My tendency as an actor was to correct people, was to say, 'What if we tried it this way, what about if we tried that way?' That's terrible habit for an actor, but that's a good habit for director. So I became a director.

They have two children Clara and Noah. Aaronow Talking about it as a. Mamet's first produced screenplay was the 1981 production of The Postman Always Rings Twice (directed by Bob Rafelson) based upon James M.

Godzilla a commentary on the movie business; and The Secret Knowledge: On the Dismantling of American Culture (2011) a commentary on cultural and political issues. Mamet's books include: The Old Religion (1997) a novel about the lynching of Leo Frank; Five Cities of Refuge: Weekly Reflections on Genesis Exodus Leviticus Numbers and Deuteronomy (2004) a Torah commentary with Rabbi Lawrence Kushner; The Wicked Son (2006) a study of Jewish self-hatred and antisemitism; and Bambi vs. : /ˈmæmɨt/; born November 30 1947) is an American playwright essayist screenwriter and film director.