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.
81 directing credits · 40 acting credits
Directing · 81
12 Angry Men
1957
Studio One
1948
Omnibus
1952
Playhouse 90
1956
Kraft Television Theatre
1947
The United States Steel Hour
1953
Danger
1950
100 Centre Street
2001
Goodyear Television Playhouse
1951
Producers' Showcase
1954
DuPont Show of the Month
1957
You Are There
1953
Frontier
1955
Network
1976
Dog Day Afternoon
1975
Murder on the Orient Express
1974
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
2007
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Play of the Week
1959
The Alcoa Hour
1955
Serpico
1973
The Verdict
1982
The Wiz
1978
NBC Sunday Showcase
1959
Find Me Guilty
2006
Fail Safe
1964
Night Falls on Manhattan
1997
Power
1986
Casey, Crime Photographer
1951
The Elgin Hour
1954
Star Stage
1955
Q & A
1990
Gloria
1999
Family Business
1989
Deathtrap
1982
Running on Empty
1988
Strip Search
2004
Prince of the City
1981
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
1970
Guilty as Sin
1993
The Hill
1965
Play of the Week: Rashomon
1960
Critical Care
1997
Daniel
1983
The Offence
1973
The Deadly Affair
1967
Equus
1977
The Morning After
1986
The Pawnbroker
1965
The Fugitive Kind
1960
The Anderson Tapes
1971
The Group
1966
The Best of Broadway
1954
A Stranger Among Us
1992
Bye Bye Braverman
1968
Long Day's Journey Into Night
1962
Stage Struck
1958
Mama
1949
The Sea Gull
1968
Lovin' Molly
1974
Child's Play
1972
That Kind of Woman
1959
The Appointment
1969
Just Tell Me What You Want
1980
The Iceman Cometh
1960
Garbo Talks
1984
John Brown's Raid
1960
Tragedy in a Temporary Town
1956
The Seven Lively Arts
1957
CBS Television Workshop
1952
Last of the Mobile Hot Shots
1970
The Dybbuk
1960
The Iceman Cometh
1960
Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates
1958
The Challenge
1955
Playhouse 90: The Hiding Place
1960
Mr. Broadway
1957
A View from the Bridge
1962
Three Plays by Tennessee Williams
1958
Rachel, When the Lord
2004
All the King's Men
1958
Acting · 40
American Masters
1986
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
Spécial cinéma
1974
Film '72
1971
The Manchurian Candidate
2004
Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood
2010
Breakdown: 1975
2025
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
2009
Inside the Actors Studio
1994
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust
2004
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
2008
Night of 100 Stars III
1990
A Decade Under the Influence
2003
Intimate Portrait: Sean Connery
1998
The Evolution of an American Filmmaker
2003
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt: Making '12 Angry Men'
2008
Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film
2006
New York at the Movies
2002
One Third of a Nation
1939
Anthony Perkins: A Life in the Shadows
1999
Revisiting 'Fail-Safe'
2000
The 400 Million
1939
Directed by Sidney Lumet: How the Devil Was Made
2008
Inside: 'Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb'
2000
Serpico: From Real to Reel
2002
William Holden: The Golden Boy
1989
The Tramp and the Dictator
2002
The Making of 'Network'
2006
Funny
1988
Fonda on Fonda
1992
By Sidney Lumet
2015
Wiz on Down the Road
1978
Making 'Murder on the Orient-Express'
2004
Prince of the City: The Real Story
2007
The Education of Gore Vidal
2003
The Sun... the Sand... the Hill
1965
Dziga and His Brothers
2002
Inside 'Serpico'
2002
The Making of 'Dog Day Afternoon'
2006
One Step Further: Becoming Lumet
2023