Sidney Lumet
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Sidney Lumet (born June 25, 1924 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American film director, with over 50 films to his name, including the critically acclaimed 12 Angry Men (1957), Serpico (1973), Dog Day Afternoon (1975) and Network (1976). He won an Academy Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2005, for his "brilliant services to screenwriters, performers and the art of the motion picture".
His parents were Yiddish theater actor Baruch Lumet and dancer Eugenia Wermus. A graduate of the Professional Children's School, Lumet was an actor before he was a director. Lumet made his stage debut at New York's Yiddish Art Theater at the age of four and acted in Yiddish theater and on Broadway into the 1950s. Sidney was also the former son-in-law of Lena Horne as he was married to her daughter, the journalist and author Gail Lumet Buckley (née Gail Jones). The couple had two children before divorcing. He has also been married three other times, including once to Gloria Vanderbilt.
[edit] Filmography
- 12 Angry Men (1957)
- Stage Struck (1958)
- That Kind of Woman (1959)
- The Fugitive Kind (1959)
- A View from the Bridge (1961)
- Long Day's Journey Into Night (1962)
- The Pawnbroker (1964)
- Fail-Safe (1964)
- The Hill (1965)
- The Group (1966)
- The Deadly Affair (1967)
- Bye Bye Braverman (1968)
- The Sea Gull (1968)
- The Appointment (1969)
- King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (1970)
- Last of the Mobile Hot Shots (1970)
- The Anderson Tapes (1971)
- Child's Play (1972)
- The Offence (1972)
- Serpico (1973)
- Lovin' Molly (1974)
- Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
- Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
- Network (1976)
- Equus (1977)
- The Wiz (film) (1978)
- Just Tell Me What You Want (1980)
- Prince of the City (1981)
- The Verdict (1982)
- Daniel (1983)
- Garbo Talks (1984)
- Power (1986)
- The Morning After (1986)
- Running on Empty (1988)
- Family Business (1989)
- Q & A (1990)
- A Stranger Among Us (1992)
- Guilty as Sin (1993)
- Night Falls on Manhattan (1997)
- Critical Care (1997)
- Gloria (1999)
- Strip Search (2004)
- Find Me Guilty (2006)
- Before the Devil knows you're dead (2007) (filming at present)
- Untitled Lumet Project (either 2007/2008)
[edit] References
- Sidney Lumet on GreatPosters.com, accessed August 8, 2005.
- Fresh Air interview from 2006 (audio)
- Sidney Lumet biography on AMCTV.com. Accessed August 30, 2006.
