David Mamet

David Mamet
Mamet at the premiere of Redbelt at Tribeca Film Festival on April 25, 2008
Born	David Alan Mamet (1947-11-30) November 30, 1947 (age 69) Chicago, Illinois, United States
Occupation	Author, playwright, screenwriter, film director
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Goddard College
Notable works	The Duck Variations (1971) Sexual Perversity in Chicago (1974) American Buffalo (1975) Glengarry Glen Ross (1983) Oleanna (1992) The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981) House of Games (1987) The Untouchables (1987) Homicide (1991) Ronin (1998) Hannibal (2001) The Unit (2006)
Spouse	Lindsay Crouse (m. 1977–90) Rebecca Pidgeon (m. 1991)
Children	Willa Mamet Zosia Mamet Clara Mamet Noah Mamet

David Alan Mamet (/ˈmæmᵻt/; born November 30, 1947) is an American playwright, essayist, screenwriter, and film director. As a playwright, Mamet has won a Pulitzer Prize and received Tony nominations for Glengarry Glen Ross (1984) and Speed-the-Plow (1988). Mamet first gained acclaim for a trio of off-Broadway plays in 1976, The Duck Variations, Sexual Perversity in Chicago, and American Buffalo. His play Race opened on Broadway on December 6, 2009. Mamet's 2017 play The Penitent previewed off-Broadway on February 8, 2017.

Mamet's books include: The Old Religion (1997), a novel about the lynching of Leo Frank; Five Cities of Refuge: Weekly Reflections on Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy (2004), a Torah commentary with Rabbi Lawrence Kushner; The Wicked Son (2006), a study of Jewish self-hatred and antisemitism; Bambi vs. Godzilla, a commentary on the movie business; The Secret Knowledge: On the Dismantling of American Culture (2011), a commentary on cultural and political issues; and Three War Stories (2013), a trio of novellas about the physical and psychological effects of war.

Feature films that Mamet both wrote and directed include Redbelt (2008), The Spanish Prisoner (1997), House of Games (1987) (which won Best Film and Best Screenplay awards at the 1987 Venice Film Festival and "Film of the Year" for the 1989 London Critics Circle Film Awards), Spartan (2004), Heist (2001), State and Main (2000) (Winner of a Best Acting - Ensemble award from the National Board of Review), The Winslow Boy (1999), and Oleanna (1994). This was accompanied by Homicide (1991) (nominated for the Palme d'Or at 1991 Cannes Film Festival and won a "Screenwriter of the Year" award for Mamet from the London Critics Circle Film Awards and Best Cinematography for Roger Deakins from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards), Things Change (1988) (which won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor at 1988 Venice Film Festival for Don Ameche and Joe Mantegna), and most recently the 2013 HBO film Phil Spector, starring Al Pacino as Spector with Helen Mirren and Jeffrey Tambor. His drama Glengarry Glen Ross, in 1992, was adapted by Mamet into a film version which also received an Academy Award nomination.