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Sidney Lumet (1924–2011)

Director | Producer | Writer

Sidney Lumet is a master of cinema, best known for his technical knowledge and his skill at getting first-rate performances from his actors -- and for shooting most of his films in his beloved New York -- he has made over 40 movies, often emotional, but seldom overly sentimental. He often tells intelligent... See full bio »

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in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Died:

(age 86) in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
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2007 Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
 
2006 Find Me Guilty
 
2004 Rachel, quand du seigneur (short)
 
2004 Strip Search (TV movie)
 
2001-2002 100 Centre Street (TV series)
– It's About Love (2002)
– Give Up or Fight (2002)
– Daughters (2001)
– Kids: Part 2 (2001)
– Kids: Part 1 (2001)
See all 9 episodes »
 
1999 Gloria
 
1997 Critical Care
 
1996 Night Falls on Manhattan
 
1993 Guilty as Sin
 
1992 A Stranger Among Us
 
1990 Q & A (also as Alan Smithee: television prints)
 
1989 Family Business
 
1988 Running on Empty
 
1986 The Morning After
 
1986 Power
 
1984 Garbo Talks
 
1983 Daniel
 
1982 The Verdict
 
1982 Deathtrap
 
1981 Prince of the City
 
1980 Just Tell Me What You Want
 
1978 The Wiz
 
1977 Equus
 
1976 Network
 
1975 Dog Day Afternoon
 
1974 Murder on the Orient Express
 
1974 Lovin' Molly
 
1973 Serpico
 
1972 Child's Play
 
1972 The Offence
 
1971 The Anderson Tapes
 
1970 King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (documentary)
 
1970 Last of the Mobile Hot Shots
 
1969 The Appointment
 
1968 The Sea Gull
 
1968 Bye Bye Braverman
 
1966 The Deadly Affair
 
1966 The Group
 
1965 The Hill
 
1964 Fail-Safe
 
1964 The Pawnbroker
 
1962 Long Day's Journey Into Night
 
1962 Vu du pont
 
1960 Play of the Week (TV series)
– Rashomon (1960)
– The Iceman Cometh: Part 2 (1960)
– The Iceman Cometh: Part 1 (1960)
– The Dybbuk (1960)
 
1960 Rashomon (TV movie)
 
1960 The Iceman Cometh (TV movie)
 
1960 John Brown's Raid (TV movie)
 
1960 Sunday Showcase (TV series)
– The Sacco-Vanzetti Story: Part 2 (1960)
– The Sacco-Vanzetti Story: Part 1 (1960)
 
1960 Playhouse 90 (TV series)
– The Hiding Place (1960)
– John Brown's Raid (1960)
 
1959 The Fugitive Kind
 
1959 That Kind of Woman
 
1957-1958 The DuPont Show of the Month (TV series)
– The Count of Monte Cristo (1958)
– Beyond This Place (1957)
 
1958 Kraft Theatre (TV series)
– All the King's Men: Part 2 (1958)
– All the King's Men: Part 1 (1958)
– Fifty Grand (1958)
– Three Plays by Tennessee Williams: Moony's Kid Don't Cry (1958)
– Three Plays by Tennessee Williams: The Last of My Solid Gold Watches (1958)
See all 7 episodes »
 
1958 All the King's Men (TV movie)
 
1958 Stage Struck
 
1958 Hans Brinker and the Silver Skates (TV movie)
 
1957 Omnibus (TV series)
– School for Wives (1957)
 
1957 The Seven Lively Arts (TV series)
– The Changing Ways of Love (1957)
 
1957 Studio One in Hollywood (TV series)
– The Deaf Heart (1957)
 
1957 Mr. Broadway (TV movie)
 
1957 Producers' Showcase (TV series)
– Mr. Broadway (1957)
 
1957 12 Angry Men
 
1956 Goodyear Playhouse (TV series)
– The Sentry (1956)
– Career Girl (1956)
 
1956 The Alcoa Hour (TV series)
– Finkle's Comet (1956)
– Doll Face (1956)
– Man on Fire (1956)
– Tragedy in a Temporary Town (1956)
– Long After Summer (1956)
 
1955 The United States Steel Hour (TV series)
– Incident in an Alley (1955)
– The Meanest Man in the World (1955)
 
1955 Frontier (TV series)
– In Nebraska (1955)
 
1955 The Elgin Hour (TV series)
– Mind Over Momma (1955)
– Crime in the Streets (1955)
 
1954-1955 The Best of Broadway (TV series)
– Stage Door (1955)
– The Show-Off (1955)
– The Philadelphia Story (1954)
 
1953-1955 You Are There (TV series)
– The Liberation of Paris (August 25, 1944) (1955)
– The First Command Performance of Romeo and Juliet (1597) (1954)
– The Gettysburg Address (1953)
– The Recognition of Michelangelo (1953)
– The Dreyfus Case (1953)
See all 10 episodes »
 
1951-1953 Danger (TV series)
– Subpoena (1953)
– No Room (1953)
– Car Pool (1953)
– The System (1952)
– The Lady on the Rock (1951)
See all 8 episodes »
 
1952 Crime Photographer (TV series)
– Blackmail (1952)
 
1952 CBS Television Workshop (TV series)
– Don Quixote (1952)
 
Show ShowProducer (9 titles)
2001-2002 100 Centre Street (TV series) (executive producer - 32 episodes)
– It's About Love (2002) (executive producer)
– Fathers (2002) (executive producer)
– Hurricane Paul (2002) (executive producer)
– Justice Delayed (2002) (executive producer)
– Zero Tolerance (2002) (executive producer)
See all 32 episodes »
 
1997 Critical Care (producer)
 
1983 Daniel (executive producer)
 
1980 Just Tell Me What You Want (producer)
 
1970 Last of the Mobile Hot Shots (producer)
 
1968 The Sea Gull (producer)
 
1968 Bye Bye Braverman (producer)
 
1966 The Deadly Affair (producer)
 
1957 Mr. Broadway (TV movie) (producer)
 
Show ShowWriter (5 titles)
2006 Find Me Guilty (written by)
 
2001 100 Centre Street (TV series)
– Queenie's Running (2001) (writer)
– Queenie's Tough (2001) (writer)
– Kids: Part 2 (2001) (writer)
– Kids: Part 1 (2001) (writer)
– Queenie and Joe (2001) (writer)
See all 8 episodes »
 
1996 Night Falls on Manhattan (screenplay)
 
1990 Q & A (screenplay)
 
1981 Prince of the City (screenplay)
 
Show ShowActor (4 titles)
2004 The Manchurian Candidate
Political Pundit
 
1978 Wiz on Down the Road (short)
Director
 
1952 Danger (TV series)
– The Face of Fear (1952)
 
1939 ...One Third of a Nation...
Joey Rogers
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (1 title)
2009 In Her Skin (consultant)
 
Show ShowCasting Director (1 title)
1960 Beyond the Time Barrier (uncredited)
 
Show ShowThanks (10 titles)
2013 Special Collector's Edition (TV series) (in memory of - 1 episode)
– Serpico (2013) (in memory of)
 
2008 Rachel Getting Married (thank you)
 
2008 Beyond a Reasonable Doubt: Making '12 Angry Men' (video documentary short) (special thanks)
 
2006 'Dog Day Afternoon': After the Filming (video short) (very special thanks)
 
2004 Messengers (thank you)
 
2004 Cecil B. DeMille: American Epic (TV documentary) (thanks)
 
2003 The Station Agent (special thanks)
 
2002 'Serpico': From Real to Reel (video documentary short) (special thanks)
 
2002 'Serpico': Favorite Moments (video documentary short) (special thanks)
 
2002 Inside 'Serpico' (video documentary short) (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (61 titles)
2010 Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself - Director
– The Attack of the Small Screens: 1950-1960 (2010) … Himself - Director
– Warriors & Peacemakers: 1941-1950 (2010) … Himself - Director
 
2009 I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale (documentary short)
Himself
 
2008 AFI's 10 Top 10: America's 10 Greatest Films in 10 Classic Genres (TV movie)
Himself
 
2008 Beyond a Reasonable Doubt: Making '12 Angry Men' (video documentary short)
Himself - Director
 
2008 Directed by Sidney Lumet: How the Devil Was Made (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2007 The 17th Annual Gotham Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
1995-2007 Charlie Rose (TV series)
Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 30 November 2007 (2007) … Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 21 March 2006 (2006) … Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 11 November 1997 (1997) … Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 14 May 1997 (1997) … Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 14 April 1995 (1995) … Himself - Guest
 
2007 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Al Pacino (TV movie)
Himself
 
2007 Paul Newman: The Craft of Acting (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2007 Milestones in Cinema History: The Verdict (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2006 AFI's 100 Years... 100 Cheers: America's Most Inspiring Movies (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2006 The American Experience (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Eugene O'Neill: A Documentary Film (2006) … Himself
 
2006 'Dog Day Afternoon': Recreating the Facts (video short)
Himself
 
2006 'Dog Day Afternoon': Casting the Controversy (video short)
Himself
 
2006 'Dog Day Afternoon': After the Filming (video short)
Himself
 
2006 'Network': The Style (video short)
Himself
 
2006 'Network': The Experience (video short)
Himself
 
2006 'Network': The Cast, the Characters (video short)
Himself
 
2006 'Network': Mad as Hell - The Creation of a Movie Moment (video short)
Himself
 
2006 'Network': The World and Words of Paddy Chayefsky (video short)
Himself
 
2005 Private Screenings (TV series)
Himself
– Sidney Lumet (2005) … Himself
 
2005 The 77th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Honorary Award Recipient
 
2005 Based on a True Story (documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust (documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Finding Eleazar (documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Making 'Murder on the Orient Express' (video documentary)
Himself
 
2003 AFI's 100 Years... 100 Heroes & Villains (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
2003 Spike Lee's '25th Hour': The Evolution of an American Filmmaker (video documentary short)
Himself (as Sydney Lumet)
 
2003 American Masters (TV series documentary)
Himself
– The Education of Gore Vidal (2003) … Himself
 
2003 A Decade Under the Influence (documentary)
Himself
 
2002 'Serpico': From Real to Reel (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2002 'Serpico': Favorite Moments (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2002 Inside 'Serpico' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2002 Sean Connery, an Intimate Portrait (documentary)
Himself
 
2002 New York at the Movies (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2002 The Tramp and the Dictator (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2001 AFI's 100 Years... 100 Thrills: America's Most Heart-Pounding Movies (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
2000 Inside: 'Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb' (video documentary)
Himself - Director, 'Fail Safe'
 
2000 Revisiting 'Fail-Safe' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
1999 Biography (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Anthony Perkins: A Life in the Shadows (1999) … Himself
 
1998 NY TV: By the People Who Made It - Part I & II (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1998 AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: America's Greatest Movies (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1997 Sean Connery Close Up (video documentary)
Himself
 
1994 Inside the Actors Studio (TV series)
Himself
– Sidney Lumet (1994) … Himself
 
1993 The 45th Annual Directors Guild Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Winner: Lifetime Achievement Award
 
1992 Fonda on Fonda (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1990 Listen Up: The Lives of Quincy Jones (documentary)
Himself
 
1990 Night of 100 Stars III (TV movie)
Himself
 
1989 Funny (documentary)
Himself
 
1987 Sidney Lumet: I Love New York (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1985 The Annual ACLU Tribute: A Salute to Sidney Lumet (TV movie)
Himself - Honoree
 
1983 The 55th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Nominee: Best Director
 
1980 The British Greats (TV series)
Himself
– Peter Finch (1980) … Himself
 
1977 The 49th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Nominee: Best Director
 
1976 The 48th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Nominee: Best Director
 
1975 Lumet: Film Maker (documentary short)
Himself
 
1974 Film '72 (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 16 April 1974 (1974) … Himself
 
1968 The Dick Cavett Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.67 (1968) … Himself
 
1967 Cinema (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Sidney Lumet (1967) … Himself
 
1965 The Sun... the Sand... the Hill. (documentary short)
Himself
 
1939 The 400 Million (documentary)
Additional Voice (voice) (as Sydney Lumet)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (7 titles)
2013 Special Collector's Edition (TV series)
 
2012 The 84th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Memorial Tribute
 
2012 The Orange British Academy Film Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Memorial Tribute
 
2011 Días de cine (TV series)
 
2011 Cinema 3 (TV series)
 
2005 Cinema mil (TV series)
 
1997 Cronkite Remembers
Himself (uncredited)
 

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Alternate Names:

Sydney Lumet | Alan Smithee

Height:

5' 5" (1.65 m)
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Personal Quote:

(on actors): I understand what they're going through. The self-exposure, which is at the heart of all their work, is done using their own body. It's their sexuality, their strength or weakness, their fear. And that's extremely painful. And when they're not doing it in their performance, they pull back... See more »

Trivia:

Interviewed in Peter Bogdanovich's "Who the Devil Made It: Conversations With Robert Aldrich, George Cukor, Allan Dwan, Howard Hawks, Alfred Hitchcock, Chuck Jones, Fritz Lang, Joseph H. Lewis, Sidney Lumet, Leo McCarey, Otto Preminger, Don Siegel, Josef von Sternberg, Frank Tashlin, Edgar G. Ulmer, Raoul Walsh." NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1997. See more »

Trademark:

Highly dialogue driven films, with a lot of speeches and dramatic verbal duels. See more »

Star Sign:

Cancer