Lumet, Sidney 1924–

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LUMET, Sidney 1924–

(Sydney Lumet)

PERSONAL

Born June 25, 1924, in Philadelphia, PA; son of Baruch (an actor, writer, producer, and director) and Eugenia (an actress; maiden name, Wermus) Lumet; married Rita Gam (an actress; divorced); married Gloria Vanderbilt (a fashion designer), August 27, 1956 (divorced, 1963); married Gail Buckley (an actress), November 23, 1963 (divorced, 1978); married Mary Gimbel, October 1980; children: (third marriage) Amy, Jenny. Education: Attended Columbia University; studied acting with Sanford Meisner.

Addresses: Agent— International Creative Management, 8942 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90211.

Career: Director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. High School for the Performing Arts, New York City, teacher, 1948; CBS, associate director, 1950; Sidney Lumet Productions, founder. Military service: U.S. Army Signal Corps, 1942–46.

Member: Directors Guild of America, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers.

Awards, Honors: Special Mention, Locarno International Film Festival, Golden Berlin Bear Award and OCIC Award, Berlin International Film Festival, 1957, Directors Guild Award, Academy Award nomination, best director, Silver Ribbon, best director, Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists, 1958, Kinema Junpo Award, best foreign language film, 1959, Bodil Award, best American Film, Blue Ribbon Award, best foreign language film, 1960, all for Twelve Angry Men; Golden Berlin Bear Award nomination, 1959, for That Kind of Woman; Silver Seashell, San Sebastian International Film Festival, 1960, for The Fugitive Kind; Emmy Award, best director, 1961, for "The Iceman Cometh," Play of the Week; Emmy Award nomination, best director, 1961, for The Sacco and Vanzetti Story; Directors Guild of America Award, 1962, for Long Day's Journey into Night; Film Award nominations, best British film and best film from any source, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, 1966, for The Hill; Golden Berlin Bear Award nomination, 1966, for The Group; FIPRESCI Prize—Honorable Mention, and Golden Berlin Bear Award nomination, 1964, Golden Laurel Award nomination, director, Bodil Festival Film Award, best non–European film, Directors Guild of America Award nomination, outstanding directorial achievement in motion pictures, 1966, UN Award nomination, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, 1967, all for The Pawnbroker; Film Award nomination, best British film, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, 1968, for The Deadly Affair; Golden Palm Award nomination, Cannes Film Festival, 1969, for The Appointment; Directors Guild of America Award nomination, outstanding directorial achievement in motion pictures, and Film Award nomination, best director, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, 1975, both for Serpico; Film Award nomination, best director, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, Directors Guild of America Award nomination, outstanding directorial achievement in motion picture, 1975, Evening Standard British Film Award, best film, 1976, all for Murder on the Orient Express; Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award, best director, 1975, Academy Award nomination, best director, Golden Globe Award nomination, best director—motion picture, Film Award nomination, best direction, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, Directors Guild of America Award nomination, outstanding directorial achievement in motion picture, 1976, all for Dog Day Afternoon; Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award, best director, Film Award nomination, best direction, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, 1976, Academy Award nomination, best director, Golden Globe Award, best director, Directors Guild of America Award nomination, outstanding directorial achievement in motion pictures, 1977, all for Network; Academy Award nomination (with Jay Presson Allen), best writing, screenplay based on material from another medium, New York Film Critics Circle Award, best director, Pasinetti Award, best film, Venice Film Festival, 1981, Golden Globe Award nomination, best director—motion picture, Edgar Allan Poe Award nomination (with Allen), best movie, 1982, all for Prince of the City; National Board of Review Award, best director, 1982, Academy Award nomination, best director, Golden Globe Award nomination, best director—motion picture, 1983, all for The Verdict; Best Film Award nomination, Mystfest, 1993, for Deathtrap; Golden Globe Award nomination, best director—motion picture, 1989, for Running on Empty; Directors Guild of America Honorary Live Member Award, 1989; Golden Palm Award nomination, Cannes Film Festival, 1992, and International Fantasy Film Award nomination, best film, 1993, both for A Stranger among Us; D. W. Griffith Award, Directors Guild of America, 1993; Lifetime Achievement Award, Gotham Awards, 1998; New Technology Award, PGA Golden Laurel Awards, 2001; Joseph L. Mankiewicz Excellence in Filmmaking Award, Director's View Film Festival, 2004.

CREDITS

Film Work:

Director, Twelve Angry Men, United Artists, 1957.

Director, Stage Struck, Buena Vista, 1958.

Director, That Kind of Woman, Paramount, 1959.

Director, The Fugitive Kind, United Artists, 1960.

Director, A View from the Bridge (also known as Vu du pont and Uno sguardo dal ponte), Continental, 1962.

Director, Long Day's Journey into Night, Embassy, 1962.

Director and co–executive producer, Fail Safe, Columbia, 1964.

Director, The Pawnbroker, American International, 1965.

Director, Up from the Beach, Metro–Goldwyn–Mayer, 1965.

Director, The Hill, Metro–Goldwyn–Mayer, 1965.

Director, The Group, United Artists, 1966.

Director and producer, The Deadly Affair, Columbia, 1967.

Director and producer, Bye Bye Braverman, Warner Bros., 1968.

Director and producer, The Seagull, Warner Bros., 1968.

Director and (with Joseph Mankiewicz) producer, King: A Filmed Record … Montgomery to Memphis, 1970.

Director, The Appointment, Metro–Goldwyn–Mayer, 1970.

Director and producer, The Last of the Mobile Hot Shots (also known as Blood Kin and The Seven Descents of Myrtle), Warner Bros., 1970.

Director, The Anderson Tapes, Columbia, 1971.

Director, Child's Play, Paramount, 1972.

Director, The Offense (also known as Something Like the Truth and The Offence), United Artists, 1973.

Director, Serpico, Paramount, 1973.

Director, Lovin' Molly, Columbia, 1974.

Director, Murder on the Orient Express, Paramount, 1974.

Director, Dog Day Afternoon, Warner Bros., 1975.

Director, Equus, United Artists, 1977.

Director, Network, Metro–Goldwyn–Mayer/United Artists, 1977.

Director, The Wiz, Universal, 1978.

Director and producer, Just Tell Me What You Want, Warner Bros., 1980.

Director, Prince of the City, Warner Bros., 1981.

Director, Deathtrap (also known as Ira Levin's Deathtrap), Warner Bros., 1982.

Director, The Verdict, Twentieth Century–Fox, 1982.

Director and executive producer, Daniel, Paramount, 1983.

Director, Garbo Talks, Metro–Goldwyn–Mayer/United Artists, 1984.

Director, Power, Twentieth Century–Fox, 1986.

Director, The Morning After, Twentieth Century–Fox, 1986.

Director, Running on Empty, Lorimar, 1988.

Director, Family Business, TriStar, 1989.

Director, Q&A, TriStar, 1990.

Director, A Stranger among Us (also known as Close to Eden), Buena Vista, 1992.

Director, Guilty As Sin, Buena Vista, 1993.

Director, Night Falls on Manhattan, Paramount, 1997.

Director and producer, Critical Care, Live Film & Mediaworks, 1997.

Director, Gloria, Columbia, 1999.

Director, The Beautiful Mrs. Seidenmann, 2000.

Director, The Set–Up, 2004.

Director, Find Me Guilty, 2005.

Film Appearances:

Joey Rogers, One Third of a Nation, Paramount, 1939.

(As Sydney Lumet) Voice, The 400 Million (documentary), Garrison Film Distributors, 1939.

Director, Wiz on Down the Road, 1978.

50 Years of Action!, 1986.

Director, "White Fish," Funny, Original Cinema, 1988.

Himself, Listen Up (also known as Listen Up: The Lives of Quincy Jones), Warner Bros., 1990.

Himself, Sean Connery Close Up (documentary), Blue Dolphin Film Distribution, 1997.

Himself, Sean Connery, an Intimate Portrait (documentary), 1997.

Himself, Inside the Making of Dr. Strangelove (documentary), Columbia, 2000.

Himself, Revisiting "Fail–Safe" (documentary), Columbia TriStar Home Video, 2000.

(Uncredited) Himself, The Tramp and the Dictator (documentary), Warner Home Video, 2002.

Himself, A Decade under the Influence (documentary), IFC Films, 2003.

Himself, Spike Lee's "25th Hour": The Evolution of an American Filmmaker (documentary short film), Touchstone Home Video, 2003.

Himself, Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust (documentary), 2004.

Political pundit, The Manchurian Candidate, Paramount, 2004.

Television Director; Series:

Danger, CBS, 1951–1953.

You Are There, CBS, 1952–1953.

Serpico, 1976.

Television Executive Producer; Series:

100 Centre Street, Arts and Entertainment, 2001.

Television Director; Miniseries:

The Sacco–Vanzetti Story, NBC, 1960.

Television Director; Specials:

John Brown's Raid, NBC, 1960.

Cry Vengeance, NBC, 1961.

Strip Search, HBO, 2004.

Television Director; Episodic:

"Antigone," Omnibus III, CBS, 1954.

"Stage Door," The Best of Broadway, CBS, 1955.

"The Show–Off," The Best of Broadway, CBS, 1955.

"The Philadelphia Story," The Best of Broadway, CBS, 1955.

"Crime in the Streets," The Elgin Hour, 1955.

"Tragedy in a Temporary Town," The Alcoa Hour, 1955.

"Incident in an Alley," The United States Steel Hour (also known as The U.S. Steel Hour), 1955.

"Long After Summer," The Alcoa Hour, 1956.

"Mr. Broadway," Producers' Showcase, 1957.

"The Rice Sprout Song," Studio One (also known as Studio One Summer Theatre, Studio One in Hollywood, Summer Theatre, Westinghouse Studio One, and Westinghosue Summer Theatre), CBS, 1957.

"Mooney's Kid Don't Cry," Kraft Television Theatre, NBC, 1958.

"The Last of My Gold Watches," Kraft Television Theatre, NBC, 1958.

"This Property Is Condemned," Kraft Television Theatre, NBC, 1958.

"All the King's Men: Parts 1 & 2," Kraft Television Theatre, NBC, 1958.

"Dog in a Bus Tunnel," Kraft Television Theatre, NBC, 1958.

"Three Plays by Tennessee Williams," Kraft Television Theatre, NBC, 1958.

"Fifty Grand," Kraft Television Theatre, NBC, 1958.

"Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates," Hallmark Hall of Fame, 1958.

"The Count of Monte Cristo," The DuPont Show of the Month, 1958.

"The Hiding Place," Playhouse 90, CBS, 1960.

"The Dybbuk," Play of the Week, NTA, 1960.

"Rashomon," Play of the Week, NTA, 1960.

"The Iceman Cometh: Parts 1 & 2," Play of the Week, NTA, 1960.

100 Centre Street, Arts and Entertainment, 2001–2002.

Also directed "Man on Fire," The Alcoa Hour; "The Meanest Man in the World," The United States Steel Hour (also known as The U.S. Steel Hour); "The Philadelphia Story," The Best of Broadway, CBS; episodes of Omnibus, CBS; Mama, CBS; Goodyear Playhouse, NBC; Crime Photographer; CBS Television Workshop.

Television Producer; Episodic:

"Mr. Broadway," Producers' Showcase, 1957.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Unauthorized Biography: Jane Fonda, syndicated, 1988.

William Holden: The Golden Boy (also known as Crazy about the Movies), Cinemax, 1989.

Night of 100 Stars III, NBC, 1990.

Listen Up: The Lives of Quincy Jones, 1991.

Fonda on Fonda, TNT, 1992.

Interviewee, "Rod Serling: Submitted for Your Approval," American Masters, PBS, 1995.

Intimate Portrait: Sean Connery, Lifetime, 1997.

AFI's 100 Years … 100 Movies, CBS, 1998.

NYTV: By the People Who Made It, PBS, 1998.

Anthony Perkins: A Life in the Shadows, Arts and Entertainment, 1999.

Himself, AFI's 100 Years, 100 Thrills: America's Most Heart–Pounding Movies, CBS, 2001.

Quincy Jones: In the Pocket (documentary), PBS, 2001.

Paul Newman (documentary), Bravo, 2001.

Himself, New York at the Movies (documentary), Arts and Entertainment, 2002.

Eugene O'Neill: A Haunted Life (documentary), Arts and Entertainment, 2002.

The AMC Project: Hollywood and the Holocaust (documentary), AMC, 2003.

Himself, AFI's 100 Years … 100 Heroes & Villains (also known as AFI's 100 Years, 100 Heroes & Villains: America's Greatest Screen Characters), CBS, 2003.