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

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025

But he wasn’t the only playwright working through themes of family and masculinity, and Dowling only glancingly mentions compatriots like David Mamet and August Wilson.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 4, 2025

She has attended the Allen & Co. conference in Sun Valley, Idaho—where talks with Ellison heated up—befriended playwright David Mamet, filmmaker Sam Levinson and comedian Bill Maher, and appeared on Glenn Beck’s podcast.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 6, 2025

Mamet: We talked a lot about animals in that Zoom.

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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