Lumet, Sidney

Lumet, Sidney

(born June 25, 1924, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.) U.S. television and film director. He worked as a child actor in the Yiddish theatre and on Broadway. After serving in World War II, he directed plays and taught acting. He directed more than 200 television dramas for CBS (1951–57), including Playhouse 90 and Studio One productions, before making his debut as a movie director with the acclaimed Twelve Angry Men (1957). He went on to establish himself as a master of psychological dramas with such films as The Fugitive Kind (1960), Fail Safe (1964), Serpico (1973), Dog Day Afternoon (1975), Network (1976), The Verdict (1982), Night Falls on Manhattan (1997), and Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007).

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Lumet, Sidney (1924–  ) movie director; born in Philadelphia. Originally a child actor, then a television director, he made his first feature film in 1957—Twelve Angry Men. Known for making movies that combine popular elements with serious themes, his greatest commercial triumph was Network (1976).