David Mamet

David Mamet

Personal Info

  • Known for

    Writing

  • Gender

    Male

  • Birthday

    1947-11-30 (77 years old)

  • Place of Birth

    Chicago, Illinois, USA

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.

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