Though he never won a competitive prize, he did receive an Honorary Award in 2005.
Lumet returned to the Oscar race four more times: three for directing (“Dog Day Afternoon” in 1975, “Network” in 1976 and “The Verdict” in 1982) and once for screenwriting (“Prince of the City” in 1981). The film brought Lumet his first Oscar nomination as Best Director, and it competed in Best Picture (for Fonda, who produced it) and Best Adapted Screenplay (Rose).
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His turned to movies with “12 Angry Men,” an adaptation of Reginald Rose‘s TV drama about a lone juror ( Henry Fonda) holding out during a murder trial. While working on episodes of “Playhouse 90,” “Kraft Theater” and many more, he honed his abilities to shoot quickly and economically.
After serving during WWII, he quickly began directing Off-Broadway plays before moving into the burgeoning medium of television, where he helmed hundreds of live teleplays. But how many of those titles remain classics? Let’s take a look back at 20 of his greatest films, ranked worst to best.īorn on June 25, 1924, Lumet got his start as a child actor, appearing in “One Third of a Nation” (1939) when he was 15 years old.
Sidney Lumet is the Oscar-nominated director who proved incredibly prolific during his career, directing over 40 movies in 50 years, from his feature debut “12 Angry Men” (1957) through his cinematic farewell “Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead” (2007).
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