# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sidney-lumet
# Generated: 2026-09-01T09:35:47.148Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sidney-lumet"
name: "Sidney Lumet"
slug: "sidney-lumet"
description: "Sidney Arthur Lumet was an American film director. Lumet started his career in theatre before moving to directing television in 1950, and then directing films from 1957, where he gained a reputation for making realistic and gritty New York dramas that focused on the working class, tackled social injustices, and often questioned authority. He received various accolades including an Academy Honorary Award and a Golden Globe Award as well as nominations for nine British Academy Film Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award."
tagline: "American director, producer and screenwriter (1924–2011)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/SidneyLumet07TIFF.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "directors"
profileType:
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birthDate: "1924-06-25"
deathDate: "2011-04-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump