Biography
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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Awards & recognition
- Kinema Junpo Award · 2009
- Nastro d'Argento — Best Non-European Foreign Film · 2008
- Academy Awards · 2005
- Academy Honorary Award · 2005
- National Board of Review Award — Best Director · 1982
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- New York Film Critics Circle Award — Best Director · 1981
- Golden Globe Awards · 1977
- Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award — Best Director · 1976
- Blue Ribbon Awards — Best Foreign Film · 1960
- Bodil Award — Best American Film · 1960
- Kinema Junpo Award · 1960
- Silver Shell — Best Director · 1960
- Nastro d'argento — best non-Italian film · 1958
- Golden Bear · 1957
- Evelyn F. Burkey Award
- Academy Award — Best Director · 1983 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay · 1982 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Director · 1977 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Director · 1976 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Director · 1958 · nominated
Filmography50+ titles
12 Angry Men
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
Dog Day Afternoon
Network
Fail Safe
Running on Empty
The Verdict
Serpico
The Hill
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Murder on the Orient Express
The Pawnbroker
The Tramp and the Dictator
American Masters
Prince of the City
By Sidney Lumet
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
Long Day's Journey Into Night
The Fugitive Kind
Breakdown: 1975
The Offence
The Dick Cavett Show
Deathtrap
Find Me Guilty
Daniel
The Manchurian Candidate
Night Falls on Manhattan
Critical Care
Garbo Talks
The Sea Gull
The Deadly Affair
A View from the Bridge
Strip Search
The Wiz
Child's Play
The Anderson Tapes
In Her Skin
Dziga and His Brothers
The Morning After
Beyond the Time Barrier
Q&A
Gloria
Guilty as Sin
Family Business
The Group
A Stranger Among Us
Lovin' Molly
Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film
William Holden: The Golden Boy