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->''"All great work is preparing yourself for the accident to happen."''

Sidney Arthur Lumet (June 25, 1924 – April 9, 2011) was an American film director. He is probably most famous for his debut film, ''Film/TwelveAngryMen'', and the films ''Film/DogDayAfternoon'' and ''Film/{{Network}}''.

Lumet was born in UsefulNotes/{{Philadelphia}}, Pennsylvania and studied theater acting at the Professional Children's School of New York and Columbia University. He started out in the theater acting, and even did a film as a child actor (1939's ''One Third of a Nation'', alongside Creator/SylviaSidney) before becoming a director of stage and then live dramas in the "Golden Age of Television" in the 1950s. Known as an "actor's director"; several actors who starred in his films were nominated and won UsefulNotes/{{Academy Award}}s for their performances.

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!!Films directed by Sidney Lumet:
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* ''Film/TwelveAngryMen'' (1957)
* ''Theatre/TheIcemanCometh'' (1960)
* ''Theatre/AViewFromTheBridge'' (1962)
* ''Theatre/LongDaysJourneyIntoNight'' (1962)
* ''Film/FailSafe'' (1964)
* ''Film/ThePawnbroker'' (1965)
* ''Film/TheHill'' (1965)
* ''Film/KingAFilmedRecordMontgomeryToMemphis'' (1970)(documentary, co-directed with Creator/JosephLMankiewicz)
* ''Film/TheAndersonTapes'' (1971)
* ''Film/{{Serpico}}'' (1973)
* ''Film/{{Murder on the Orient Express|1974}}'' (1974)
* ''Film/DogDayAfternoon'' (1975)
* ''Film/{{Network}}'' (1976)
* ''Theatre/{{Equus}}'' (1977)
* ''Film/TheWiz'' (1978)
* ''Film/JustTellMeWhatYouWant'' (1980)
* ''Film/PrinceOfTheCity'' (1981)
* ''Film/{{Deathtrap}}'' (1982)
* ''Film/TheVerdict'' (1982)
* ''Film/{{Daniel}}'' (1983)
* ''Film/GarboTalks'' (1984)
* ''Film/{{Power}}'' (1986)
* ''Film/TheMorningAfter'' (1986)
* ''Film/RunningOnEmpty'' (1988)
* ''Film/FamilyBusiness'' (1989)
* ''Film/QAndA'' (1990)
* ''Film/AStrangerAmongUs'' (1992)
* ''Film/GuiltyAsSin'' (1993)
* ''Film/NightFallsOnManhattan'' (1997)
* ''Film/CriticalCare'' (1997)
* ''Film/{{Gloria}}'' (1999)
* ''Film/FindMeGuilty'' (2006)
* ''Film/BeforeTheDevilKnowsYoureDead'' (2007)
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