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Sidney Lumet (natural June 25 1924) is an American film director, with all over L films to his name, including a critically acclaimed 12 Angry Men (1957) and Network (1976). He won Oscar for Lifespan Accomplishment around 2005, for his "brilliant services to screenwriters, performers and the art of the motion picture".

Lumet was an actor prior to he was the director. His parents were Yiddish theater actor Baruch Lumet and dancer Eugenia Wermus. Lumet manufactured his stage debut at New York's Yiddish Art Theater at the age of four & acted within Yiddish theater & in Broadway into the Fifties. Graduate of the Professional Children's School.

Selected films

12 Angry Men (1957) The Fugitive Kind (1959) ''Long Day's Journey into Night (1962) The Pawnbroker (1964) Fail-Safe (1964) The Hill (1965) The Group (1966) Serpico (1973) Lovin' Molly (1974) Murder on the Orient Express (1974) Dog Day Afternoon (1975) Network (1976) Equus (1977) The Wiz (1978) Prince of the City (1981) The Verdict (1982) Daniel (1983) The Morning After (1986) Gloria (1999) The Beautiful Mrs. Seidenmann (2000) Find Me Guilty'' (2005)

Sidney Lumet: Director, Producer
Biography at All Movie Guide.

Sidney Lumet
Lumet's filmography at IMDb