Sidney Lumet - biography

“For any director with a little lucidity, masterpieces are films that come to you by accident.”

“Most people think of [Sean Connery] as a legendary star.  I don’t, but only because we go to the toilet together.”

“All great work is preparing yourself for the accident to happen.”

“I could have been tall but I turned it down.”

Sidney Lumet directed the following films:
12 Angry Men (1957)
Stage Struck (1958)
That Kind of Woman (1959)
The Fugitive Kind (1960)
Vu du pont (1961)
Long Day’s Journey Into Night (1962)
Vu du pont (1962)
Fail-Safe (1964)
The Pawnbroker (1964)
The Hill (1965)
The Deadly Affair (1966)
The Group (1966)
Bye Bye Braverman (1968)
The Sea Gull (1968)
The Appointment (1969)
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (1970)
Last of the Mobile Hot Shots (1970)
The Anderson Tapes (1971)
Child’s Play (1972)
The Offence (1972)
Serpico (1973)
Lovin’ Molly (1974)
Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
Network (1976)
Equus (1977)
The Wiz (1978)
Just Tell Me What You Want (1980)
Prince of the City (1981)
Deathtrap (1982)
The Verdict (1982)
Daniel (1983)
Garbo Talks (1984)
Power (1986)
The Morning After (1986)
Running on Empty (1988)
Family Business (1989)
Q & A (1990)
A Stranger Among Us (1992)
Guilty as Sin (1993)
Night Falls on Manhattan (1996)
Critical Care (1997)
Gloria (1999)
Rachel, quand du seigneur (2004)
Find Me Guilty (2006)
Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead (2007)


Sidney Lumet contributed to the screenplay for the following films:
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (1970)
Network (1976)
Prince of the City (1981)
Garbo Talks (1984)
Power (1986)
The Morning After (1986)
Running on Empty (1988)
Q & A (1990)
A Stranger Among Us (1992)
Guilty as Sin (1993)
Night Falls on Manhattan (1996)
Rachel, quand du seigneur (2004)
Find Me Guilty (2006)
Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead (2007)