Loring Mandel


Playwright, Screenwriter

Biography

Life Events

1960

Earned first Emmy nomination for the teleplay of "Project Immortality", presented on "Playhouse 90"

1961

Adapted Allen Drury's novel "Advise and Consent" for the stage

1968

Feature film debut as screenwriter, "Countdown", helmed by Robert Altman

1968

Won Emmy Award for the teleplay "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night", also aired on "Playhouse 90"

1974

Penned the NBC adaptation of "Sandberg's Lincoln"

1974

Wrote the second episode of the four-part miniseries "Benjamin Franklin" (CBS), earned Emmy nomination

1978

Picked up fourth career Emmy nod for the teleplay of "Breaking Up"

1979

Wrote the feature "Promises in the Dark"

1984

Did the screenplay adaptation of John le Carre's spy novel "The Little Drummer Girl"

1984

Wrote the teleplay adaptation of the CBS movie "The Lost Honor of Kathryn Beck", based on the German-language feature "The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum"

2001

Won second Emmy for the screenplay of "Conspiracy" (HBO)

Family

Alan H Mandel
Son
Computer systems designer. Born on February 7, 1956.
Josh Mandel
Son
Computer game designer. Born on October 9, 1958.

Companions

Dorothy Mandel
Wife
Born on February 15, 1928; married on July 9, 1950.

Bibliography