David Alan Mamet is an American author, essayist, playwright, screenwriter, and film director. His works are known for their clever, terse, sometimes vulgar dialogue and arcane stylized phrasing, as well as for their exploration of masculinity. Mamet received Tony Award nominations for Glengarry Glen Ros (1984) and Speed-the-Plow (1988), as well as the Pulitzer Prize for Glengarry Glen Ross. As a screenwriter, he received Oscar nominations for The Verdict (1982) and Wag the Dog (1997). (Source.)
American playwright, filmmaker and author
| Born | 30 November 1947 |
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American playwright, filmmaker and author
| Born | 30 November 1947 |
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Fiction, American drama (dramatic works by one author), American literature, American drama, Drama, Fiction, general, Competition (Psychology), Jews, Real estate agents, Jewish families, Jews, fiction, Monologues, New York Times reviewed, Passover, Poetry (poetic works by one author), Production and direction, Real estate business, Romans, nouvelles, Actors, Adaptations, American Coins, American Dramatists, American essays, American essays, 20th century, American fictionPlaces
New York, New York (State), American, Atlanta, Atlanta (Ga.), Georgia, Géorgie (État), Hebrides, Hebrides (Scotland), New England, Scotland, United States, États-UnisID Numbers
- OLID: OL19697A
- ISNI: 0000000109003230
- VIAF: 51706396
- Wikidata: Q269927
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q269927
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- David Mamet (screenplay)
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