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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); 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
[edit]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 |
Acting roles
- ...One Third of a Nation... (1939)
- The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
Uncredited
Sources: Turner Classic Movies & Internet Movie Database[1][2]
Television
[edit]Year | Title | Notes |
---|---|---|
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 |
Star Stage | Episode: A Letter to Mr. Priest | |
Frontier | Episode: In Nebraska | |
1956 | The Alcoa Hour | 5 episodes |
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 |
Sunday Showcase | 2 episodes | |
Playhouse 90 | 2 episodes | |
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
[edit]Actor
Year | Title | Role | Venue |
---|---|---|---|
1935 | Dead End | Small Boy | Belasco Theatre |
1937 | The Eternal Road | Estranged One's Son | Manhattan Opera House |
1938 | Sunup to Sundown | Stanley | Hudson Theatre |
Schoolhouse on the Lot | Mickey | Ritz Theatre | |
1939 | My Heart's in the Highlands | Johnny | Guild Theatre |
Christmas Eve | Leo | Henry Miller's Theatre | |
1940 | Morning Star | Hymie Tashman | Longacre Theatre |
Journey to Jerusalem | Jeshua | National Theatre | |
1941 | Brooklyn, U.S.A. | Willie Berg | Forrest Theatre |
1948 | Seeds in the Wind | Tonya | Empire Theatre |
Director
Year | Title | Venue |
---|---|---|
1956 | Night of the Auk | Playhouse Theatre |
1960 | Caligula | 54th Street Theatre |
1962 | Nowhere to Go But Up | Winter Garden Theatre |
Source: Playbill & Internet Broadway Database[3][4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Sidney Lumet - TCM". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved May 29, 2021.
- ^ "Sidney Lumet - IMDB". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved May 29, 2021.
- ^ "Robert Altman - Playbill". Playbill. Retrieved May 29, 2021.
- ^ "Sidney Lumet - Broadway credits". IBDB. Retrieved May 29, 2021.