Tom Mankiewicz is an American screenwriter and director. He is the son of Joseph L. Mankiewicz and the nephew of Herman J. Mankiewicz. Screenwriters, scenarists or script writers, are authors who write the screenplays from which movies are made. ... Generally a director is a person or one of a body of persons appointed to manage the affairs of a government agency, company, corporation, group or project. ... Joseph Leo Mankiewicz (February 11, 1909–February 5, 1993) was a Jewish-American Hollywood screenwriter, director and producer. ... Herman Jacob Mankiewicz (November 7, 1897—March 5, 1953) was a Jewish-American legendary Hollywood screenwriter. ...

Tom Mankiewicz wrote or co-wrote the screenplays for Mother Jugs and Speed, The Cassandra Crossing and The Eagle has Landed. A screenplay or script is a blueprint for producing a motion picture. ... The Cassandra Crossing (1976) Plot This exciting disaster/thriller features an all-star cast, including Richard Harris, Ava Gardner, Sophia Loren, Martin Sheen, Burt Lancaster and O.J. Simpson. ...

He is best known for working on the screenplays for the James Bond movies Diamonds Are Forever, Live and Let Die and The Man with the Golden Gun. He received sole credit for LALD and shared credit on the other two with Richard Maibaum. He also did uncredited work on The Spy who Loved Me and Moonraker. A screenplay or script is a blueprint for producing a motion picture. ... James Bond is best known from the EON Productions film series. ... A 2002 Penguin Books paperback edition Diamonds Are Forever, published in 1956, is the fourth James Bond novel written by Ian Fleming. ... 2002 Penguin Books paperback edition Live and Let Die is the second James Bond novel by Ian Fleming, first published in 1954. ... 2003 Penguin Books paperback edition The Man with the Golden Gun is the thirteenth and final James Bond novel written by Ian Fleming and published posthumously in the United Kingdom and the United States by Glidrose Productions, in 1965. ... 2002 Penguin Books paperback edition Live and Let Die is the second James Bond novel by Ian Fleming, first published in 1954. ... Richard Maibaum (May 26, 1909 - January 4, 1991) is a screenwriter best known for his adaptations of Ian Flemings novels, specifically the James Bond series of novels. ... A 2002 Penguin Books paperback edition Moonraker is the third James Bond novel written by Ian Fleming. ...

Mankiewicz was asked by director Richard Donner to rewrite the screenplay for Superman: The Movie. Although he created much of the dialogue and several original characters, Mankiewicz was denied a screenplay credit. He was given the title Creative Consultant, to the annoyance of the WGA. Generally a director is a person or one of a body of persons appointed to manage the affairs of a government agency, company, corporation, group or project. ... Richard Donner (born Richard Donald Schwartzberg, April 24, 1930) is an American film director and also producer through the production company, The Donners Company, he and his wife, producer Lauren Schuler-Donner, own. ... A screenplay or script is a blueprint for producing a motion picture. ... Christopher Reeve as the Man of Steel, Superman Superman, also known as Superman: The Movie, is a 1978 Warner Bros. ... The term dialogue (or dialog) expresses basically reciprocal conversation between two or more persons. ... Creative Consultant is a credit that has - particuarly in the past - been given to screenwriters who have “doctored” a movie screenplay. ... The Writers Guild of America (WGA) is the collective bargaining representative, or labor union, for writers in the motion picture and television industries. ...

Mankiewicz made his directorial debut with Dragnet in 1987. A dragnet is any system of coordinated measures for apprehending criminals or suspects; including road barricades and traffic stops, widespread DNA tests, and general increased police alertness. ... 1987 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...