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My Take
Sidney Lumet is the kind of director I keep coming back to because his work just doesn't age — it only gets more relevant. The man gave us 12 Angry Men, Serpico, Dog Day Afternoon, Network, and The Verdict across roughly three decades, and every single one of them hits like a fist. What I love most is that he never chased spectacle; he trusted actors, trusted the script, and trusted audiences to handle uncomfortable truths about power, corruption, and ordinary people pushed to their limits. He spent years in live television before moving to film, and you can feel that in the way his camera stays close and his pacing stays honest. Getting an honorary Oscar in 2005 felt long overdue for a filmmaker who'd been quietly making masterpieces since the Eisenhower era. A genuinely irreplaceable voice in American cinema.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Sidney Lumet
- Name (Japanese)
- シドニー・ルメット
- Reading
- しどにー・るめっと
- Born
- June 25, 1924 – April 9, 2011
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Cancer / Rat
- Origin
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
- Occupation
- film director / screenwriter / film producer / writer / stage actor
2. Background
- University
- Columbia University
Awards & achievements
- 1977 Golden Globe Awards
- 1957 Golden Bear
- 1960 Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Foreign Film
- 1960 Bodil Award for Best American Film
- 1976 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Director
- 1960 Kinema Junpo Award
- 1981 New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director
- 1982 National Board of Review Award for Best Director
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Frequently asked questions
When was Sidney Lumet born?
June 25, 1924 – April 9, 2011.
Where is Sidney Lumet from?
Sidney Lumet is from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
What does Sidney Lumet do?
Sidney Lumet works as film director, screenwriter, film producer, writer, stage actor.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.