Sidney Lumet

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1924-06-25 (87 years old)

Deathday

2011-04-09

Place of Birth

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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 direct...

Acting

2002

1988

Funny

as Self

2023

Paul Newman: The Restless

as Self - Interviewee (archive footage)

1939

One Third of a Nation

as Joey Rogers

2023

The Enigmatic Charlotte Rampling

as Self (archive footage)

1939

The 400 Million

as Additional Voice (voice)

2015

2002

The Tramp and the Dictator

as Self (uncredited)

1978

Wiz on Down the Road

as Self - Director

2014

And the Oscar Goes To...

as Self (archive footage)

1992

2004

The Manchurian Candidate

as Political Pundit

Production

1964

Fail Safe

as Executive Producer

1964

Fail Safe

as Director

1976

Network

as Director

1989

Family Business

as Director

1993

Guilty as Sin

as Director

1965

The Pawnbroker

as Director

1971

1965

The Hill

as Director

1973

Serpico

as Director

1986

1973

The Offence

as Director

1978

The Wiz

as Director

1982

The Verdict

as Director

1981

1981

Prince of the City

as Screenplay

1990

Q & A

as Director

1990

Q & A

as Screenplay

2006

Find Me Guilty

as Screenplay

2006

Find Me Guilty

as Director

1992

2004

Strip Search

as Director

1967

1967

1977

Equus

as Director

1997

Critical Care

as Director

1999

Gloria

as Director

1986

Power

as Director

1997

1960

1955

The Challenge

as Director

1982

Deathtrap

as Director

1988

Running on Empty

as Director

1968

1972

Child's Play

as Director

1983

Daniel

as Director

1966

The Group

as Director

1969

The Appointment

as Director

1984

Garbo Talks

as Director

1958

Stage Struck

as Director

1957

Mr. Broadway

as Director

2004

2009

In Her Skin

as Consulting Producer

1958

1960

1957

Mr. Broadway

as Producer

1960

Beyond the Time Barrier

as Casting Director

1962

1974

Lovin' Molly

as Director

1968

The Sea Gull

as Director

1959

1997

Critical Care

as Producer

1968

1960

1968

The Sea Gull

as Producer

1960

The Dybbuk

as Director

1983

Daniel

as Executive Producer

1975

1957

12 Angry Men

as Director

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