David Alan Mamet is an American author, essayist, playwright, screenwriter, and film director. His works are known for their clever, terse, sometimes vulgar dialogue and arcane stylized phrasing, as well as for their exploration of masculinity. Mamet received Tony Award nominations for Glengarry Glen Ros (1984) and Speed-the-Plow (1988), as well as the Pulitzer Prize for Glengarry Glen Ross. As a screenwriter, he received Oscar nominations for The Verdict (1982) and Wag the Dog (1997). (Source.)
American playwright, filmmaker and author (born 1947)
| Born | 30 November 1947 |
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American playwright, filmmaker and author (born 1947)
| Born | 30 November 1947 |
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American drama (dramatic works by one author), Drama, American drama, American literature, Fiction, Drama (dramatic works by one author), Motion picture plays, Jews, New York Times reviewed, One-act plays, American, Competition (Psychology), Fiction, general, History, Monologues, Nonfiction, Real estate agents, Jewish families, Jews, fiction, Passover, Trials (Murder), Acting, Actors, American Dramatists, American poetry, AntisemitismPlaces
United States, Atlanta, Atlanta (Ga.), Georgia, New York, New York (State), American, Chicago (Ill.), Géorgie (État), Hebrides, Hebrides (Scotland), New England, New York (N.Y.), Rome, Scotland, Verenigde Staten, Vermont, États-UnisPeople
David Mamet, David Mamet (1947-), Leo Frank (1884-1915), Faust (d. ca. 1540), James M. Cain (1892-1977), Lana Clarkson, Linda Kenney Baden (1953-), Phil Spector (1939-), Raymond Saunders (1934-), david mametID Numbers
- OLID: OL19697A
- GoodReads: 7711
- ISNI: 0000000109003230
- IMDb: nm0000519
- Library of Congress Names: n77012756
- MusicBrainz: 526f5973-9501-4788-b69c-e35ca7462095
- SBN/ICCU (National Library Service of Italy): CFIV026841
- VIAF: 51706396
- Wikidata: Q269927
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q269927
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- David Mamet (screenplay)