Mamet

American

[mam-it] / ˈmæm ɪt /

noun

David (Alan), born 1947, U.S. playwright.

Mamet British

/ ˈmæmɪt /

noun

David. born 1947, US dramatist and film director. His plays include Sexual Perversity in Chicago (1974), American Buffalo (1976), Glengarry Glen Ross (1983), and Oleanna (1992); films include House of Games (1987) and Spartan (2004)

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He is one of several out-of-context celebrities who help bolster the off-kilter atmosphere by popping in unexpectedly: Isaac Mizrahi, David Mamet and Penn Jillette are among the others.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 24, 2025

Mr. Mamet is a playwright, film director and screenwriter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2025

She grows animated referencing Practical Aesthetics, the acting technique developed by David Mamet and William H. Macy for the Atlantic Theater Company, and detailing her fondness for in-depth script analysis.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2025

Mamet: Didn’t you make yourself sick because you ate so many maraschino cherries?

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 19, 2024

Like Mamet characters, they populated an America that had never existed, a kid’s idea of sharpies and hucksters and underworld life.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

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