Lynn Mamet
Lynn Mamet (Lynn Mamet Weisberg) is an American theatre director, playwright, screenwriter, and television producer.
Lynn Mamet
- Name
- Lynn Mamet
- Occupation
- Theatre director, playwright, screenwriter, and television producer
- Nationality
- United States
- Known for
- Law & Order
- Languages
- English
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Lynn Mamet (Lynn Mamet Weisberg) is an American theatre director, playwright, screenwriter, and television producer.
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Lynn Mamet was a film director, playwright and screenwriter, among other activities, of American nationality.
Among the works is Law & Order. Languages used include English.
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Key facts
• Name — Lynn Mamet • Occupation — Theatre director, playwright, screenwriter, and television producer • Notable Works — Law & Order The Unit
Biography
Biography
Mamet has written screenplays, fiction, teleplays and short stories. She sold her first screenplay using her married name, Lynn Weisberg; the studio only learned her maiden name after purchasing it. In 1996, the Los Angeles Times described Mamet as "one of the busiest screenwriters in Hollywood." Her latest and most notable work is as a producer and writer for Law & Order and The Unit. In addition to her work on television, she has also written and directed her own plays, including The Walking Wounded, The Fathers, The Job, The Divorce, and The Lost Years at Playwright's Kitchen Ensemble and the Sanford Meisner Theatres. She is the sister of David Mamet.
Plays
Plays
• The Divorce • The Job
Made for TV movies
Made for TV movies
• All Lies End in Murder
Short films
• On Hope (1994) written by Mamet, directed by JoBeth Williams Mamet won a 1994 Academy Award nomination for the play. • "Leslie's Folly (1994) written by Mamet, directed by Kathleen Turner
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- 1.Weisberg, Lynn Mamet. The Downside to Having a Famous Hollywood Relative. Los Angeles Times. 8 February 1993.
- 2.Perkins, Ken Parish. Straight shooter Brash writer Lynn Mamet doesn't use a silencer when talking about her life. Fort Worth Star-Telegram. 19 January 1997.
- 3.The American Israelite. Weisberg will write a TV pilot. 25 October 1990.
- 4.Kogan, Rick. It's Mamet, as in sister Lynn. Chicago Tribune. 14 March 1993.
- 5.McCulloh, T.H. Plays. Los Angeles Times. 28 March 1996.
- 6.Garmel, Marion. 'All Lies End in Murder' is a fine tale of police corruption and responsibility (review). Indianapolis Star. 18 January 1997.
- 7.Bobbin, Jay. Wife's Happiness Threatened in "Lies" (film review). Palm Beach Post. 19 January 1997.
- 8.Kelleher, Terry. Diversity Is the Name of the Game. Newsday. 2 October 1994.
- 9.Archerd, Army. 'Hope' gets Williams more respect, offers. Variety. 22 February 1995.
- 10.Miller, Daryl. In This Kitchen, They Hang on Every Word. Los Angeles Times. 10 August 1997.
- 11.Everett, Todd. Review: 'Directed by Leslie's Folly'. Variety. 10 October 1994.
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