Lynn Mamet Explained

Lynn Mamet
Occupation:	Theatre director, playwright, screenwriter, and television producer
Nationality:	American
Notableworks:	Law & Order The Unit

Lynn Mamet (Lynn Mamet Weisberg) is an American theatre director, playwright, screenwriter, and television producer.

Biography

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, 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.

Selected works

Plays

• The Divorce^[5]
• The Job^[5]

Made for TV movies

• All Lies End in Murder^{[6] [7]}

Short films

• On Hope (1994) written by Mamet, directed by JoBeth Williams^{[8] [9]} Mamet won a 1994 Academy Award nomination for the play.^[10]
• "Leslie's Folly (1994) written by Mamet, directed by Kathleen Turner^{[8] [11]}

Notes and References

1. News: Weisberg. Lynn Mamet. The Downside to Having a Famous Hollywood Relative. Los Angeles Times. 8 February 1993. .
2. News: 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. News: Weisberg will write a TV pilot. The American Israelite. 25 October 1990. .
4. News: Kogan. Rick. It's Mamet, as in sister Lynn. Chicago Tribune. 14 March 1993. .
5. News: McCulloh. T.H.. Plays. Los Angeles Times. 28 March 1996. .
6. News: Garmel. Marion. 'All Lies End in Murder' is a fine tale of police corruption and responsibility (review). Indianapolis Star. 18 January 1997. .
7. News: Bobbin. Jay. Wife's Happiness Threatened in "Lies" (film review). Palm Beach Post. 19 January 1997. .
8. News: Kelleher. Terry. Diversity Is the Name of the Game. Newsday. 2 October 1994. .
9. News: Archerd. Army. 'Hope' gets Williams more respect, offers. 13 February 2017. Variety. 22 February 1995.
10. News: Miller. Daryl. In This Kitchen, They Hang on Every Word. 13 February 2017. Los Angeles Times. 10 August 1997.
11. News: Everett. Todd. Review: 'Directed by Leslie's Folly'. 10 February 2017. Variety. 10 October 1994.