History Creator / DavidMamet

* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVsCynicism: More cynical, particularly in ''GlengarryGlenRoss''
* TragicHero: John in ''Oleanna''. A university lecturer about to get his tenure, with a loving wife and a payment on a house going through, decides to help a female student falling behind in his class. He makes a few off-the-cuff, inappropriate comments to the female student (he says "I'm not your father" in response to her wanting to be told want to do, he relates an anecdote about the rich copulating with less clothes on to the student), only to be told by the student in the next act that she's having him done for sexual harassment because of his comments.

* ''Film/StateAndMain''

Beyond adapting (and often directing) the film versions of his own plays, Mamet has also written and directed original works for the screen, including ''Film/{{Ronin}}'' (writer), ''Film/{{Spartan}}'' (director), and ''Redbelt'' ([[BreadEggsBreadedEggs writer and director]]). He also wrote the adapted screenplay to Brian De Palma's ''The Untouchables''. He is now in talks to direct another adaptation of ''Theatre/TheDiaryOfAnneFrank'' for 2010.

* HumansAreBastards: In ''Film/GlengarryGlennRoss'' the most 'good' of the bunch is a JerkWithAHeartOfGold at best. Everyone else is pretty much a bastard.

* HumansAreBastards: In ''GlengarryGlennRoss'' the most 'good' of the bunch is a JerkWithAHeartOfGold at best. Everyone else is pretty much a bastard.

In addition to all of this, he has also written a number of books about the film and theatre industries, which are famous in their own right, some the most famous being ''Bambi Vs. Godzilla'', ''Three Uses of the Knife'', and ''On Directing Film''. He even wrote a book on politics, ''The Secret Knowledge''.

His play ''Race'', opened on Broadway December 2009, currently stars Dennis Haysbert and Eddie Izzard, and directed by Mamet himself.

David Mamet is a renowned American author, playwright, essayist, screenwriter and film director. He was born in Chicago in 1947 and attended Goddard College in Vermont. He is currently married to actress Rebecca Pidgeon, who has appeared in many of his plays and films.

* ''Boston Marriage''

* ChromosomeCasting: ''Boston Marriage'', revolving around a lesbian romantic relationship, has only female characters. Mamet's impetus to write the play was criticism he had received that he was only able to write convincing male characters.
* GentlemanSnarker: Anna and Claire of ''Boston Marriage'' are female examples.
* MinimalistCast: ''Boston Marriage'' has only three characters: Anna and Claire, and the maid Catherine. Anna's and Claire's respective paramours influence the plot but never appear onstage.

* MinimalistCast: ''Boston Marriage'' has only three onstage characters.

* ''Film/{{Heist}}'' (writer/director)

* ''Film/PhilSpector'' (made-for-HBO movie starring Creator/AlPacino as the notorious record producer, and focusing on his murder trial)

* ''Film/{{Heist}}'' (writer/director)

Mamet is most famous for his plays, and the film versions thereof, which are frequently adapted by Mamet himself. These works are known best for [[MametSpeak clever, vulgar, and rapid-fire worldplay]]. His plays also tend to be written for smaller casts: ''American Buffalo'', ''Theatre/SpeedThePlow'', and ''Boston Marriage'', three of his best-known plays are all three-person plays. He has published more than thirty plays over his forty-year career.

* ''American Buffalo''

Beyond adapting (and often directing) the film versions of his own plays, Mamet has also written and directed original works for the screen, including ''Film/{{Ronin}}'' (writer), ''Film/{{Spartan}}'' (director), and ''Redbelt'' (writer and director). He also wrote the adapted screenplay to Brian De Palma's ''The Untouchables''. He is now in talks to direct another adaptation of ''Theatre/TheDiaryOfAnneFrank'' for 2010.

In addition to all of this, he has also written a number of books about the film and theatre industries, which are famous in their own right, some the most famous being ''Bambi Vs. Godzilla'', ''Three Uses of the Knife'', and ''On Directing Film''.

His newest play, ''Race'', opened on Broadway December 2009, currently stars Dennis Haysbert and Eddie Izzard, and directed by Mamet himself.

* ''[[Literature/TheSilenceOfTheLambs Hannibal]]'' (co-writer)

* ''{{Redbelt}}'' (writer/director)

* ''State and Main''

* ''Film/TheVerdict''
* ''Film/WagTheDog''

* ''Film/{{Hannibal}}'' (co-writer)

Mamet is most famous for his plays, and the film versions thereof, which are frequently adapted by Mamet himself. These works are known best for [[MametSpeak clever, vulgar, and rapid-fire worldplay]]. His plays also tend to be written for smaller casts: ''American Buffalo'', ''Speed-the-Plow'', and ''Boston Marriage'', three of his best-known plays are all three-person plays. He has published more than thirty plays over his forty-year career.

In 1984, Mamet received the Pulitzer Prize for his most well-known play ''Theatre/GlengarryGlenRoss''. He received Tony Award nominations for ''Glengarry Glen Ross'' and ''Theatre/SpeedThePlow'', and Oscar nominations for his screenplays to ''Film/TheVerdict'' and ''Film/WagTheDog''.

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Creator/DavidMamet is a renowned American author, playwright, essayist, screenwriter and film director. He was born in Chicago in 1947 and attended Goddard College in Vermont. He is currently married to actress Rebecca Pidgeon, who has appeared in many of his plays and films.

Beyond adapting (and often directing) the film versions of his own plays, Mamet has also written and directed original works for the screen, including ''Ronin'' (writer), ''Spartan'' (director), and ''Redbelt'' (writer and director). He also wrote the adapted screenplay to Brian De Palma's ''The Untouchables''. He is now in talks to direct another adaptation of ''The Diary of Anne Frank'' for 2010.

In 1984, Mamet received the Pulitzer Prize for his most well-known play ''GlengarryGlenRoss''. He received Tony Award nominations for ''GlengarryGlenRoss'' and ''Speed-the-Plow'', and Oscar nominations for his screenplays to ''The Verdict'' and ''Wag the Dog''.

Plays

Film

* ''{{Edmond}}'' (writer)
* ''GlengarryGlenRoss'' (screenplay)
* ''[[TheSilenceOfTheLambs Hannibal]]'' (co-writer)

* ''Film/ThingsChange'' (director/co-writer with ShelSilverstein)

* ''{{Film/Spartan}}'' (director)

Television

* ''{{Edmond}}''

* ''GlengarryGlenRoss''

* ''{{November}}''

* ''{{Speed-the-Plow}}''

* ''TheVoyseyInheritance'' (adaptation)

* ''HouseOfGames'' (directorial debut/co-writer with Jonathan Katz)
* ''ThingsChange'' (director/co-writer with ShelSilverstein)
* ''{{Heist}}'' (writer/director)

* ''{{Ronin}}'' (script doctor)
* ''[[Film/TheSpanishPrisoner The Spanish Prisoner]]'' (director)

* ''Film/{{The Verdict}}''
* ''WagTheDog''

* ''TheUnit'' (co-created with Shawn Ryan)

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* ''{{The Verdict}}''

DavidMamet is a renowned American author, playwright, essayist, screenwriter and film director. He was born in Chicago in 1947 and attended Goddard College in Vermont. He is currently married to actress Rebecca Pidgeon, who has appeared in many of his plays and films.

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