caesar,' 'The Barefoot Contessa,' 'Suddenly, Last Summer,' 'Cleopatra' and 'Sleuth'
Brother of Herman J. Mankiewicz

Why he might be annoying:

When Katharine Hepburn was finished filming 'Suddenly, Last Summer,' she spat in his face.
His film 'Cleopatra' had so many cost overruns that it nearly bankrupted 20th Century Fox.

Why he might not be annoying:

He was present when Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn met for the first time. When Hepburn said 'I'm afraid I may be too tall for you, Mr. Tracy,' he shot back with 'Don't worry, Miss Hepburn – he'll cut you down to size.'
He and John Ford are the only two people to win back-to-back Best Director Oscars.

Credit: Professor Moriarty

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Academy Awards Hosts (Ranked: 1956)
• AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Movies [Directors] (Ranked: 16)
• All About Eve [1950]
• Best Director Oscar Winners (Ranked: 1949)
• Best Director Oscar Winners (Ranked: 1950)
• Buddy! Dude! Man! Guy!
• Celebrities Born on the Same Date [February] (Ranked: 2111909)
• Director's Guild Award (Ranked: 1948)
• Director's Guild Award (Ranked: 1950)
• I Attended Stuyvesant [New York City]
• I Attended Truman Capote's Black and White Ball [November 28, 1966]
• I Come from Northeastern Pennsylvania
• I Died in 1993 (Ranked: 85)
• I Have a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame[M-Q]
• I Probably Banged Elizabeth Taylor
• I Probably Banged Joan Crawford
• I Probably Banged Judy Garland
• I Publicly Defended Joan Crawford
• Male Pipe Smokers
• My Significant Other Committed Suicide
• New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director (Ranked: 1950)
• Professor Moriarty's Profiles [Series 1]
• Profiles 7751-8000 (Ranked: 7857)

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 6 Votes: 83.33% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 9 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 7 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 11 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 49 Votes: 77.55% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 15 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 9 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 9 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 15 Votes: 53.33% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 11 Votes: 36.36% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 29 Votes: 48.28% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 20 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 27 Votes: 74.07% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 60 Votes: 61.67% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 117 Votes: 57.26% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 178 Votes: 57.30% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 246 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2003, Out of 282 Votes: 45.39% Annoying