{{Short description|Canadian filmmaker}} {{Infobox person |image = |imagesize = | name = Francis Mankiewicz | birth_date = {{birth date|1944|3|15}} | birth_place = [[Shanghai]], [[Republic of China (1912–1949)|China]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1993|8|14|1944|3|15}} | death_place = [[Montreal, Quebec]], Canada | othername = | occupation = [[Film director]]<br>[[Screenwriter]]<br>[[Film producer]] | years_active = [[1972 in film|1972]]–[[1991 in film|1991]] }}

'''Francis Mankiewicz''' (March 15, 1944 in [[Shanghai]], [[Republic of China (1912–1949)|China]] &ndash; August 14, 1993 in [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]], Canada) was a [[Canadians|Canadian]] [[film director]], [[screenwriter]] and [[Film producer|producer]]. In 1945, his family moved to Montreal, where Francis spent all his childhood. His father was a second cousin to the famous Hollywood brothers, [[Joseph L. Mankiewicz]] and [[Herman J. Mankiewicz]].<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Bell|first1=Celina|title=Close-Ups of the Heart: Francis Mankiewicz Left a Rich Legacy|journal=Maclean's|date=August 30, 1993|page=49}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Handling|first1=Piers|url=http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/francis-mankiewicz/|title=Francis Mankiewicz|website=The Canadian Encyclopedia|publisher=Historica|access-date=April 17, 2017}}</ref>

==Career== Francis Mankiewicz studied geology at [[McGill University]] and [[University of Montreal]], and in 1966, travelled to London, England, to study filmmaking. He returned to Montreal in 1968 and assisted on several sponsored films before directing his first feature in 1972.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Morris|first1=Peter|title=The Film Companion|url=https://archive.org/details/filmcompanion0000morr|url-access=registration|date=1984|publisher=Irwin Publishing|location=Toronto|isbn=0-7725-1505-0|pages=[https://archive.org/details/filmcompanion0000morr/page/190 190–191]}}</ref> His debut was ''Le temps d'une chasse'', which was followed by the dysfunctional family drama ''Les Bons Débarras'', generally regarded as his best film. He won Best Director at the [[Genie Awards]], and the film was nominated for the [[Golden Bear]] at the [[Berlin Film Festival]]. Later he directed ''Love and Hate: The Story of Colin and JoAnn Thatcher'', the first Canadian-produced drama to play on primetime American television.

Mankiewicz died early of cancer at age 49.

==Filmography==

===Feature films=== *''[[The Time of the Hunt]] (Le Temps d'une chasse)'' - 1972 *''A Childhood Friend (Une amie d'enfance)'' - 1978 *''[[Good Riddance (film)|Good Riddance]] (Les bons débarras)'' - 1980 *''[[Happy Memories]] (Les Beaux souvenirs)'' - 1981 *''[[The Revolving Doors]] (Les Portes tournantes)'' - 1988

===Other work=== *''Une cause civile'' (Short film, 1973) *''Un procès criminel'' (Short film, 1973) *''Valentin'' (Short film, 1973) *''L'orientation'' (Short film, 1974) *''Expropriation'' (Short film, 1975) *''Pointe Pelée'' (Short film, 1976) *''What We Have Here Is a People Problem'' (TV movie, 1976) (Created for TV Series ''[[For the Record (Canadian TV series)|For the Record]]'') *''Suicide en prison'' (Short film aka ''I Was Dying Anyway'', 1977) *''A Matter of Choice'' (TV movie, 1978) (Created for TV Series ''For the Record'') *''Une journée à la Pointe Pelée'' (Documentary, 1978) *''The Sight'' (Short film, 1985) *''[[And Then You Die (film)|And Then You Die]]'' (TV movie, 1987) *''[[Love and Hate: The Story of Colin and JoAnn Thatcher]]'' (TV movie, 1989) *''Conspiracy of Silence'' (TV miniseries, 1991)

==Recognition== * 1993 [[Gemini Award]] for Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series - ''[[Conspiracy of Silence (1991 film)|Conspiracy of Silence]]'' - Won * 1990 Gemini Award for Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series - ''[[Love and Hate: The Story of Colin and JoAnn Thatcher]]'' - Won * 1989 [[Genie Award for Best Achievement in Direction]] - ''[[The Revolving Doors]] (Les Portes tournantes)'' - Nominated * 1989 [[Genie Award for Best Adapted Screenplay]] - ''[[The Revolving Doors]] (Les Portes tournantes)'' - Nominated (shared with [[Jacques Savoie]]) * [[1988 Cannes Film Festival]] Prize of the Ecumenical Jury - Special Mention - ''[[The Revolving Doors]] (Les Portes tournantes)'' - Won<ref name="festival-cannes.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/347/year/1988.html |title=Festival de Cannes: Les Portes tournantes |access-date=2009-07-30|work=festival-cannes.com}}</ref> * 1988 Gemini Award for Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series - ''[[And Then You Die (film)|And Then You Die]]'' - Nominated * 1981 Genie Award for Best Achievement in Direction - ''[[Good Riddance (film)|Les bons débarras]]'' - Won * [[30th Berlin International Film Festival|1980 Berlin Film Festival]] [[Golden Bear]] - ''[[Good Riddance (film)|Les bons débarras]]'' - Nominated<ref name="imdb Good Riddance">{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078894/awards |title=IMDB.com: Awards for Good Riddance |access-date=2010-08-21 |work=imdb.com}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

== External links == *{{IMDb name|0542532|Francis Mankiewicz}}

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