Sidney Lumet

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Sidney Lumet (June 25, 1924 – April 9, 2011) was an American film director, producer, and screenwriter whose career spanned over five decades and encompassed more than 50 feature films., garnered an Academy Award nomination for Best Director and established his reputation for taut, character-driven courtroom dramas., Dog Day Afternoon (1975), and Network (1976), the latter two earning him additional Best Director Oscar nominations alongside critical acclaim for their incisive portrayals of institutional corruption and personal turmoil set against urban backdrops, particularly New York City. and was awarded an Honorary Academy Award in 2005 for his lifetime contributions to cinema, recognizing his technical mastery and ability to elicit powerhouse performances from actors..( Lumet died of lymphoma in New York City at age 86.(

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Sidney Arthur Lumet ( loo-MET; June 25, 1924 – April 9, 2011) was an American film director. Lumet started his career in theatre before moving to directing television in 1950, and then directing films from 1957, where he gained a reputation for making realistic and gritty New York dramas that focused on the working class, tackled social injustices, and often questioned authority. He received various accolades including an Academy Honorary Award and a Golden Globe Award as well as nominations for nine British Academy Film Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award.

He was nominated five times for Academy Awards: four for Best Director for the legal drama 12 Angry Men (1957), the crime drama Dog Day Afternoon (1975), the satirical drama Network (1976) and the legal thriller The Verdict (1982), and one for Best Adapted Screenplay for Prince of the City (1981). Other films include A View from the Bridge (1962), Long Day's Journey into Night (1962), The Pawnbroker (1964), Fail Safe (1964), The Hill (1965), Serpico (1973), Murder on the Orient Express (1974), Equus (1977), The Wiz (1978), The Morning After (1986), Running on Empty (1988) and Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007). He received the Academy Honorary Award in 2004.