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| 3 | ->''"All great work is preparing yourself for the accident to happen."'' |
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| 5 | 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}}''. |
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| 7 | 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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| 10 | !!Films directed by Sidney Lumet: |
| 11 | [[index]] |
| 12 | * ''Film/TwelveAngryMen'' (1957) |
| 13 | * ''Theatre/TheIcemanCometh'' (1960) |
| 14 | * ''Theatre/AViewFromTheBridge'' (1962) |
| 15 | * ''Theatre/LongDaysJourneyIntoNight'' (1962) |
| 16 | * ''Film/FailSafe'' (1964) |
| 17 | * ''Film/ThePawnbroker'' (1965) |
| 18 | * ''Film/TheHill'' (1965) |
| 19 | * ''Film/KingAFilmedRecordMontgomeryToMemphis'' (1970)(documentary, co-directed with Creator/JosephLMankiewicz) |
| 20 | * ''Film/TheAndersonTapes'' (1971) |
| 21 | * ''Film/{{Serpico}}'' (1973) |
| 22 | * ''Film/{{Murder on the Orient Express|1974}}'' (1974) |
| 23 | * ''Film/DogDayAfternoon'' (1975) |
| 24 | * ''Film/{{Network}}'' (1976) |
| 25 | * ''Theatre/{{Equus}}'' (1977) |
| 26 | * ''Film/TheWiz'' (1978) |
| 27 | * ''Film/JustTellMeWhatYouWant'' (1980) |
| 28 | * ''Film/PrinceOfTheCity'' (1981) |
| 29 | * ''Film/{{Deathtrap}}'' (1982) |
| 30 | * ''Film/TheVerdict'' (1982) |
| 31 | * ''Film/{{Daniel}}'' (1983) |
| 32 | * ''Film/GarboTalks'' (1984) |
| 33 | * ''Film/{{Power}}'' (1986) |
| 34 | * ''Film/TheMorningAfter'' (1986) |
| 35 | * ''Film/RunningOnEmpty'' (1988) |
| 36 | * ''Film/FamilyBusiness'' (1989) |
| 37 | * ''Film/QAndA'' (1990) |
| 38 | * ''Film/AStrangerAmongUs'' (1992) |
| 39 | * ''Film/GuiltyAsSin'' (1993) |
| 40 | * ''Film/NightFallsOnManhattan'' (1997) |
| 41 | * ''Film/CriticalCare'' (1997) |
| 42 | * ''Film/{{Gloria}}'' (1999) |
| 43 | * ''Film/FindMeGuilty'' (2006) |
| 44 | * ''Film/BeforeTheDevilKnowsYoureDead'' (2007) |
| 45 | [[/index]] |
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