David Mamet

Personal Info

Know For

Writing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1947-11-30 (78 years old)

Place of Birth

Chicago, Illinois, USA

David Mamet

Biography

David Alan Mamet (/ˈmæmɪt/; born November 30, 1947) is an American playwright, author, and filmmaker. He won a Pulitzer Prize and received Tony nominations for his plays Glengarry Glen Ross(1984) and Speed-the-Plow (1988). He first gained critical acclaim for a trio of 1970s off-Broadway plays: The Duck Variations, Sexual Perversity in Chicago, and American Buffalo. His plays, Race and The Penitent, respectively, opened on Broadway in 2009 and premiered off-Broadway in 2017. Feature films that Mamet both wrote and directed include House of Games (1987), Homicide (1991), The Spanish Prisoner (1997), and his biggest commercial success, Heist ...

Production

1987

1997

Wag the Dog

as Screenplay

1992

Hoffa

as Screenplay

2004

Spartan

as Director

2004

Spartan

as Screenplay

2001

Heist

as Director

2000

State and Main

as Director

2000

State and Main

as Screenplay

1991

Homicide

as Director

1991

Homicide

as Writer

1998

Ronin

as Screenplay

1996

American Buffalo

as Screenplay

2008

Redbelt

as Director

2008

Redbelt

as Writer

1994

1982

The Verdict

as Screenplay

2001

Hannibal

as Screenplay

1997

The Edge

as Screenplay

1994

Oleanna

as Director

1992

Glengarry Glen Ross

as Theatre Play

1992

Glengarry Glen Ross

as Screenplay

1991

Uncle Vanya

as Writer

1987

House of Games

as Director

1987

House of Games

as Screenplay

1999

The Winslow Boy

as Director

1999

1997

2005

Edmond

as Writer

2001

Catastrophe

as Director

1988

Things Change

as Director

2013

Phil Spector

as Director

2013

Phil Spector

as Screenplay

1999

Lansky

as Writer

1996

American Buffalo

as Theatre Play

1993

A Life in the Theatre

as Theatre Play

1993

1993

A Life in the Theatre

as Executive Producer

2013

Phil Spector

as Executive Producer

1989

2010

The Marquee

as Director

2010

The Marquee

as Writer

2010

Our Valley

as Director

2010

Our Valley

as Writer

2010

Two Painters

as Director

2010

Two Painters

as Writer

1988

Things Change

as Writer

1992

Hoffa

as Associate Producer

2022

Just a Scene

as Original Story

1989

The Shawl

as Writer

2014

About Last Night

as Theatre Play

1986

About Last Night...

as Theatre Play

2005

Edmond

as Theatre Play

2000

Lakeboat

as Theatre Play

1992

The Water Engine

as Theatre Play

-

The Prince

as Writer

2001

Heist

as Writer

1992

1994

Texan

as Writer

1988

Lip Service

as Executive Producer

2000

Lakeboat

as Writer

1994

Oleanna

as Screenplay

1994

Oleanna

as Theatre Play

1994

Oleanna

as Lyricist

2011

-

Assassination

as Screenplay

1987

2025

Henry Johnson

as Writer

2025

Henry Johnson

as Director

-

The Prince

as Executive Producer

-

House of Games

as Original Film Writer

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