Sidney Lumet (1924–2011) was an American film director.
Lumet's most known films include: the courtroom drama 12 Angry Men (1957); the Holocaust drama The Pawnbroker (1964); the Cold War thriller Fail Safe (1964); the crime dramas Serpico (1973) and Dog Day Afternoon (1975); the satirical news drama Network (1976); the psychological drama Equus (1977); the New York City police internal-affairs drama Prince of the City (1981); the legal drama The Verdict (1982); and the crime thriller Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007).
Film YearTitleDirectorWriterProducer 1957 12 Angry Men 1958 Stage Struck 1959 That Kind of Woman 1960 The Fugitive Kind 1962 A View from the Bridge Long Day's Journey into Night 1964 The Pawnbroker Fail Safe 1965 The Hill 1966 The Group 1967 The Deadly Affair 1968 Bye Bye Braverman The Sea Gull 1969 The Appointment 1970 Last of the Mobile Hot Shots 1971 The Anderson Tapes 1972 Child's Play 1973 The Offence Serpico 1974 Lovin' Molly Murder on the Orient Express 1975 Dog Day Afternoon 1976 Network 1977 Equus 1978 The Wiz 1980 Just Tell Me What You Want 1981 Prince of the City 1982 Deathtrap The Verdict 1983 Daniel 1984 Garbo Talks 1986 Power The Morning After 1988 Running on Empty 1989 Family Business 1990 Q&A 1992 A Stranger Among Us 1993 Guilty as Sin 1996 Night Falls on Manhattan 1997 Critical Care 1999 Gloria 2006 Find Me Guilty 2007 Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Acting roles ...One Third of a Nation... (1939) The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
Uncredited King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (1970)
Sources: Turner Classic Movies & Internet Movie Database
Television YearTitleNotes1952 CBS Television Workshop Episode: Don Quixote1951-52 Crime Photographer 2 episodes1951-53 Danger 11 episodes1954 Mama 2 episodes1953-55 You Are There 14 episodes1954-55 The Best of Broadway 3 episodes1955 The Elgin Hour 2 episodes Star Stage Episode: A Letter to Mr. Priest Frontier Episode: In Nebraska 1956 The Alcoa Hour 5 episodes Goodyear Playhouse 2 episodes1958 Kraft Theatre 5 episodes1957-58 The DuPont Show of the Month 2 episodes1955-59 The United States Steel Hour 3 episodes1960 Play of the Week 4 episodes Sunday Showcase 2 episodes Playhouse 90 2001–02 100 Centre Street 9 episodes;Also writer, executive producer and creator
TV movies The Challenge (1955) Mr. Broadway (1957) (Also producer) Hans Brinker and the Silver Skates (1958) (Co-directed with George Schaefer) All the King's Men (1958) John Brown's Raid (1960) The Iceman Cometh (1960) Strip Search (2004)
Theatre Actor YearTitleRoleVenue1935 Dead End Small Boy Belasco Theatre1937 The Eternal Road Estranged One's Son Manhattan Opera House1938 Sunup to Sundown Stanley Hudson Theatre Schoolhouse on the Lot Mickey Ritz Theatre1939 My Heart's in the Highlands Johnny Guild Theatre Christmas Eve Leo Henry Miller's Theatre1940 Morning Star Hymie Tashman Longacre Theatre Journey to Jerusalem Jeshua National Theatre1941 Brooklyn, U.S.A. Willie Berg Forrest Theatre1948 Seeds in the Wind Tonya Empire Theatre
Director YearTitleVenue1956 Night of the Auk Playhouse Theatre1960 Caligula 54th Street Theatre1962 Nowhere to Go But Up Winter Garden Theatre
Source: Playbill & Internet Broadway Database
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