Sidney Lumet

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  • Birth Place: Philadelphia, PA
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 06/25/1924, Cancer
  • Date of Death: 04/09/2011
  • Profession: Director; producer; screenwriter; actor
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Sidney Lumet Fast Facts:
  • Made his stage debut by the age of 5 in New York's Yiddish Art Theatre, and made his Broadway debut at age 10 in the play Dead End.
  • Served as a radar repairman in the U.S. Army Signal Corps from 1942 to '46.
  • During the early '50s, directed plays for the stage and for TV series such as Playhouse 90, Kraft Television Theatre and Studio One.
  • Made his feature-film directing debut in 1957 with the classic courtroom drama 12 Angry Men.
  • Published his first book, the film how-to guide Making Movies, in 1995.
  • Received the D.W. Griffith Lifetime Achievement Award at the 1988 Directors Guild Awards, and the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 1998 Gotham Awards.
  • Received an honorary Academy Award in 2005. 
  • Passed away from lymphoma in April 2011.
  • Sidney Lumet Relationships:
  • Amy Lumet - Daughter
  • Baruch Lumet - Father
  • Eugenia Lumet - Mother
  • Gail Jones - Ex-wife
  • Gloria Vanderbilt - Ex-wife
  • Jenny Lumet - Daughter
  • Mary Gimbel - Wife
  • Rita Gam - Ex-wife
  • Leslie Gimbel - Stepdaughter
  • Bailey Gimbel - Stepson
  • Sidney Lumet Awards:
  • 1958 Golden Globe: Best Director - Motion Picture - Nominee
  • 1965 BAFTA Awards: Best British Film - Nominee
  • 1965 BAFTA Awards: United Nations Award - Nominee
  • 1965 BAFTA Awards: Best Film - Nominee
  • 1966 BAFTA Awards: United Nations Award - Nominee
  • 1967 BAFTA Awards: Best British Film - Nominee
  • 1961 Emmy: Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Drama - Nominee
  • 1974 BAFTA Awards: Best Direction - Nominee
  • 1975 BAFTA Awards: Best Direction - Nominee
  • 1977 BAFTA Awards: Best Direction - Nominee
  • 1957 Oscar: Best Achievement in Directing - Nominee
  • 1975 Oscar: Best Achievement in Directing - Nominee
  • 1976 Oscar: Best Achievement in Directing - Nominee
  • 1982 Oscar: Best Achievement in Directing - Nominee
  • 1981 Oscar: Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay) - Nominee
  • 2004 Oscar: Honorary Award - Winner
  • 1976 Golden Globe: Best Director - Motion Picture - Nominee
  • 1977 Golden Globe: Best Director - Motion Picture - Winner
  • 1982 Golden Globe: Best Director - Motion Picture - Nominee
  • 1983 Golden Globe: Best Director - Motion Picture - Nominee
  • 1989 Golden Globe: Best Director - Motion Picture - Nominee
  • College:
  • Attended Columbia University, New York, NY; attended The Actors Studio, New York, NY
Sidney Lumet , Jenny Lumet, and Sidney's wife, Mary Kimble Dimitrios Kambouris/WireImage.com
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Sidney Lumet, Vin Diesel WireImage.com
Sidney Lumet, Julia Roberts, 77th Annual Academy Awards Jeff Vespa/WireImage.com
Al Pacino, Sidney Lumet  Michael Caulfield/WireImage.com
Sidney Lumet, Kathleen Turner and Sydney Pollack E. Dougherty/WireImage.com
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