Sidney Lumet
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Sidney Arthur Lumet was an American film director. Lumet started his career in theatre before moving to directing television in 1950, and then directing films from 1957, where he gained a reputation f
Lumet in 1970
Lumet as a child, photographed by Carl Van Vechten
Lumet in the 1940 play Journey to Jerusalem
Directing Anna Magnani in The Fugitive Kind (1960)
12 Angry Men
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12 Angry Men is a 1957 American legal drama film directed by Sidney Lumet in his feature directorial debut, adapted by Reginald Rose from his 1954 teleplay. A critique of the American jury system duri
Sidney Lumet
…nine British Academy Film Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award. He was nominated five times for Academy Awards: four for Best Director for the legal drama 12 Angry Men (1957), the crime drama Dog Day Afternoon (1975), the satirical drama Network (1976) and the legal thriller The Verdict (1982), and one for Best Adapted…
Theatrical release poster