Sidney Lumet
| Sign | Cancer |
| Born | Jun 25, 1924 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Died | Apr 9, 2011 Manhattan, New York City |
| Age | Died at 86 |
Sidney Lumet | |
| Job | Director, producer, screenwriter, actor |
| Years active | 1939-2007 |
| Top Roles | Joey Rogers |
| Top Genres | Drama, Film Adaptation, Romance, War, Comedy, Thriller/Suspense |
| Top Topics | Courtroom, Cold War, Gangsters |
| Top Collaborators | Jack Warden, Sean Connery, John Fiedler, Henry Fonda |
| Shares birthday with | Anne Revere, June Lockhart, Charlotte Greenwood see more.. |
Sidney Lumet Overview:
Director, Sidney Lumet, was born on Jun 25, 1924 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Lumet died at the age of 86 on Apr 9, 2011 in Manhattan, New York City .
HONORS and AWARDS:
.Although Lumet was nominated for four Oscars, he never won a competitive Academy Award. However he won one Honorary Oscar Award in 2004 in recognition of his brilliant services to screenwriters, performers and the art of the motion picture .
Academy Awards
| Year | Award | Film name | Role | Result |
| 1957 | Best Director | 12 Angry Men (1957) | N/A | Nominated |
| 1976 | Best Director | Network (1976) | N/A | Nominated |
| 1981 | Best Writing | Prince of the City (1981) | N/A | Nominated |
| 1982 | Best Director | The Verdict (1982) | N/A | Nominated |
Academy Awards (Honorary Oscars)
| Year | Award | Description |
| 2004 | Honorary Award | in recognition of his brilliant services to screenwriters, performers and the art of the motion picture |
BlogHub Articles:
Murder on the Orient Express (1974, )
on Feb 21, 2011 From The Stop ButtonThere are two significant problems with Murder on the Orient Express. Unfortunately, both of them are aspects of the film?s genre. Well, one of them is an aspect of the genre and the other is related to the film?s extremely high quality acting. So, neither of them are ?problems? in the traditional s... Read full article
Dog Day Afternoon (1975, )
on Sep 8, 2010 From The Stop ButtonBesides Al Pacino, there are other actors in Dog Day Afternoon. Some of them give fantastic performances too. But, even with those fantastic performances, every time Pacino is alone on screen, whether closeup or not, monologue or not, it feels like there’s no one else in the film besides him. ... Read full article
The Morning After (1986, )
on Jun 19, 2008 From The Stop ButtonThe Morning After is an awkward combination of thriller and adult drama. As a thriller, with Paul Chihara’s enthusiastic and bombastic score, it’s frequently annoying. Jane Fonda can scrub a crime scene of every thread of evidence, but the simple things–like dropping a succeeding l... Read full article
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