Sidney Lumet filmography

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Sidney Lumet was an American film director, producer, and screenwriter.

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Lumet's most known films include: the courtroom drama 12 Angry Men (1957); the holocaust drama The Pawnbroker (1964); the Cold War thriller Fail Safe (1964); the crime dramas Serpico (1973) and Dog Day Afternoon (1975); the satirical news drama Network (1976); the psychological drama Equus (1977); the New York City police internal-affairs drama Prince of the City (1981); the legal drama The Verdict (1982); and the crime thriller Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007).

Film

YearTitleDirectorProducerWriter
1957 12 Angry Men YesNoNo
1958 Stage Struck YesNoNo
1959 That Kind of Woman YesNoNo
1960 The Fugitive Kind YesNoNo
1962 A View from the Bridge YesNoNo
Long Day's Journey into Night YesNoNo
1964 The Pawnbroker YesNoNo
Fail Safe YesNoNo
1965 The Hill YesNoNo
1966 The Group YesNoNo
1967 The Deadly Affair YesYesNo
1968 Bye Bye Braverman YesYesNo
The Sea Gull YesYesNo
1969 The Appointment YesNoNo
1970 Last of the Mobile Hot Shots YesYesNo
1971 The Anderson Tapes YesNoNo
1972 Child's Play YesNoNo
1973 The Offence YesNoNo
Serpico YesNoNo
1974 Lovin' Molly YesNoNo
Murder on the Orient Express YesNoNo
1975 Dog Day Afternoon YesNoNo
1976 Network YesNoNo
1977 Equus YesNoNo
1978 The Wiz YesNoNo
1980 Just Tell Me What You Want YesYesNo
1981 Prince of the City YesNoYes
1982 Deathtrap YesNoNo
The Verdict YesNoNo
1983 Daniel YesExecutiveNo
1984 Garbo Talks YesNoNo
1986 Power YesNoNo
The Morning After YesNoNo
1988 Running on Empty YesNoNo
1989 Family Business YesNoNo
1990 Q&A YesNoYes
1992 A Stranger Among Us YesNoNo
1993 Guilty as Sin YesNoNo
1996 Night Falls on Manhattan YesNoYes
1997 Critical Care YesYesNo
1999 Gloria YesNoNo
2006 Find Me Guilty YesNoYes
2007 Before the Devil Knows You're Dead YesNoNo

Acting roles

Uncredited

Sources: Turner Classic Movies & Internet Movie Database [1] [2]

Television

YearTitleNote
1952 CBS Television Workshop Episode: Don Quixote
1951-52 Crime Photographer 2 episodes
1951-53 Danger 11 episodes
1954 Mama 2 episodes
1953-55 You Are There 14 episodes
1954-55 The Best of Broadway 3 episodes
1955 The Elgin Hour 2 episodes
Star Stage Episode: A Letter to Mr. Priest
Frontier Episode: In Nebraska
1956 The Alcoa Hour 5 episodes
Goodyear Playhouse 2 episodes
1958 Kraft Theatre 5 episodes
1957-58 The DuPont Show of the Month 2 episodes
1955-59 The United States Steel Hour 3 episodes
1960 Play of the Week 4 episodes
Sunday Showcase2 episodes
Playhouse 90 2 episodes
John Brown's RaidTelevision movie
The Iceman Cometh Television movie
2001–02 100 Centre Street 9 episodes
2004 Strip Search Television movie

Theatre

Actor

YearTitleRoleVenue
1935 Dead End Small Boy Belasco Theatre
1937 The Eternal Road Estranged One's Son Manhattan Opera House
1938 Sunup to Sundown Stanley Hudson Theatre
Schoolhouse on the LotMickey Ritz Theatre
1939 My Heart's in the Highlands JohnnyGuild Theatre
Christmas EveLeo Henry Miller's Theatre
1940Morning StarHymie Tashman Longacre Theatre
Journey to Jerusalem JeshuaNational Theatre
1941Brooklyn, U.S.A.Willie Berg Forrest Theatre
1948Seeds in the WindTonya Empire Theatre

Director

YearTitleVenue
1956 Night of the Auk Playhouse Theatre
1960 Caligula 54th Street Theatre
1962 Nowhere to Go But Up Winter Garden Theatre

Source: Playbill & Internet Broadway Database [3] [4]

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References

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  2. "Sidney Lumet - IMDB". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved May 29, 2021.
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  4. "Sidney Lumet - Broadway credits". IBDB. Retrieved May 29, 2021.