Mamet, David Alan
Mamet, David Alan
Born 30 Nov. 1947; s of Bernard Morris Mamet and Lenore June Mamet (née Silver); m 1st, 1977, Lindsay Crouse (marr. diss.); 2nd, 1991, Rebecca Pidgeon
writer; stage and film director
Education
Goddard College, Plainfield, Vt (BA Eng. Lit. 1969); Neighbourhood Playhouse Sch., NY
Career
Founding Mem. and first Artistic Dir, St Nicholas Theater Co., Chicago, 1974. Plays: written and produced include: Sexual Perversity in Chicago, 1975; American Buffalo, 1976; A Life in the Theatre, 1976; The Water Engine, 1976; The Woods, 1977; Lakeboat, 1980; Edmond, 1982; Glen Garry Glen Ross, 1984 (Pulitzer Prize for Drama, 1984; filmed, 1992); Speed the Plow, 1987; Bobby Gould in Hell, 1989; The Old Neighborhood (trilogy), 1990, UK 1998; Oleanna, 1992; The Cryptogram, 1994; written and directed: Boston Marriage, 1999, UK, 2001; Dr Faustus, 2004; Bitter Wheat, 2019; written: November, 2008; Speed-the-Plow, 2008; Race, 2009; China Doll, 2015; The Penitent, 2017; Henry Johnson, 2023. Films: written: The Verdict, 1980; The Untouchables, 1986; Hoffa, 1990; Uncle Vanya on 42nd Street, 1994; The Edge, 1998; Wag the Dog, 1998; (jtly) Hannibal, 2001; written and directed: House of Games, 1986; (with Shel Silverstein) Things Change, 1987; Homicide, 1991; State and Main, 2001; Heist, 2001; Spartan, 2004; directed: The Winslow Boy, 1999. Television: written and directed: The Unit (series), 2006; Phil Spector, 2013
Publications
Writing in Restaurants, 1986; Some Freaks, 1989; The Hero Pony, 1990; On Directing Film, 1991; The Cabin, 1992; The Village, 1994; Passover, 1996; True or False—Heresy and Common Sense for the Actor, 1998; The Old Religion, 1998; Wilson: a consideration of the sources, 2000; Three Uses of the Knife, 2002; Bambi vs Godzilla: on the nature, purpose and practice of the movie business, 2007; Theatre, 2010; The Secret Knowledge: on the dismantling of American culture, 2011; Chicago, 2018
Address
c/o The Agency (London) Ltd, 24 Pottery Lane, Holland Park W11 4LZ
