Mamet in a sentence

Critical reception of Mamet ‘Mamet speak’ Mamet's style of writing dialogue, marked by a cynical, street-smart edge, precisely crafted for effect, is so distinctive that it has come to be called Mamet speak.

In 1995, Schlossberg worked with three prominent Jews on one off-Broadway production: a set of one-act plays performed together each night, called “Death Defying Acts,” written by Woody Allen, David Mamet and Elaine May.

In “Everywhere an Oink Oink,” which is subtitled “An Embittered, Dyspeptic, and Accurate Report of Forty Years in Hollywood,” Mamet works hard to be epigrammatical.

On April 1, the founder and artistic director of San Diego Actors Theatre will produce and direct a staged reading of David Mamet’s “The Duck Variations” at the Riford Library in La Jolla.

The film will be directed by Jessica Jones alum S.J. Clarkson, and will also star Emma Roberts, Zosia Mamet, Mike Epps, and Adam Scott.

But in Tony Hale, Zosia Mamet and Saoirse-Monica Jackson’s hands it’s silly, watchable and tailor-made for Netflix.

Fitting that his last performances were in a Mamet work.

In “Laid,” AJ (Zosia Mamet) is a true crime fanatic who helps her best friend, Ruby (Stephanie Hsu), figure out why all of her ex’s are dying in the exact pattern she slept with them.

Standing among her supporters was her good friend David Mamet, who penned an open letter stating that Huffman should’ve received the "Texas Verdict" in her case.

Cuoco and Zosia Mamet’s Episode 2 exchange about Annie keeping Topo Chicos in her office is a perfect example of that.

Mamet scored a Golden Globe nod for Best Screenplay following the release of his feature debut in 1987.

He’s also the artistic director of the Atlantic Theater Company, the Off Broadway theater Mr. Mamet founded in 1985.

Susah Sinyal and his upcoming movie "Milly & Mamet" no longer revolve around Chinese-Indonesian characters.

At the Chicago Public Library Foundation 20th anniversary fundraiser in 2006, though, Mamet announced "My alma mater is the Chicago Public Library.

Books In 1990 Mamet published The Hero Pony, a 55-page collection of poetry.

His drama Glengarry Glen Ross, in 1992, was adapted by Mamet into a film version which also received an Academy Award nomination.

In 2015, the Ransom Center secured a second major addition to Mamet's papers that include more recent works.

In an interview with Newsmax TV, Mamet said he wanted to write about war, despite never having served.

In On Directing Film, Mamet asserts that directors should focus on getting the point of a scene across, rather than simply following a protagonist, or adding visually beautiful or intriguing shots.

Mamet has been married to actress and singer-songwriter Rebecca Pidgeon since 1991.