Sidney Lumet
Directing
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Acting Credits
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Directed
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...
Known For
Filmography
Breakdown: 1975
2025
as Self - Director of Dog day afternoon (archive footage)
One Step Further: Becoming Lumet
2023
as Self
By Sidney Lumet
2015
as Self
Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood
2010
as Self
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
2009
as Self
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt: Making '12 Angry Men'
2008
as Self
Directed by Sidney Lumet: How the Devil Was Made
2008
as Self
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
2008
as Self
Prince of the City: The Real Story
2007
as Self
Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film
2006
as Self
The Making of 'Dog Day Afternoon'
2006
as Self
The Making of 'Network'
2006
as Self
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust
2004
as Self
Making 'Murder on the Orient-Express'
2004
as Self
The Manchurian Candidate
2004
as Political Pundit
The Evolution of an American Filmmaker
2003
as Self
A Decade Under the Influence
2003
as Self
The Education of Gore Vidal
2003
as Self
Inside 'Serpico'
2002
as Self
Serpico: From Real to Reel
2002
as Self
New York at the Movies
2002
as Self
Dziga and His Brothers
2002
as Self
The Tramp and the Dictator
2002
as Self (uncredited)
Inside: 'Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb'
2000
as Self - Director, 'Fail Safe'
Revisiting 'Fail-Safe'
2000
as Self
Anthony Perkins: A Life in the Shadows
1999
as Self
Intimate Portrait: Sean Connery
1998
as Self
Inside the Actors Studio
1994
as Self
Fonda on Fonda
1992
as Self
Night of 100 Stars III
1990
as Self
William Holden: The Golden Boy
1989
as Self
Funny
1988
as Self
American Masters
1986
as Self
Wiz on Down the Road
1978
as Self - Director
Spécial cinéma
1974
as Self
Film '72
1971
as Self
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest
The Sun... the Sand... the Hill
1965
as Self
One Third of a Nation
1939
as Joey Rogers
The 400 Million
1939
as Additional Voice (voice)