Sidney Lumet
American director, producer and screenwriter (1924-2011) · United States · Directors · Died at 86
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Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of HollywoodSeries2009Kinema Junpo AwardAward2008Nastro d'Argento for Best Non-European Foreign FilmAward2006
Find Me GuiltyFilm, Director, Writer2005Academy AwardsAwardAcademy Honorary AwardAward2003
A Decade Under the InfluenceFilm1997
Critical CareFilm, Director, Producer1992
A Stranger Among UsFilm, Director1988
Running on EmptyFilm, Director1986
American MastersSeries1984
Garbo TalksFilm, Director1982National Board of Review Award for Best DirectorAward1981New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best DirectorAward
Prince of the CityFilm, 1981Director, Writer1977Golden Globe AwardsAward
EquusFilm, 1977Director1976Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best DirectorAward1974
Murder on the Orient ExpressFilm, Director1972
Child's PlayFilm, Director1971Film '72Series1966
The GroupFilm, Director1964
Fail SafeFilm, Director, Producer1960Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Foreign FilmAwardBodil Award for Best American FilmAwardKinema Junpo AwardAwardSilver Shell for Best DirectorAward1959NBC Sunday ShowcaseSeries, Director1958Nastro d'argento for best non-Italian filmAward1957Golden BearAward
12 Angry MenFilm, 1957Director1956
Playhouse 90Series, Director1955
FrontierSeries, Director1953
The United States Steel HourSeries, Director1951Casey, Crime PhotographerSeries, Director1949MamaSeries, Director1947
Kraft Television TheatreSeries, Director1924Born25 June 1924Also in Deutsch
Photos 5
Filmography 40
BRBreakdown: 1975
ICI Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
BDBefore the Devil Knows You're DeadFGFind Me Guilty
TCThe Manchurian Candidate
SSStrip SearchAIA Decade Under the Influence
TDThe Tramp and the Dictator
GLGloria
NMNight Falls on ManhattanCCCritical Care
GSGuilty as SinAUA Stranger Among Us
QAQ & A
FBFamily BusinessRERunning on Empty
TAThe Morning After
POPowerGTGarbo Talks
DADaniel
TVThe Verdict
DEDeathtrapPCPrince of the City
TWThe WizEQEquus
NENetwork
DADog Day AfternoonMEMurder on the Orient Express
SESerpico
TOThe OffenceCPChild's Play
TTThe Anderson Tapes
TAThe Deadly AffairTGThe Group
THThe Hill
TPThe PawnbrokerFSFail Safe
LNLong Day's Journey Into Night
TKThe Fugitive KindAM12 Angry Men139 credits on file
Television 24
MHMoguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood
CS100 Centre StreetAMAmerican Masters
SCSpécial cinéma
TSThe Dick Cavett Show
PWPlay of the Week
DMDuPont Show of the MonthPLPlayhouse 90FRFrontier
THThe Alcoa HourTHThe United States Steel Hour
YTYou Are There
OMOmnibus
GPGoodyear Television Playhouse
HFHallmark Hall of Fame
SOStudio OneKTKraft Television TheatreAwards
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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.
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