Lynn Mamet
Lynn Mamet | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Theatre director,playwright,screenwriter,andtelevision producer |
| Nationality | American |
| Notable works | Law & Order The Unit |
Lynn Mamet(Lynn Mamet Weisberg) is an Americantheatre director,playwright,screenwriter,andtelevision producer.
Biography
[edit]Mamet has written screenplays, fiction, teleplays and short stories.[1][2][3]She sold her first screenplay using her married name, Lynn Weisberg; the studio only learned her maiden name after purchasing it.[4]In 1996, theLos Angeles Timesdescribed Mamet as "one of the busiest screenwriters in Hollywood."[5]
Her latest and most notable work is as a producer and writer forLaw & OrderandThe Unit.In addition to her work on television, she has also written and directed her own plays, includingThe Walking Wounded,The Fathers,The Job,The Divorce,andThe Lost Yearsat Playwright's Kitchen Ensemble and the Sanford Meisner Theatres.
She is the sister ofDavid Mamet.
Selected works
[edit]Plays
[edit]Made for TV movies
[edit]Short films
[edit]- On Hope(1994) written by Mamet, directed byJoBeth Williams[8][9]Mamet won a 1994 Academy Award nomination for the play.[10]
- "Leslie's Folly(1994) written by Mamet, directed byKathleen Turner[8][11]
References
[edit]- ^Weisberg, Lynn Mamet (8 February 1993). "The Downside to Having a Famous Hollywood Relative".Los Angeles Times.ProQuest1851782227.
- ^Perkins, Ken Parish (19 January 1997). "Straight shooter Brash writer Lynn Mamet doesn't use a silencer when talking about her life".Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
- ^"Weisberg will write a TV pilot".The American Israelite.25 October 1990.ProQuest997623636.
- ^Kogan, Rick (14 March 1993). "It's Mamet, as in sister Lynn".Chicago Tribune.ProQuest283463242.
- ^abcMcCulloh, T.H. (28 March 1996). "Plays".Los Angeles Times.ProQuest293344022.
- ^Garmel, Marion (18 January 1997). "'All Lies End in Murder' is a fine tale of police corruption and responsibility (review) ".Indianapolis Star.ProQuest240156707.
- ^Bobbin, Jay (19 January 1997). "Wife's Happiness Threatened in" Lies "(film review)". Palm Beach Post.ProQuest321902830.
- ^abKelleher, Terry (2 October 1994). "Diversity Is the Name of the Game".Newsday.ProQuest278801069.
- ^Archerd, Army (22 February 1995)."'Hope' gets Williams more respect, offers ".Variety.Retrieved13 February2017.
- ^Miller, Daryl (10 August 1997)."In This Kitchen, They Hang on Every Word".Los Angeles Times.Retrieved13 February2017.
- ^Everett, Todd (10 October 1994)."Review: 'Directed by Leslie's Folly'".Variety.Retrieved10 February2017.
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