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Sidney Lumet

DirectorBorn 1924, died 2011On stage 1935 to 19488 productions on this page

Sidney Lumet
Carl Van Vechten

Sidney Arthur Lumet ( loo-MET; June 25, 1924 – April 9, 2011) 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 for making realistic and gritty New York dramas that focused on the working class, tackled social injustices, and often questioned authority. He received various accolades including an Academy Honorary Award and a Golden Globe Award as well as nominations for 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 Af…

On stage

8 productions, 13 years
1935
Dead EndBroadway Belasco Theatre. Original
687 performances
1937
The Eternal RoadBroadway Manhattan Opera House. Original. Directed by Max Reinhardt
153 performances
1939
Christmas EveBroadway Henry Millers Theatre. Original
6 performances
1940
Journey to JerusalemBroadway National Theatre. Original. Directed by Elmer Rice
17 performances
1940
Morning StarBroadway Longacre Theatre. Original. Directed by Charles K. Freeman
63 performances
1941
Brooklyn, U.S.A.Broadway Forrest Theatre. Original. Directed by Lem Ward
57 performances
1946
A Flag Is BornBroadway Alvin Theatre. Original. Directed by Luther Adler
120 performances
1948
Seeds in the WindBroadway Empire Theatre. Original. Directed by Paul Tripp
7 performances

Worked with more than once

4 names
  • Roger de Koven 2 productions
  • Henry Lascoe 2 productions
  • Byron Mcgrath 2 productions
  • Anthony Blair 2 productions

Also credited on

1 work

Nowhere To Go But Up

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