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Sidney Lumet is an American director, producer, and screenwriter.
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) as well as the satirical news drama Network (1976), the psychological drama Equus (1977), the legal drama The Verdict (1982), and the crime thriller Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007).
Lumet received five Academy Award nominations winning the Honorary Oscar in 2004. He also received nine British Academy Film Award nominations as well as six Golden Globe Award for Best Director nominations winning for Network (1975). In 1961 he received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series nomination for his work on NBC Sunday Showcase.
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Best Director | 12 Angry Men | Nominated | |
| 1975 | Dog Day Afternoon | Nominated | ||
| 1976 | Network | Nominated | ||
| 1981 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Prince of the City | Nominated | |
| 1982 | Best Director | The Verdict | Nominated | |
| 2004 | Honorary Oscar | Received |
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | Best Film | The Hill | Nominated | |
| Outstanding British Film | Nominated | |||
| United Nations Award | Fail Safe | Nominated | ||
| 1967 | The Pawnbroker | Nominated | ||
| 1968 | Outstanding British Film | The Deadly Affair | Nominated | |
| 1974 | Best Direction | Murder on the Orient Express Serpico |
Nominated | |
| 1975 | Dog Day Afternoon | Nominated | ||
| Best Film | Nominated | |||
| 1977 | Network | Nominated |
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Best Director | 12 Angry Men | Nominated | [1] |
| 1975 | Dog Day Afternoon | Nominated | ||
| 1976 | Network | Won | ||
| 1981 | Prince of the City | Nominated | ||
| 1982 | The Verdict | Nominated | ||
| 1989 | Running on Empty | Nominated |
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series | NBC Sunday Showcase | Nominated | [2] |
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | Palme d'Or | Long Day's Journey into Night | Nominated | [3] |
| 1965 | The Hill | Nominated | ||
| 1969 | The Appointment | Nominated | ||
| 1992 | A Stranger Among Us | Nominated | [4] |
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Golden Bear | 12 Angry Men | Won | [5] |
| 1959 | That Kind of Woman | Nominated | ||
| 1964 | Pawnbroker | Nominated | [6] | |
| 1966 | The Group | Nominated | ||
| 2006 | Find Me Guilty | Nominated |
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Golden Lion | Prince of the City | Nominated |