Sidney Lumet

SIDNEY LUMET d2011. American film director, producer and screenwriter with over 50 films to his credit. He was nominated five times for the Academy Award : four for Best Director for 12 Angry Men (1957) / Dog Day Afternoon (1975) / Network (1976) and The Verdict (1982) and one for Best Adapted Screenplay for Prince of the City (1981). He did not win an individual Academy Award, but did receive an Academy Honorary Award and 14 of his films were nominated for Oscars. He died in New York aged 86 on April 9th 2009