Julius Caesar was produced by American producer John Houseman.
John Houseman ( born Jacques Haussmann ; September 22 , 1902October 31 , 1988 ) was an American actor and producer who became known for his highly publicized collaboration with director Orson Welles from their days in the Federal Theatre Project through to the production of Citizen Kane and his storied collaboration with writer Raymond Chandler 's intoxicated screenplay rendering as producer of The Blue Dahlia . Julius Caesar is a 1953 epic Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film adaptation of the play by Shakespeare , directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz , who also wrote the uncredited screenplay , and produced by John Houseman .