Sidney Lumet at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival

Sidney Lumet was an American film 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).

Film

Director

Year Title Director Producer Writer
1957 12 Angry Men Yes No No
1958 Stage Struck Yes No No
1959 That Kind of Woman Yes No No
1960 The Fugitive Kind Yes No No
1962 A View from the Bridge Yes No No
Long Day's Journey into Night Yes No No
1964 The Pawnbroker Yes No No
Fail Safe Yes No No
1965 The Hill Yes No No
1966 The Group Yes No No
1967 The Deadly Affair Yes Yes No
1968 Bye Bye Braverman Yes Yes No
The Sea Gull Yes Yes No
1969 The Appointment Yes No No
1970 Last of the Mobile Hot Shots Yes Yes No
1971 The Anderson Tapes Yes No No
1972 Child's Play Yes No No
1973 The Offence Yes No No
Serpico Yes No No
1974 Lovin' Molly Yes No No
Murder on the Orient Express Yes No No
1975 Dog Day Afternoon Yes No No
1976 Network Yes No No
1977 Equus Yes No No
1978 The Wiz Yes No No
1980 Just Tell Me What You Want Yes Yes No
1981 Prince of the City Yes No Yes
1982 Deathtrap Yes No No
The Verdict Yes No No
1983 Daniel Yes Executive No
1984 Garbo Talks Yes No No
1986 Power Yes No No
The Morning After Yes No No
1988 Running on Empty Yes No No
1989 Family Business Yes No No
1990 Q&A Yes No Yes
1992 A Stranger Among Us Yes No No
1993 Guilty as Sin Yes No No
1996 Night Falls on Manhattan Yes No Yes
1997 Critical Care Yes Yes No
1999 Gloria Yes No No
2006 Find Me Guilty Yes No Yes
2007 Before the Devil Knows You're Dead Yes No No

As an actor

Uncredited

Sources: Turner Classic Movies & Internet Movie Database[1][2]

Television

Year Title Note
1952 CBS Television Workshop Episode: Don Quixote
1951-52 Crime Photographer 2 episodes
1951-53 Danger 11 episodes
1954 Mama 2 episodes
1953-55 You Are There 14 episodes
1954-55 The Best of Broadway 3 episodes
1955 The Elgin Hour 2 episodes
1955 Star Stage Episode: A Letter to Mr. Priest
1955 Frontier Episode: In Nebraska
1956 The Alcoa Hour 5 episodes
1956 Goodyear Playhouse 2 episodes
1958 Kraft Theatre 5 episodes
1957-58 The DuPont Show of the Month 2 episodes
1955-59 The United States Steel Hour 3 episodes
1960 Play of the Week 4 episodes
1960 Sunday Showcase 2 episodes
1960 Playhouse 90 2 episodes
1960 John Brown's Raid Television movie
1960 The Iceman Cometh Television movie
2001–02 100 Centre Street 9 episodes
2004 Strip Search Television movie

Theatre

As an actor

Year Title Role Venue
1935 Dead End Small Boy Belasco Theatre, Broadway
1937 The Eternal Road Estranged One's Son Manhattan Opera House
1938 Sunup to Sundown Stanley Hudson Theatre, Broadway
1938 Schoolhouse on the Lot Mickey Ritz Theatre, Broadway
1939 My Heart's in the Highlands Johnny Guild Theatre, Broadway
1939 Christmas Eve Leo Henry Miller's Theatre, Broadway
1940 Morning Star Hymie Tashman Longacre Theatre, Broadway
1940 Journey to Jerusalem Jeshua National Theatre, NYC
1941 Brooklyn, U.S.A. Willie Berg Forrest Theatre, Broadway
1948 Seeds in the Wind Tonya Empire Theatre, Broadway

As a director

Year Title Venue
1956 Night of the Auk Playhouse Theatre, Broadway
1960 Caligula 54th Street Theatre, Broadway
1962 Nowhere to Go But Up Winter Garden Theatre, Broadway

Source: Playbill & Internet Broadway Database[3][4]

References

  1. ^ "Sidney Lumet - TCM". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved May 29, 2021.
  2. ^ "Sidney Lumet - IMDB". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved May 29, 2021.
  3. ^ "Robert Altman - Playbill". Playbill. Retrieved May 29, 2021.
  4. ^ "Sidney Lumet - Broadway credits". IBDB. Retrieved May 29, 2021.
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