Ben Mankiewicz


Benjamin Frederick Mankiewicz is an American television personality. He is a host on Turner Classic Movies and has been a commentator on The Young Turks and What the Flick?!

Early life

Mankiewicz was born in Washington, D.C. to press secretary Frank Mankiewicz and Holly Mankiewicz, His cousin is screenwriter Tom Mankiewicz, He is the grandson of screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz, and great-nephew of screenwriter, producer, and director Joseph L. Mankiewicz. He is the brother of NBC News reporter Josh Mankiewicz. His cousin is filmmaker/television producer Nick Davis.
He attended Georgetown Day School for his primary and secondary education, Tufts University for undergraduate studies, and Columbia University for graduate studies.

Career

Mankiewicz began his career as a reporter and an anchor for WCSC-TV in Charleston, South Carolina. He joined WAMI in Miami, Florida in 1998, where he served as anchor of The Times, a daily news magazine show and the station’s highlight program.
Mankiewicz is currently a host of Turner Classic Movies. When he made his debut on TCM in September 2003, he became the second host hired in the network’s history. As a film critic, Mankiewicz co-hosted the nationally syndicated television series At the Movies from 2008 to 2009 and co-hosted the on-line film review show What the Flick?! on The Young Turks Network.. He launched TCM original podcast, "The Plot Thickens" in which he interviews renown director Peter Bogdanovich who chronicles his life in and out of film. The podcast is scheduled to have others connected to film interviewed in subsequent podcasts.
He is a regular commentator on the progressive YouTube talk show The Young Turks, which he co-founded with Cenk Uygur, and hosts TYT Sports and What the Flick?!, two spinoff shows on The Young Turks Network.
Mankiewicz has made cameo appearances in the Lifetime television movie The Bling Ring and the action film White House Down. Mankiewicz also appears regularly on other shows as a political and media commentator, including The Michael Brooks Show in 2017, and hosts a segment on the CBS Sunday Morning show called Screen Time. He was also among the people interviewed for the documentary film .