Sidney Lumet

Sidney Lumet's biography

Sidney Lumet is 87 years old film director born at Philadelphia. He was born on Wednesday 25th of June 1924. According to year of birth 1924 he belongs to Greatest Generation. Birthday on 25th of June means he is Cancer. Cancer is a watery sign. They are very friendly and show motherly love to everyone. According to ascendant calculator, an important trait of these natives is their sensitive nature.He was married 4 times.

Sidney Lumet's spouse

He is married to Mary Gimbel

He is citizen of United States of America. His primary profession is to be film director. You can know him also as screenwriter, film producer, writer, stage actor, film actor, theatrical director. He is recently known as television producer.

Sidney Lumet's dad

Sidney Lumet's father's name is Baruch Lumet. He is known as actor. His father was born on Friday 16th of September 1898 in Warsaw. His father died on Saturday 8th of February 1992. Baruch Lumet was 68 years old, when this happened.

Sidney Lumet's mom

Sidney Lumet's mother's name is Eugenius Wermus.

Sidney Lumet's family

Sidney Lumet's spouse

Sidney Lumet's ex spouses

Rita Gam

Sidney Lumet and Rita Gam have been together since 1949 for 6 years. She is known as film actor. His ex spouse was born on Saturday 2nd of April 1927 in Pittsburgh. His ex spouse died on Tuesday 22nd of March 2016 in Los Angeles. Rita Gam was 92 years old, when this happened.

Gloria Vanderbilt

Sidney Lumet and Gloria Vanderbilt have been together since 1956 for 7 years. She is known as actor. His ex spouse was born on Wednesday 20th of February 1924 in Manhattan. His ex spouse died on Monday 17th of June 2019 in Manhattan. Gloria Vanderbilt was 95 years old, when this happened.

Gail Lumet Buckley

Sidney Lumet and Gail Lumet Buckley have been together since 1963 for 15 years. She is known as writer. His ex spouse was born on Tuesday 21st of December 1937 in Pittsburgh.

He has 1 daughter.

Sidney Lumet's daughter: Jenny Lumet

Sidney Lumet's daughter's name is Jenny Lumet. Jenny is known as screenwriter. His daughter was born on Thursday 2nd of February 1967 in New York City.

Sidney Lumet's schools

We found 3 schools He attended. Complete list of schools: Columbia University, Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre, Professional Children's School.

Sidney Lumet's career

His main focus is to be film director. He is also a member of PEN America.

How did Sidney Lumet die

He died on on Saturday 9th of April 2011 when he was 87 years old at Manhattan. Sidney Lumets death was caused by lymphoma. It happend like natural causes.

Awards and competitions

Sidney Lumet's Awards

• Given a lifetime achievement award by the Savannah College of Art and Design at the 2005 Savannah Film Festival. The same award was later found hidden in a patch of shrubbery at a three-point intersection in Brooklyn.
• He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director for 12 Angry Men (1957), Dog Day Afternoon (1975), Network (1976) and The Verdict (1982) but never won the award.
• He was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium for Prince of the City (1981).

Sidney Lumet's Nominations

• He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Director
• He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Director
• He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Director
• He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Director
• He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay

Sidney Lumet's quotes

• There's no such thing as a small part. There are just small actors.
• If a director comes in from California and doesn't know the city at all, he picks the Empire State Building and all the postcard shots, and that, of course, isn't the city.
• All great work is preparing yourself for the accident to happen.
• [October 2007] Melodrama is a much maligned genre. And I hope we can bring it back into fashion. I always think of melodrama as the thing we are all capable of that's swept under the rug.
• [October 2007] Anything you can do with film, I can do with HD.
• [on Christopher Reeve] What seemed such a nice, simple, artless performance in Superman (1978) was the finest kind of acting. Reeve's timing -- and humor -- has to be just about perfect to make the character come off.
• [on Ralph Richardson] There's no secret about the fact that Ralph is terrified of the camera. But, at the same time, he is unquestionably a great actor. Yet, he looks to a director, too.
• [on Akira Kurosawa] Kurosawa never affected me directly in terms of my own movie-making because I never would have presumed that I was capable of that perception and that vision.
• While the goal of all movies is to entertain, the kind of film is which I believe goes one step further. It compels the spectator to examine one facet or another of his own conscience. It stimulates thought and sets the mental juices flowing.
• [on being awarded an Honorary Academy Award in 2007] I wanted one, damn it, and I felt I deserved one.
• [on the art of film] I don't think art changes anything. I do it because I like it and it's a wonderful way to spend your life.
• [on New York City] Locations are characters in my movies. The city is capable of portraying a mood a scene requires.
• While the goal of all movies is to entertain, the kind of film in which I believe goes one step further. It compels the spectator to examine one facet or another of his own conscience. It stimulates thought and sets the mental juices flowing.
• If I'm moved by a scene, a situation... I have to assume that that's going to work for an audience.
• In Hollywood, actors learn to act from watching television. In New York people learn to act by walking down the street.
• I like being described as the actor's director because it comes primarily from the fact that they open up with me more than they do with most directors.
• Good acting is really self-revaluation, and that's a very painful, complicated, and frightening process, and it takes time to get people free enough to do that.
• Goodfellas (1990) is a superb movie. And The Sopranos (1999) is a brilliant television show. And they are very truthful.
• The law fascinates me.
• As I'm rehearsing, I slowly evolve into the style in which I'm going to shoot the movie.
• [on The Hill (1965)] I knew when I was sent that script that Sean (Sean Connery) could act.
• [on Elia Kazan] What moves me most about his work is his pioneering spirit. Emotions, passions were put up on the screen. That Mediterranean release is responsible for a lot of what we're doing today.
• I only said Titanic (1997) is unwatchable because one cannot watch it.
• [on his experience acting in ...One Third of a Nation... (1939) as a 14-year-old boy] I hated acting in movies and I've understood all about actors ever since...I knew that I could never be a really good actor.
• No director is going to give an actor charm. It's something they've either got or they haven't got.
• [on Equus (1977)] A boy who blinds six horses is not your average hero. If you're going to show the boy's magnificence and Dysart's envy of him, you've got get into the area of his horror, also.
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Sidney Lumet's body shape

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