- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- June 25, 1924
- Place of Birth
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Died
- April 9, 2011
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 …
Filmography
movieBreakdown: 1975
2025 · Self - Director of Dog day afternoon (archive footage)
One Step Further: Becoming Lumet
movieOne Step Further: Becoming Lumet
2023 · Self
movieBy Sidney Lumet
2015 · Self
tvMoguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood
2010 · Self
movieIn Her Skin
2009 · Consulting Producer
movieI Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
2009 · Self
movieYou Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
2008 · Self
movieDirected by Sidney Lumet: How the Devil Was Made
2008 · Self
movieBeyond a Reasonable Doubt: Making '12 Angry Men'
2008 · Self
movieBefore the Devil Knows You're Dead
2007 · Director
moviePrince of the City: The Real Story
2007 · Self
movieEugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film
2006 · Self
movieFind Me Guilty
2006 · Screenplay, Director
movieThe Making of 'Dog Day Afternoon'
2006 · Self
movieThe Making of 'Network'
2006 · Self
movieMaking 'Murder on the Orient-Express'
2004 · Self
Rachel, When the Lord
movieRachel, When the Lord
2004 · Director
movieThe Manchurian Candidate
2004 · Political Pundit
movieStrip Search
2004 · Director
movieImaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust
2004 · Self
movieThe Education of Gore Vidal
2003 · Self
movieThe Evolution of an American Filmmaker
2003 · Self
movieA Decade Under the Influence
2003 · Self
movieInside 'Serpico'
2002 · Self
movieSerpico: From Real to Reel
2002 · Self
New York at the Movies
movieNew York at the Movies
2002 · Self
movieThe Tramp and the Dictator
2002 · Self (uncredited)
movieDziga and His Brothers
2002 · Self
tv100 Centre Street
2001 · Director, Executive Producer, Writer
movieRevisiting 'Fail-Safe'
2000 · Self
movieInside: 'Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb'
2000 · Self - Director, 'Fail Safe'
movieGloria
1999 · Director
Anthony Perkins: A Life in the Shadows
movieAnthony Perkins: A Life in the Shadows
1999 · Self
movieIntimate Portrait: Sean Connery
1998 · Self
movieCritical Care
1997 · Director, Producer
movieNight Falls on Manhattan
1997 · Director, Screenplay
tvInside the Actors Studio
1994 · Self
movieGuilty as Sin
1993 · Director
movieA Stranger Among Us
1992 · Director
movieFonda on Fonda
1992 · Self
movieNight of 100 Stars III
1990 · Self
movieQ & A
1990 · Director, Screenplay
movieWilliam Holden: The Golden Boy
1989 · Self
movieFamily Business
1989 · Director
movieRunning on Empty
1988 · Director
movieFunny
1988 · Self
movieThe Morning After
1986 · Director
tvAmerican Masters
1986 · Self
moviePower
1986 · Director
movieGarbo Talks
1984 · Director
movieDaniel
1983 · Director, Executive Producer
movieThe Verdict
1982 · Director
movieDeathtrap
1982 · Director
moviePrince of the City
1981 · Director, Screenplay
movieJust Tell Me What You Want
1980 · Director, Producer
movieThe Wiz
1978 · Director
movieWiz on Down the Road
1978 · Self - Director
movieEquus
1977 · Director
movieNetwork
1976 · Director
movieDog Day Afternoon
1975 · Director
movieMurder on the Orient Express
1974 · Director
tvSpécial cinéma
1974 · Self
movieLovin' Molly
1974 · Director
movieSerpico
1973 · Director
movieThe Offence
1973 · Director
movieChild's Play
1972 · Director
Film '72
tvFilm '72
1971 · Self
movieThe Anderson Tapes
1971 · Director
movieKing: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
1970 · Director
movieLast of the Mobile Hot Shots
1970 · Director, Producer
movieThe Appointment
1969 · Director
movieThe Sea Gull
1968 · Director, Producer
tvThe Dick Cavett Show
1968 · Self - Guest
movieBye Bye Braverman
1968 · Director, Producer
movieThe Deadly Affair
1967 · Director, Producer
movieThe Group
1966 · Director
The Sun... the Sand... the Hill
movieThe Sun... the Sand... the Hill
1965 · Self
movieThe Hill
1965 · Director
movieThe Pawnbroker
1965 · Director
movieFail Safe
1964 · Executive Producer, Director
movieLong Day's Journey Into Night
1962 · Director
movieA View from the Bridge
1962 · Director
moviePlay of the Week: Rashomon
1960 · Director
movieThe Iceman Cometh
1960 · Director
tvThe Iceman Cometh
1960 · Director
movieJohn Brown's Raid
1960 · Director
movieThe Dybbuk
1960 · Director
movieBeyond the Time Barrier
1960 · Casting Director
movieThe Fugitive Kind
1960 · Director
moviePlayhouse 90: The Hiding Place
1960 · Director
tvPlay of the Week
1959 · Director
movieSunday Showcase
1959 · Director
NBC Sunday Showcase
tvNBC Sunday Showcase
1959 · Director
movieThat Kind of Woman
1959 · Director
movieAll the King's Men
1958 · Director
movieStage Struck
1958 · Director
movieThree Plays by Tennessee Williams
1958 · Director
movieHans Brinker or the Silver Skates
1958 · Director
The Seven Lively Arts
tvThe Seven Lively Arts
1957 · Director
tvDuPont Show of the Month
1957 · Director
movieMr. Broadway
1957 · Director, Producer
movie12 Angry Men
1957 · Director
tvPlayhouse 90
1956 · Director
movieTragedy in a Temporary Town
1956 · Director
tvThe Alcoa Hour
1955 · Director
tvFrontier
1955 · Director
tvStar Stage
1955 · Director
movieThe Challenge
1955 · Director
Producers' Showcase
tvProducers' Showcase
1954 · Director
The Elgin Hour
tvThe Elgin Hour
1954 · Director
The Best of Broadway
tvThe Best of Broadway
1954 · Director
tvThe United States Steel Hour
1953 · Director
tvYou Are There
1953 · Director
tvOmnibus
1952 · Director
CBS Television Workshop
tvCBS Television Workshop
1952 · Director
tvHallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Director
tvGoodyear Television Playhouse
1951 · Director
Casey, Crime Photographer
tvCasey, Crime Photographer
1951 · Director
Danger
tvDanger
1950 · Director
Mama
tvMama
1949 · Director
tvStudio One
1948 · Director
tvKraft Television Theatre
1947 · Director
movieThe 400 Million
1939 · Additional Voice (voice)
movieOne Third of a Nation
1939 · Joey Rogers