Loring Mandel was an American playwright and screenwriter.

A graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Mandel served in the U.S Army during the Korean War before embarking on a full-time career as a writer.

He wrote a number of television movies and mini-series including To Confuse the Angel (1970), The Lives of Benjamin Franklin (1974), Lincoln (1976), The Best of Families (1977), The Lost Honor of Kathryn Beck (1984), and Conspiracy (2001).

Mandel’s feature film screenplay credits include The Little Drummer Girl (1984), Promises in the Dark (1978), and Countdown (1967).

He was a two-time Primetime Emmy winner for Outstanding Writing, first in 1968 for the drama series CBS Playhouse and again in 2001 for the HBO movie Conspiracy.

Mandel died March 24, 2020, in Lenox, Massachusetts. He was 91.