An organic EL element manufacturing method includes coating ink which contains a functional layer forming material in a coating region which is configured by a pixel electrode and a partition wall which surrounds a periphery of the pixel electrode, where, in the coating ink, the ink is coated so as to satisfy the following expressions (1) to (3) in a case where a contact angle of the ink with respect to the side surface of the partition wall is set to θbc and a contact angle with respect to a surface of the coating region where the ink is coated is set to θlc. θbc≦θlc   (1) θbc≦5°  (2) θlc≦20°  (3)