Lynn Mamet
American screenwriter
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Lynn Mamet (Lynn Mamet Weisberg) is an American theatre director, playwright, screenwriter, and television producer.
The Unit
Lynn Mamet | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Theatre director, playwright, screenwriter, and television producer |
| Nationality | American |
| Notable works | Law & Order The Unit |
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."[5]
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.
