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Richard Weisz
David Alan Mamet
David Mamet
Writing
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 …
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Marty Supreme
as Director Glenn Nordmann
Beau Is Afraid
as Rabbi
Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay
as Self
David Mamet on House of Games
as Himself
David Mamet on 'House of Games'
as Himself
Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film
as Self - Director ("Catastrophe")
Hustlers, Hoaxsters, Pranksters, Jokesters and Ricky Jay
The Water Engine
as Brown Haired Man
The Yiddish Cinema
as Narrator
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
as Self
