Sidney Lumet Biography (1924-)

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

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Director, producer, screenwriter, actor
Birth Details: June 25, 1924; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Famous Works

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 pontand 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
Specials
John Brown's Raid, NBC, 1960
Cry Vengeance, NBC, 1961
Strip Search, HBO, 2004
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 knownas AFI's 100 Years, 100 Heroes & Villains: America's Greatest ScreenCharacters), CBS, 2003
Episodic
"The Face of Fear," Danger, 1952
American Cinema, PBS, 1995
Inside the Actors Studio, Bravo, 1995
Stage Director
The Doctor's Dilemma, Phoenix Theatre, New York City, 1955
Picnic (summer theatre production), 1955
The Night of the Auk, Playhouse Theatre, New York City, 1956
Caligula, 54th Street Theatre, New York City, 1960
Nowhere to Go But Up, Winter Garden Theatre, New York City, 1962
Blue Light, Bay Street Theatre, New York City, 1995
The Shawl, Jewish Repertory Theater at Playhouse, New York City, 1996
Directed summer theatre productions, 1947-49.
Stage Appearances
(Broadway debut) Dead End kid, Dead End, Belasco Theatre, 1935
Estranged One's Son, The Eternal Road, Manhattan Opera House, NewYork City, 1937
Stanley, Sunup to Sundown, Hudson Theatre, New York City, 1938
Mickey, Schoolhouse on the Lot, Ritz Theatre, New York City, 1938
Leo, Christmas Eve, Henry Miller's Theatre, New York City, 1939
Johnny, My Heart's in the Highlands, Guild Theatre, New York City,1939
Joshua, Journey to Jerusalem, National Theatre, New York City, 1940
Hymie Tashman, Morning Star, Longacre Theatre, New York City, 1940
George Washington Slept Here, Lyceum Theatre, New York City, 1940
Willie Berg, Brooklyn, USA, Forrest Theatre, New York City, 1941
David, A Flag Is Born, Alvin Theatre, New York City, 1946
Tonya, Seeds in the Wind, Empire Theatre, New York City, 1948
Made stage debut at Yiddish Theatre, New York City, 1928.
Radio Appearances
The Rabbi from Brownsville, 1931-1932
WRITINGS
Screenplays
(With Jay Presson Allen) Prince of the City, Warner Bros., 1981
Q&A, Tri Star, 1990
Night Falls on Manhattan, Paramount, 1997
The Set-Up, 2004
Television Episodes
100 Centre Street, Arts and Entertainment, 2001-2002
Books
Making Movies, Knopf, 1995

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books

Bowles, Stephen E., Sidney Lumet: A Guide to References and Resources, G. K. Hall, 1979
Boyer, Jay, Sidney Lumet, Twayne, 1993
Cunningham, Frank R., Sidney Lumet: Film and Literary Vision, University Press of Kentucky, 1991
Encyclopedia of World Biography, Volume 22, Gale Group, 2002

Periodicals

Film Comment, July/August, 1997, p. 50

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