Known For
Directing
Born
Jun 25, 1924
Died
Apr 09, 2011
Place of Birth
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Credits
124 titles
Sidney Lumet
Biography
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
Filmography
Breakdown: 1975
Self - Director of Dog day afternoon (archive footage)
One Step Further: Becoming Lumet
Self
By Sidney Lumet
Self
Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood
Self
In Her Skin
Consulting Producer
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
Self
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
Self
Directed by Sidney Lumet: How the Devil Was Made
Self
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt: Making '12 Angry Men'
Self
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Director
Prince of the City: The Real Story
Self
Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film
Self
Find Me Guilty
Director
The Making of 'Network'
Self
The Making of 'Dog Day Afternoon'
Self
Making 'Murder on the Orient-Express'
Self
Rachel, When the Lord
Director
The Manchurian Candidate
Political Pundit
Strip Search
Director
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust
Self
The Education of Gore Vidal
Self
The Evolution of an American Filmmaker
Self
A Decade Under the Influence
Self
Inside 'Serpico'
Self
Serpico: From Real to Reel
Self
New York at the Movies
Self
The Tramp and the Dictator
Self (uncredited)
Dziga and His Brothers
Self
100 Centre Street
Director
Revisiting 'Fail-Safe'
Self
Inside: 'Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb'
Self - Director, 'Fail Safe'
Gloria
Director
Anthony Perkins: A Life in the Shadows
Self
Intimate Portrait: Sean Connery
Self
Critical Care
Director
Night Falls on Manhattan
Screenplay
Inside the Actors Studio
Self
Guilty as Sin
Director
A Stranger Among Us
Director
Fonda on Fonda
Self
Night of 100 Stars III
Self
Q & A
Screenplay
William Holden: The Golden Boy
Self
Family Business
Director
Running on Empty
Director
Funny
Self
The Morning After
Director
American Masters
Self
Power
Director
Garbo Talks
Director