Lynn Mamet (Lynn Mamet Weisberg) is an American

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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

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described Mamet as "one of the busiest screenwriters in Hollywood." Her latest and most notable work is as a producer and writer for ''

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'' 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 David Alan Mamet (; born November 30, 1947) is an American playwright, author, and filmmaker. He won a Pulitzer Prize and received Tony Award, Tony nominations for his plays ''Glengarry Glen Ross'' (1984) and ''Speed-the-Plow'' (1988). He first ...

Selected works

Plays

*''The Divorce'' * ''The Job''

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

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