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.
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- 2023 · One Step Further: Becoming Lumet as Self
- 2023 · The Enigmatic Charlotte Rampling as Self (archive footage)
- 2023 · Paul Newman: The Restless as Self - Interviewee (archive footage)
- 2016 · Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall as Self (archive footage)
- 2015 · By Sidney Lumet as Self
- 2014 · And the Oscar Goes To... as Self (archive footage)
- 2010 · Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood as Self
- 2009 · I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale as Self
- 2008 · You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story as Self
- 2008 · Directed by Sidney Lumet: How the Devil Was Made as Self
- 2008 · Beyond a Reasonable Doubt: Making '12 Angry Men' as Self
- 2007 · Prince of the City: The Real Story as Self
- 2006 · Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film as Self
- 2006 · The Making of 'Network' as Self
- 2006 · The Making of 'Dog Day Afternoon' as Self
- 2004 · Making 'Murder on the Orient-Express' as Self
- 2004 · The Manchurian Candidate as Political Pundit
- 2004 · Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust as Self
- 2003 · The Education of Gore Vidal as Self
- 2003 · The Evolution of an American Filmmaker as Self
- 2003 · A Decade Under the Influence as Self
- 2002 · Serpico: From Real to Reel as Self
- 2002 · Inside 'Serpico' as Self
- 2002 · New York at the Movies as Self
- 2002 · The Tramp and the Dictator as Self (uncredited)
- 2002 · Dziga and His Brothers as Self
- 2000 · Revisiting 'Fail-Safe' as Self
- 2000 · Inside: 'Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb' as Self - Director, 'Fail Safe'
- 1999 · Anthony Perkins: A Life in the Shadows as Self
- 1998 · Intimate Portrait: Sean Connery as Self
- 1998 · AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies as Self
- 1994 · Inside the Actors Studio as Self
- 1992 · Fonda on Fonda as Self
- 1990 · Night of 100 Stars III as Self
- 1989 · William Holden: The Golden Boy as Self
- 1988 · Funny as Self
- 1986 · American Masters as Self
- 1982 · The Making of 'Tootsie' as Self
- 1978 · Wiz on Down the Road as Self - Director
- 1974 · Spécial cinéma as Self
- 1968 · The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest
- 1965 · The Sun... the Sand... the Hill as Self
- 1939 · The 400 Million as Additional Voice (voice)
- 1939 · One Third of a Nation as Joey Rogers