Sidney Lumet

Career Overview

Sidney Lumet has 109 screen credits in a career dating back to 1939. Signature works include 12 Angry Men, Murder on the Orient Express, Night Falls on Manhattan. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Directing

Gender

male

Known Credits

109

Birth Date

1924-06-25

Birth Place

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Known For

• 

  12 Angry Men
• 

  Murder on the Orient Express
• 

  Night Falls on Manhattan
• 

  Network
• 

  Dog Day Afternoon
• 

  Serpico

Frequent Collaborators

• Martin Balsam (2 collaborations)
• Dominic Chianese (2 collaborations)
• Marcia Jean Kurtz (2 collaborations)
• Nathan George (2 collaborations)
• Ed Crowley (2 collaborations)
• Gene Gross (2 collaborations)
• Lance Henriksen (2 collaborations)
• Todd Everett (2 collaborations)
• Al Pacino (2 collaborations)
• Kenneth McMillan (2 collaborations)

Credits

• actors (39 credits)

  • Breakdown: 1975

    Self - Director of Dog day afternoon (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2025
  • One Step Further: Becoming Lumet

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2023
  • By Sidney Lumet

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2015
  • I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2009
  • You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2008
  • Beyond a Reasonable Doubt: Making '12 Angry Men'

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2008
  • Directed by Sidney Lumet: How the Devil Was Made

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2008
  • Prince of the City: The Real Story

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2007
  • Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2006
  • The Making of 'Dog Day Afternoon'

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2006
  • The Making of 'Network'

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2006
  • Making 'Murder on the Orient-Express'

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2004
  • The Manchurian Candidate

    Political Pundit

    actor

    actors
    2004
  • Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2004
  • The Education of Gore Vidal

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2003
  • The Evolution of an American Filmmaker

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2003
  • A Decade Under the Influence

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2003
  • Inside 'Serpico'

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2002
  • Serpico: From Real to Reel

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2002
  • New York at the Movies

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2002
  • The Tramp and the Dictator

    Self (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    2002
  • Dziga and His Brothers

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2002
  • Revisiting 'Fail-Safe'

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2000
  • Inside: 'Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb'

    Self - Director, 'Fail Safe'

    actor

    actors
    2000
  • Anthony Perkins: A Life in the Shadows

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1999
  • Intimate Portrait: Sean Connery

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1998
  • Inside the Actors Studio

    - Sidney Lumet (1994) ... Self actor actors
    1994
  • Fonda on Fonda

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1992
  • Night of 100 Stars III

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1990
  • William Holden: The Golden Boy

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1989
  • Funny

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1988
  • American Masters

    - By Sidney Lumet (2017) ... Self actor actors
    1986
  • The Making of 'Tootsie'

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1982
  • Wiz on Down the Road

    Self - Director

    actor

    actors
    1978
  • Spécial cinéma

    - Episode 12 (1983) ... Self actor actors
    1974
  • The Dick Cavett Show

    - Doris Dörrie, Sidney Lumet, Sydney Pollack, Alan J. Pakula, Ivan Reitman (1986) ... Self - Guest actor actors
    1968
  • The Sun... the Sand... the Hill

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1965
  • The 400 Million

    Additional Voice (voice)

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • One Third of a Nation

    Joey Rogers

    actor

    actors
    1939

• directing (58 credits)

  • Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

    director

    directing
    2007
  • Find Me Guilty

    director

    directing
    2006
  • Rachel, When the Lord

    director

    directing
    2004
  • Strip Search

    director

    directing
    2004
  • Gloria

    director

    directing
    1999
  • Critical Care

    director

    directing
    1997
  • Night Falls on Manhattan

    director

    directing
    1997
  • Guilty as Sin

    director

    directing
    1993
  • A Stranger Among Us

    director

    directing
    1992
  • Q & A

    director

    directing
    1990
  • Family Business

    director

    directing
    1989
  • Running on Empty

    director

    directing
    1988
  • The Morning After

    director

    directing
    1986
  • Power

    director

    directing
    1986
  • Garbo Talks

    director

    directing
    1984
  • Daniel

    director

    directing
    1983
  • The Verdict

    director

    directing
    1982
  • Deathtrap

    director

    directing
    1982
  • Just Tell Me What You Want

    director

    directing
    1980
  • The Wiz

    director

    directing
    1978
  • Equus

    director

    directing
    1977
  • Network

    director

    directing
    1976
  • Dog Day Afternoon

    director

    directing
    1975
  • Murder on the Orient Express

    director

    directing
    1974
  • Lovin' Molly

    director

    directing
    1974
  • Serpico

    director

    directing
    1973
  • The Offence

    director

    directing
    1973
  • Child's Play

    director

    directing
    1972
  • The Anderson Tapes

    director

    directing
    1971
  • King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

    director

    directing
    1970
  • Last of the Mobile Hot Shots

    director

    directing
    1970
  • The Appointment

    director

    directing
    1969
  • The Sea Gull

    director

    directing
    1968
  • Bye Bye Braverman

    director

    directing
    1968
  • The Deadly Affair

    director

    directing
    1967
  • The Group

    director

    directing
    1966
  • The Hill

    director

    directing
    1965
  • The Pawnbroker

    director

    directing
    1965
  • Fail Safe

    director

    directing
    1964
  • A View from the Bridge

    director

    directing
    1962
  • Play of the Week: Rashomon

    director

    directing
    1960
  • The Iceman Cometh

    director

    directing
    1960
  • John Brown's Raid

    director

    directing
    1960
  • The Dybbuk

    director

    directing
    1960
  • The Fugitive Kind

    director

    directing
    1960
  • Playhouse 90: The Hiding Place

    director

    directing
    1960
  • Sunday Showcase

    director

    directing
    1959
  • That Kind of Woman

    director

    directing
    1959
  • The Count of Monte Cristo

    director

    directing
    1958
  • All the King's Men

    director

    directing
    1958
  • Stage Struck

    director

    directing
    1958
  • Three Plays by Tennessee Williams

    director

    directing
    1958
  • Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates

    director

    directing
    1958
  • Mr. Broadway

    director

    directing
    1957
  • 12 Angry Men

    director

    directing
    1957
  • Tragedy in a Temporary Town

    director

    directing
    1956
  • The Challenge

    director

    directing
    1955
  • Studio One

    - The Deaf Heart (1957) ... director directing

    - The Rice Sprout Song (1957) ... director directing
    1948

• writing (3 credits)

  • Find Me Guilty

    screenplay

    writing
    2006
  • Night Falls on Manhattan

    screenplay

    writing
    1997
  • Q & A

    screenplay

    writing
    1990

• production (9 credits)

  • Critical Care

    producer

    production
    1997
  • Daniel

    executive producer

    production
    1983
  • Just Tell Me What You Want

    producer

    production
    1980
  • Last of the Mobile Hot Shots

    producer

    production
    1970
  • The Sea Gull

    producer

    production
    1968
  • Bye Bye Braverman

    producer

    production
    1968
  • The Deadly Affair

    producer

    production
    1967
  • Fail Safe

    executive producer

    production
    1964
  • Mr. Broadway

    producer

    production
    1957