Sidney Lumet

Sidney Lumet

Born 06/25/1924
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Died 04/09/2011 (86 years old)
Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Biography (2)

Sidney Lumet (1924, Philadelphia – 2011, New York) started out as an actor in a Jewish theatre alongside his father. He began directing theatre in the 1950s, when he worked on the first of his more than 100 television shows. He first gained fame with the claustrophobic drama 12 Angry Men (1957), which clearly reflects the typical characteristics of his directing style. Although he was fond of suspense and detective genres, he was drawn more towards ordinary… (more)

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Director

Movies
2007

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

2006

Find Me Guilty

2004

Strip Search (TV movie)

1999

Gloria

1997

Critical Care

1996

Night Falls on Manhattan

1993

Guilty as Sin

1992

A Stranger Among Us

1990

Q & A

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1989

Family Business

1988

Running on Empty

1986

Power

 

The Morning After

1984

Garbo Talks

1983

Daniel

1982

Deathtrap

 

The Verdict

1981

Prince of the City

1980

Just Tell Me What You Want

1978

The Wiz

1977

Equus

1976

Network

1975

Dog Day Afternoon

1974

Lovin' Molly

 

Murder on the Orient Express

1973

Serpico

 

The Offence

1972

Child's Play

1971

The Anderson Tapes

1970

The Last of the Mobile Hot Shots

1969

The Appointment

1968

Bye Bye Braverman

 

The Sea Gull

1967

The Deadly Affair

1966

The Group

1965

The Hill

1964

Fail-Safe

 

The Pawnbroker

1962

A View from the Bridge

 

Long Day's Journey into Night

1960

John Brown's Raid (TV movie)

 

Rashomon (TV movie)

 

The Fugitive Kind

 

The Iceman Cometh (TV movie)

1959

That Kind of Woman

1958

All the King's Men (TV movie)

 

Hans Brinker and the Silver Skates (TV movie)

 

Stage Struck

1957

12 Angry Men

 

Mr. Broadway (TV movie)

1955

The Challenge (TV movie)

Series
2001

100 Centre Street

1959

Play of the Week

 

Sunday Showcase

1957

The DuPont Show of the Month

 

The Seven Lively Arts

1956

Playhouse 90

1955

Frontier

 

The Alcoa Hour

1954

Producers' Showcase

 

The Best of Broadway

 

The Elgin Hour

1953

The United States Steel Hour

 

You Are There

1952

CBS Television Workshop

 

Omnibus

1951

Crime Photographer

 

Goodyear Television Playhouse

1950

Danger

1948

Studio One

1947

Kraft Television Theatre

Documentaries
1970

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

Short
2004

Rachel, quand du seigneur

Screenwriter

Movies
2006

Find Me Guilty

1990

Q & A

1981

Prince of the City

Actor

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