Sidney Lumet

Sidney Lumet (June 25, 1924 – April 9, 2011) was an American director, producer and screenwriter with over 50 films to his name. He was nominated for the Academy Award as Best Director for 12 Angry Men (1957), Dog Day Afternoon (1975), Network (1976) and The Verdict (1982). He did not win an individual Academy Award, although he did receive an Academy Honorary Award and 14 of his films were nominated for various Oscars, such as Network, which was nominated for 10, winning 4. The Encyclopedia of Hollywood states that Lumet was one of the most prolific directors of the modern era, making more than one movie per year on average since his directorial debut in 1957. He was noted by Turner Classic Movies for his "strong direction of actors", "vigorous storytelling" and the "social realism" in his best work. Film critic Roger Ebert described him as having been "one of the finest craftsmen and warmest humanitarians among all film directors." Lumet was also known as an "actor's director," having worked with the best of them during his career, probably more than "any other director." Lumet began his career as an Off-Broadway director, then became a highly efficient TV director. His first movie was typical of his best work: a well-acted, tightly written, deeply considered "problem picture," 12 Angry Men (1957). From that point on Lumet divided his energies among other idealistic problem pictures along with literate adaptations of plays and novels, big stylish pictures, New York-based black comedies, and realistic crime dramas, including Serpico and Prince of the City. As a result of directing 12 Angry Men, he was also responsible for leading the first wave of directors who made a successful transition from TV to movies. In 2005, Lumet received an Academy Award for Lifetime Achievement for his "brilliant services to screenwriters, performers, and the art of the motion picture." Two years later, he concluded his career with the acclaimed drama Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007). Description above from the Wikipedia article Sidney Lumet, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For: Directing

Born: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, 1924-06-25

Died: 2011-04-09

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1939	One Third of a Nation	Joey Rogers	58
2	1939	The 400 Million	Additional Voice (voice)	59
3	1965	The Sun... the Sand... the Hill	Self	10
4	1978	Wiz on Down the Road	Self - Director	50
5	1982	The Making of 'Tootsie'	Self	60
6	1988	Funny	Self	0
7	1989	William Holden: The Golden Boy	Self	0
8	1990	Night of 100 Stars III	Self	40
9	1992	Fonda on Fonda	Self	60
10	1998	Intimate Portrait: Sean Connery	Self	0
11	1999	Anthony Perkins: A Life in the Shadows	Self	0
12	2000	Inside: 'Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb'	Self - Director, 'Fail Safe'	56
13	2000	Revisiting 'Fail-Safe'	Self	0
14	2002	Dziga and His Brothers	Self	60
15	2002	The Tramp and the Dictator	Self (uncredited)	69
16	2002	New York at the Movies	Self	100
17	2002	Inside 'Serpico'	Self	80
18	2002	Serpico: From Real to Reel	Self	80
19	2003	A Decade Under the Influence	Self	80
20	2003	The Evolution of an American Filmmaker	Self	73
21	2003	The Education of Gore Vidal	Self	60
22	2004	Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust	Self	65
23	2004	The Manchurian Candidate	Political Pundit	65
24	2004	Making 'Murder on the Orient-Express'	Self	65
25	2006	The Making of 'Dog Day Afternoon'	Self	78
26	2006	The Making of 'Network'	Self	0
27	2006	Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film	Self	0
28	2007	Prince of the City: The Real Story	Self	0
29	2008	Beyond a Reasonable Doubt: Making '12 Angry Men'	Self	0
30	2008	Directed by Sidney Lumet: How the Devil Was Made	Self	53
31	2008	You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story	Self	85
32	2009	I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale	Self	69
33	2014	And the Oscar Goes To...	Self (archive footage)	70
34	2015	By Sidney Lumet	Self	68
35	2016	Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall	Self (archive footage)	70
36	2023	Paul Newman: The Restless	Self - Interviewee (archive footage)	81
37	2023	The Enigmatic Charlotte Rampling	Self (archive footage)	68
38	2023	One Step Further: Becoming Lumet	Self	0

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1968	The Dick Cavett Show	Self - Guest	67
2	1974	Spécial cinéma	Self	0
3	1986	American Masters	Self	74
4	1994	Inside the Actors Studio	Self	75
5	2010	Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood	Self	47

Sidney Lumet

Film

Television