Sidney Lumet
Profile info
Known forDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday25 June 1924
Died9 April 2011 (age 86)
Place of birthPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Known credits123
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 t…
Breakdown: 1975
2025 · Self - Director of Dog day afternoon (archive footage)
One Step Further: Becoming Lumet
2023 · Self
By Sidney Lumet
2015 · Self
Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood
2010 · Self
In Her Skin
2009 · Consulting Producer
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
2009 · Self
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
2008 · Self
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt: Making '12 Angry Men'
2008 · Self
Directed by Sidney Lumet: How the Devil Was Made
2008 · Self
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
2007 · Director
Prince of the City: The Real Story
2007 · Self
Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film
2006 · Self
Find Me Guilty
2006 · Screenplay
Find Me Guilty
2006 · Director
The Making of 'Dog Day Afternoon'
2006 · Self
The Making of 'Network'
2006 · Self
Making 'Murder on the Orient-Express'
2004 · Self
Rachel, When the Lord
2004 · Director
The Manchurian Candidate
2004 · Political Pundit
Strip Search
2004 · Director
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust
2004 · Self
The Education of Gore Vidal
2003 · Self
The Evolution of an American Filmmaker
2003 · Self
A Decade Under the Influence
2003 · Self
Inside 'Serpico'
2002 · Self
Serpico: From Real to Reel
2002 · Self
New York at the Movies
2002 · Self
The Tramp and the Dictator
2002 · Self (uncredited)
Dziga and His Brothers
2002 · Self
100 Centre Street
2001 · Director
100 Centre Street
2001 · Executive Producer
100 Centre Street
2001 · Writer
Revisiting 'Fail-Safe'
2000 · Self
Inside: 'Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb'
2000 · Self - Director, 'Fail Safe'
Gloria
1999 · Director
Anthony Perkins: A Life in the Shadows
1999 · Self
Intimate Portrait: Sean Connery
1998 · Self
Critical Care
1997 · Director
Critical Care
1997 · Producer
Night Falls on Manhattan
1997 · Director
Night Falls on Manhattan
1997 · Screenplay
Inside the Actors Studio
1994 · Self
Guilty as Sin
1993 · Director
A Stranger Among Us
1992 · Director
Fonda on Fonda
1992 · Self
Night of 100 Stars III
1990 · Self
Q & A
1990 · Director
Q & A
1990 · Screenplay
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