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Mamet, David

(Encyclopedia) Mamet, DavidMamet, Davidmămĕtˈ [key], 1947–, American playwright and film director, b. Chicago. He taught drama (and produced some of his early plays) at Goddard College. His work,…

David Mamet

Name at birth: David Alan MametDavid Mamet is a playwright and filmmaker, best known for the plays American Buffalo and Glengarry Glen Ross. Raised in Chicago, Mamet graduated in 1969 from Vermont's…

David Mamet Biography

David Mametplaywright, screenwriter, directorBorn: 11/30/1947Birthplace: Chicago Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, screenwriter and film director known for his biting, elliptical dialogue and works…

Jay, Ricky

(Encyclopedia) Jay, Ricky, 1946–2018, American magician, actor, and writer, b. Brooklyn, N.Y., as Richard Jay Potash. The grandson of a fine amateur magician, Jay first performed at age four and as a…

Martin, Steve

(Encyclopedia) Martin, Steve, 1945–, American comedian, actor, and writer, b. Waco, Tex. An Emmy-winning television comedy writer in the late 1960s for…

Mamet's <i>Boy</i> Wonder

An Interview with playwright and filmmaker David Mamet by Peter Keough Related Links The Winslow Boy: Official SiteSony Pictures ClassicsThe only constants, it would seem, in the creative world of…

State and Main

Director/Writer: David Mamet Fine Line Features; R; 102 minutes Release: 12/00 Cast: Alec Baldwin, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Sarah Jessica Parker, William H. Macy David Mamet's…

The Old Neighborhood

By:David MametDirector:Scot ZiglerSets:Kevin RigdonCostumes:Harriet VoytLighting:John AmbrosoneOpened:11/97 at the Booth TheaterCast:Peter Riegert, Patti LuPone, Vincent Guastaferro, Jack…

Heist

Director/Writer:David MametWarner Bros.; R; 107 minutesRelease:11/01Cast:Gene Hackman, Danny DeVito, Sam Rockwell Writer-director David Mamet is theatrically self-aware and reliably competent…

William H. Macy

The reliable actor and sometimes writer-producer William H. Macy worked steadily on stage and screen for more than 15 years before breaking out in the Coen brothers' 1996 movie Fargo (with Frances…