David Mamet

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia   David Alan Mamet born November 30 1947 is an American playwright essayist screenwriter and film director Best known as a playwright Mamet has won a Pulitzer Prize and Tony nominations for Glengarry Glen Ross 1984 and SpeedthePlow 1988 As a screenwriter he received Oscar nominations for The Verdict 1982 and Wag the Dog 1997 Mamets books include The Old Religion 1997 a novel about the lynching of Leo Frank Five Cities of Refuge Weekly Reflections on Genesis Exodus Leviticus Numbers and Deuteronomy 2004 a Torah commentary with Rabbi Lawrence Kushner The Wicked Son 2006 a study of Jewish selfhatred and antisemitism and Bambi vs Godzilla a commentary on the movie business Description above from the Wikipedia article David Mamet licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia