What is David Mamet doing today? Wife, Net Worth, Daughter

Known for movies

Short Info

Net Worth	$20 million
Date Of Birth	November 30, 1947
Spouse	Rebecca Pidgeon, Lindsay Crouse
Mark	His films feature bursts of fast moving, profane dialog
Fact	Brother of Lynn Mamet.

David Mamet is an American playwright, essayist, screenwriter, and director. He was born in Chicago, Illinois on November 30, 1947 to Jewish parents Bernard and Lenore Mamet. His father was a labor lawyer and his mother was a teacher. He has two older sisters, Rebecca and Susan. Mamet was educated at the progressive Francis W.

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Parker School and later attended Goddard College in Vermont. He began his career as a playwright in the 1970s with plays such as Sexual Perversity in Chicago and American Buffalo. In the 1980s, he wrote the screenplay for the film The Verdict and won an Academy Award for his work on the film The Untouchables. In the 1990s, Mamet wrote and directed the films House of Games, Glengarry Glen Ross, and Wag the Dog.

His most recent work includes the play Race and the television series The Unit. Mamet is married to actress Rebecca Pidgeon and they have two children together.

General Info

Full Name	David Mamet
Net Worth	$20 million
Date Of Birth	November 30, 1947
Height	1.68 m
Profession	Journalist, Screenwriter, Television producer, Lyricist, Cartoonist, Film producer, Author, Film director, Playwright, Actor, Blogger, Essayist, Television Director
Education	Francis W. Parker School, Goddard College
Nationality	American

Family

Spouse	Rebecca Pidgeon, Lindsay Crouse
Children	Zosia Mamet, Clara Mamet, Willa Mamet, Noah Mamet
Parents	Bernard Morris Mamet, Lenore June Mamet
Siblings	Lynn Mamet, Tony Mamet

Accomplishments

Awards	Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Virgin Atlantic Best New Play, New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best American Play, Obie Award for Best New American Play, Best Screenplay Award, London Film Critics Circle Award for Screenwriter of the Year, London Film Critics' Circle Award for Film of the Year, W...
Nominations	Tony Award for Best Play, Academy Award for Best Writing Adapted Screenplay, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Miniseries or Movie, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie or Dramatic Special, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series, Mo...
Movies	Glengarry Glen Ross, House of Games, The Spanish Prisoner, State and Main, Redbelt, Spartan, The Untouchables, Phil Spector, Wag the Dog, Heist, The Winslow Boy, Things Change, The Verdict, Hannibal, Homicide, The Edge, Oleanna, The Postman Always Rings Twice, Hoffa, Ronin, Vanya on 42nd Street, We'...
TV Shows	The Unit

Social profile links

IMDB	http://imdb.com/name/nm0000519

Marks

#	Marks / Signs
1	Great attention to realistic dialogue, often the actors in his films stutter or even leave a large portion of their lines unsaid.
2	Often casts his wife, Rebecca Pidgeon, in prominent roles in movies he directs. While he was married to Lindsay Crouse, the same was true for her.
3	His films feature bursts of fast moving, profane dialog
4	The telephone is often a key device or weapon in his works
5	Frequently makes use of William H. Macy, Alec Baldwin and Joe Mantegna, actors who also headlined his stage productions. Other regulars include 'Ed O'Neill', Lionel Mark Smith, Ricky Jay, Jonathan Katz and the late J.T. Walsh.

Quotes

#	Quote
1	[on why he writes] It beats thinking.
2	[on the influence of Vikram Jayanti's documentary, 'The Agony and the Ecstasy of Phil Spector' on his own later project for HBO] I see the documentary, and it's a brilliant documentary. And you start out. In the first ten seconds you're saying, 'Oh, this guy's a freak. He's small. He's wizened. He talks funny. His arms are shaky. He's obviously a freak'. Three minutes later, you say, 'Well, he says some interesting things'. A half an hour, you're saying, 'How could I be so prejudiced? The guy's kind of brilliant'. And at the end of the documentary, you're saying, 'Wait a second. I came to this with such prejudice. Maybe the guy's not guilty'.
3	In my experience, almost every financial interchange with Hollywood ends with an accusation by the corporation of theft. 'You didn't do what I wanted, you didn't work hard enough, you intended to defraud me.' These are the recurring plaints of industry. They may be translated as: You forgot to work for nothing.
4	Working as a screenwriter, I always thought that 'Film is a collaborative business' only constituted half of the actual phrase. From a screenwriter's point-of-view, the correct rendering should be 'Film is a collaborative business: bend over'.
5	There's no such thing as character development; all there is is action.
6	Take away the director from the staged play and what do you get? Usually a diminution of strife, a shorter rehearsal period and a better production.
7	Before the US [2006] mid-term elections, my rabbi was taking a lot of flak. The congregation is exclusive-liberal, yet he is a self-described independent (read "conservative") and he was driving the flock wild. Why? Because a) he never discussed politics; and b) he taught that the quality of political discourse must be addressed first; that Jewish law teaches that it is incumbent upon one to hear the other fellow out. 'So I, like many of the liberal congregation, began - teeth grinding - to attempt to do so. And in doing so I recognised that I held two views of America. 'One was of a state where everything was magically wrong and must be immediately corrected at any cost; and the other (the world in which I actually functioned day to day) was made up of people who were in the main reasonably trying to maximise their comfort by getting along with one another (in the workplace, the marketplace, the jury room, even the school meeting). 'And I realised that the time had come for me to avow my participation in the country in which I chose to live - and that this country was not a schoolroom teaching values, but a marketplace.
8	I'd observed that lust, greed, envy, sloth and their pals are giving the world a good run for its money; but that nonetheless people in general seem to get from day to day; and that we in the United States get from day to day in rather wonderful and privileged circumstances. We are not and never have been the villains that some of the world and some of our citizens make us out to be, but a confection of normal (greedy, lustful, duplicitous, corrupt, inspired - in short, human) individuals living under a spectacularly effective compact called the constitution.
9	As a child of the 1960s, I accepted as an article of faith that government is corrupt, business is exploitable and people are generally good at heart. But these cherished precepts, I realised, had over the years become increasingly impracticable prejudices.
10	I have to admit that I don't like Disneyland.
11	[when asked if he wished he had a different profession] Oh, all writers wish that. That's why we become writers. We want to do something active but we can't. Paul Johnson, in his "History of the 20th Century", says all the great crimes are committed by intellectuals. He says intellectuals love power and we get tired of sitting on our asses.
12	Hollywood is capitalism at its best: opposing forces working it out, using tools of the marketplace. As such, it's vastly messier than totalitarianism, but it kills a lot less people.
13	Hollywood is like cocaine. You cannot understand its attraction until you are doing it. And when you are doing it, you are insane.
14	Asperger's syndrome helped make the movies. The symptoms of this developmental disorder include early precocity, a great ability to maintain masses of information, a lack of ability to mix with groups in age-appropriate aways, ignorance of or indifference to social norms, high intelligence, and difficulty with transitions married to a preternatural ability to concentrate on the minutiae of the task at hand. This sounds to me like a job description for a movie director.
15	Thank God Hollywood people don't have souls so they don't have to suffer through their lives.
16	We live in oppressive times. We have, as a nation, become our own thought police, but instead of calling the process by which we limit our expression of dissent and wonder "censorship", we call it "concern for commercial viability."
17	[when asked to comment on adapting his own work for the screen] It's like raping your children to teach them about sex.
18	A good film script should be able to do completely without dialogue.
19	The poker player learns that sometimes both science and common sense are wrong; that the bumblebee can fly; that, perhaps, one should never trust an expert; that there are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of by those with an academic bent.
20	We Americans have always considered Hollywood, at best, a sinkhole of depraved venality. And, of course, it is. It is not a protective monastery of aesthetic truth. It is a place where everything is incredibly expensive.
21	In a world we find terrifying, we ratify that which doesn't threaten us.
22	There's no such thing as talent; you just have to work hard enough.
23	I've always been more comfortable sinking while clutching a good theory than swimming with an ugly fact.
24	[to acting students at Atlantic Theater Company]Invent nothing, deny nothing.

Facts

#	Fact
1	Interviewed by Frank Rich at the Lighthouse International Theater on Feb. 12th in NYC. [January 2007]
2	Although he intended it as a deconstruction of ruthless business practices and the nature of capitalism, many businesses have used the film 'Glengarry Glen Ross' as a training method and motivational tool for employees.
3	Based his play 'Glengarry Glen Ross' on his own time working in a Real Estate office.
4	As a teenager Mamet was a regular on "Kumzitz," a local Chicago WLS-TV show for Jewish youth. His recurring character was a soda jerk.
5	Ex-son-in-law of Russel Crouse.
6	Won the 1984 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for the play "Glengarry Glen Ross" and was nominated for the 1995 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for the play "The Cryptogram".
7	His play, "Glengarry Glen Ross", was awarded the 1984 Joseph Jefferson Award for Play Production at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.
8	Occasional co-lyricist for his wife, singer Rebecca Pidgeon.
9	He wanted to be an actor as a young man but his attempts failed so he turned to writing and directing in order to stay in the industry.
10	Often either declines credit or uses a pseudonym if he is called upon only as a script doctor, or some films he doesn't direct. The only such film that credited him by name was Hannibal (2001).
11	Was twice nominated for Broadway's Tony Award for Best Play: in 1984 for "Glengarry Glen Ross," and in 1988 for "Speed-the-Plow.".
12	Brother-in-law of Matthew Pidgeon.
13	Used to work as a waiter at Second City Theater in Chicago.
14	Eschews using a personal computer to write his screenplays and plays, preferring to use his old-fashioned typewriter.
15	His play "Boston Marriage" was performed at the Donmar Warehouse and New Ambassador's Theatre in London and was nominated for a 2002 'Laurence Olivier' Theatre Award for Best New Comedy of 2001.
16	Daughters with Lindsay Crouse: Zosia Mamet and Willa Mamet.
17	Two children with actress Rebecca Pidgeon: Clara Mamet and Noah Mamet.
18	Brother of Lynn Mamet.
19	Attended Goddard College, Plainfield, VT with William H. Macy and Jonathan Katz.
20	His stage work assayed in book entitled, "How Good is David Mamet, Anyway?" by critic John Heilpern, Dec. 1999.
21	Won the Pulitzer prize in Drama for "Glengary Glen Ross".
22	Well known for the rhythmic nature of his dialogue, he actually uses a metronome during rehearsals to perfect the actors' delivery of it.
23	Playwright/screenwriter

Pictures

All pictures

Movies

Writer

Title	Year	Status
About Last Night	2014	based upon "Sexual Perversity in Chicago" by
The Coin	2013/I	Short short story by
Phil Spector	2013	TV Movie written by
Two Painters	2010	Short
Inside the Actor's Workshop	2010	Video short written by
Our Valley	2010	Short
The Marquee	2010	Short
The Dog	2010	Short
Lost Masterpieces of Pornography	2010	Video short written by
The Unit		TV Series creator - 68 episodes, 2006 - 2009 written by - 10 episodes, 2006 - 2009 writer - 1 episode, 2006
Redbelt	2008	written by
Edmond	2005	play / screenplay
Spartan	2004	written by
Heist	2001	written by
Hannibal	2001	screenplay
State and Main	2000	written by
Lakeboat	2000	play - uncredited / written by
The Winslow Boy	1999	screenplay
Lansky	1999	TV Movie written by
Ronin	1998	screenplay - as Richard Weisz
Wag the Dog	1997	screenplay
The Spanish Prisoner	1997	written by
The Edge	1997	written by
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist	1997	TV Series additional material - 1 episode
American Buffalo	1996	play / screenplay
Texan	1994	TV Short written by
Oleanna	1994	play / screenplay
Vanya on 42nd Street	1994	play adaptation
A Life in the Theater	1993	TV Movie play / teleplay
Hoffa	1992	written by
Glengarry Glen Ross	1992	play / screenplay
The Water Engine	1992	TV Movie play / written by
Homicide	1991	written by
Performance	1991	TV Series 1 episode
We're No Angels	1989	written by
The Play on One	1989	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Things Change	1988	written by
House of Games	1987	screenplay / story
The Untouchables	1987	written by
Hill Street Blues	1987	TV Series written by - 1 episode
About Last Night...	1986	play "Sexual Perversity in Chicago"
The Verdict	1982	screenplay
The Postman Always Rings Twice	1981	screenplay
A Life in the Theater	1979	TV Movie play

Producer

Title	Year	Status
Hoffa	1992	associate producer
Lip Service	1988	TV Movie producer
Phil Spector	2013	TV Movie executive producer
Disintegration Man	2012	Video short executive producer
The Unit	2006-2009	TV Series executive producer - 66 episodes
Lansky	1999	TV Movie executive producer
A Life in the Theater	1993	TV Movie executive producer

Director

Title	Year	Status
Phil Spector	2013	TV Movie
Two Painters	2010	Short
Inside the Actor's Workshop	2010	Video short
Our Valley	2010	Short
The Marquee	2010	Short
Lost Masterpieces of Pornography	2010	Video short
The Unit	2006-2008	TV Series 4 episodes
Redbelt	2008
The Shield	2004	TV Series 1 episode
Spartan	2004
Heist	2001
Catastrophe	2000	Short
State and Main	2000
The Winslow Boy	1999
The Spanish Prisoner	1997
Ricky Jay and His 52 Assistants	1996	TV Movie
Oleanna	1994
Homicide	1991
Things Change	1988
House of Games	1987

Soundtrack

Title	Year	Status
Redbelt	2008	writer: "Voce Nao Me Ve"
State and Main	2000	lyrics: "The Song of the Old Mill"
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist	1996	TV Series lyrics - 1 episode
Oleanna	1994	lyrics: "Long Ago And Far Away", "Hail To The Men Of Merit", "Brief College Days"

Actor

Title	Year	Status	Character
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist	1997	TV Series	David
The Water Engine	1992	TV Movie	Brown Haired Man
Black Widow	1987		Herb

Miscellaneous

Title	Year	Status	Character
Macy About Mamet	1998	Video documentary short subject

Thanks

Title	Year	Status
Knight of Cups	2015	special thanks
Invent Nothing, Deny Nothing: Five Guys from Mamet's HOMICIDE	2009	Video documentary short special thanks
Choke	2008	thanks
Blues by the Beach	2004	Documentary special thanks
Frogs for Snakes	1998	special thanks

Self

Title	Year	Status	Character
Midway USA's Gun Stories	2013-2014	TV Series	Himself
The Postman Always Rings Twice: Selected Scenes Commentary	2014	Video documentary	Himself
The 65th Primetime Emmy Awards	2013	TV Special	Himself - Nominee
Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia	2013	Documentary	Himself
Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay	2012	Documentary	Himself - Writer & Director
The Simpsons	2011	TV Series	Himself
Charlie Rose	1994-2010	TV Series	Himself - Guest
The Colbert Report	2010	TV Series	Himself - Guest
Redbelt: Behind-the-Scenes of 'Redbelt'	2008	Video documentary short	Himself
Redbelt: Inside Mixed Martial Arts	2008	Video documentary short	Himself
Redbelt: Q&A with Director David Mamet	2008	Video documentary short	Himself
Shootout	2008	TV Series	Himself
Tavis Smiley	2008	TV Series	Himself
Triumph and Tragedy: The Ray Mancini Story	2007	TV Movie documentary	Himself - Writer
David Mamet on 'House of Games'	2007	Video documentary short	Himself
TCM Guest Programmer	2007	TV Series	Himself - Special Guest
Real Time with Bill Maher	2007	TV Series	Himself
Biography	2004-2006	TV Series documentary	Himself
A Tribute to Joe Mantegna	2004	TV Short documentary	Himself
Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film	2003	Video documentary	Himself - Director ("Catastrophe")
Face to Face	1998	TV Series	Himself
The Directors	1997	TV Series documentary	Himself
Chicago on Stage	1995	TV Movie	Himself
The Yiddish Cinema	1991	Documentary	Narrator
American Masters	1990	TV Series documentary	Himself
Late Night with David Letterman	1984	TV Series	Himself
The Irv Kupcinet Show	1984	TV Series	Himself

Awards

Won Awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie
2008	ShoWest Award	ShoWest Convention, USA	Excellence in Filmmaking
2005	Laurel Award for Screen Writing Achievement	Writers Guild of America, USA
2001	FFCC Award	Florida Film Critics Circle Awards	Best Screenplay	State and Main (2000)
2000	Jury Award	Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival	Best Film	State and Main (2000)
1999	Los Charales Award	Ajijic International Film Festival	Best Studio Feature Film	The Winslow Boy (1999)
1999	Truly Moving Picture Award	Heartland Film		The Winslow Boy (1999)
1994	Wise Owl Award - Honorable Mention	Retirement Research Foundation, USA	Television and Theatrical Film Fiction	Great Performances (1971)
1992	ALFS Award	London Critics Circle Film Awards	Screenwriter of the Year	Homicide (1991)
1989	ALFS Award	London Critics Circle Film Awards	Screenwriter of the Year	House of Games (1987)
1987	Golden Osella	Venice Film Festival	Best Screenplay	House of Games (1987)
1987	Pasinetti Award	Venice Film Festival	Best Film	House of Games (1987)
1987	Cinecritica Award	Venice Film Festival		House of Games (1987)
1987	Golden Ciak	Venice Film Festival	Best Film	House of Games (1987)

Nominated Awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie
2014	DGA Award	Directors Guild of America, USA	Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television and Mini-Series	Phil Spector (2013)
2013	Primetime Emmy	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special	Phil Spector (2013)
2013	Primetime Emmy	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Miniseries or Movie	Phil Spector (2013)
2013	Primetime Emmy	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special	Phil Spector (2013)
2013	OFTA Television Award	Online Film & Television Association	Best Direction of a Motion Picture or Miniseries	Phil Spector (2013)
2013	OFTA Television Award	Online Film & Television Association	Best Writing of a Motion Picture or Miniseries	Phil Spector (2013)
2001	CFCA Award	Chicago Film Critics Association Awards	Best Screenplay	State and Main (2000)
2001	Chlotrudis Award	Chlotrudis Awards	Best Original Screenplay	State and Main (2000)
2001	OFCS Award	Online Film Critics Society Awards	Best Screenplay	State and Main (2000)
2001	Golden Satellite Award	Satellite Awards	Best Screenplay, Original	State and Main (2000)
2000	Chlotrudis Award	Chlotrudis Awards	Best Director	The Winslow Boy (1999)
1999	BAFTA Film Award	BAFTA Awards	Best Screenplay - Adapted	Wag the Dog (1997)
1999	Chlotrudis Award	Chlotrudis Awards	Best Screenplay	The Spanish Prisoner (1997)
1999	Edgar	Edgar Allan Poe Awards	Best Motion Picture	The Spanish Prisoner (1997)
1999	Independent Spirit Award	Independent Spirit Awards	Best Screenplay	The Spanish Prisoner (1997)
1998	Oscar	Academy Awards, USA	Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published	Wag the Dog (1997)
1998	Golden Globe	Golden Globes, USA	Best Screenplay - Motion Picture	Wag the Dog (1997)
1998	OFTA Film Award	Online Film & Television Association	Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium	Wag the Dog (1997)
1998	WGA Award (Screen)	Writers Guild of America, USA	Best Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published	Wag the Dog (1997)
1997	ACCA	Awards Circuit Community Awards	Best Adapted Screenplay	Wag the Dog (1997)
1993	CFCA Award	Chicago Film Critics Association Awards	Best Screenplay	Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)
1993	WGA Award (Screen)	Writers Guild of America, USA	Best Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published	Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)
1991	Palme d'Or	Cannes Film Festival		Homicide (1991)
1989	Edgar	Edgar Allan Poe Awards	Best Motion Picture	Things Change (1988)
1988	Golden Globe	Golden Globes, USA	Best Screenplay - Motion Picture	House of Games (1987)
1988	David	David di Donatello Awards	Best Foreign Screenplay (Migliore Sceneggiatura Straniera)	House of Games (1987)
1988	Golden Lion	Venice Film Festival		Things Change (1988)
1988	WGA Award (Screen)	Writers Guild of America, USA	Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium	The Untouchables (1987)
1987	Golden Lion	Venice Film Festival		House of Games (1987)
1983	Oscar	Academy Awards, USA	Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium	The Verdict (1982)
1983	Golden Globe	Golden Globes, USA	Best Screenplay - Motion Picture	The Verdict (1982)
1983	WGA Award (Screen)	Writers Guild of America, USA	Best Drama Adapted from Another Medium	The Verdict (1982)