David Mamet
American playwright, filmmaker and author · United States · On the map · Writers · Born 1947 · age 78
David Alan Mamet is an American playwright, author, and filmmaker. He won a Pulitzer Prize and received Tony nominations for his plays Glengarry Glen Ross (1983) and Speed-the-Plow (1988).
Busiest day 3 Nov
Read more often than usual, most of all on 3 November.
5.2 times the usual readers on 3 November. 5,939 readers on 3 November, against about 1,133 a day before the rise.
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William H. Macy David directed Spartan and House of Games
Ed O'Neill David directed Spartan and The Spanish Prisoner
Clark Gregg David directed Spartan and The Spanish Prisoner
Joe Mantegna David directed House of Games and Redbelt
Ricky Jay David directed Heist and House of Games
Art Linson Produced The Untouchables and We're No Angels
Jack Wallace Also in House of Games and Things Change
Michael Hausman Produced House of Games and Things Change
Matt Malloy David directed Spartan and Redbelt
Felicity Huffman David directed The Spanish Prisoner (1998)
Patti LuPone David directed Heist and State and Main
J. T. Walsh David directed House of Games and Things Change- Sanford Meisner Taught David
Jonathan Katz Also in House of Games and Things Change
Natalia Nogulich Also in Things Change, Homicide and Hoffa
David Paymer David directed Redbelt and State and Main
Robert De Niro David wrote The Untouchables and Wag the Dog
Alec Baldwin David directed State and Main (2000)
Danny DeVito David produced Hoffa (1993)
Kristen Bell David directed Spartan (2004)
Bob Rafelson Directed Black Widow (1987)
Chris Bauer David directed Henry Johnson and Speed-the-Plow
Robert Prosky David produced Hoffa (1993)
Elie Samaha Produced Heist and Spartan
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, My alma mater is the Chicago Public Library.
Or me lying in the... Let me tell ya... Lying in bed the next day, she brought me cafe au lait, she gives me a cigarette. My balls feel like concrete. Eh?
You ever take a dump, made you feel you'd just slept for twelve hours?
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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 previewed off-Broadway in 2017.
