Sidney Lumet

Sidney Lumet (born June 25 1924) is an American film director, with over 50 films to his name, including the critically acclaimed 12 Angry Men (1957) and Network (1976). He won Academy Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2005, for his "brilliant services to screenwriters, performers and the art of the motion picture".

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June 25 - 1924 - American - Film director - Film - 12 Angry Men - Network

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Lumet was an actor before he was a director. His parents were Yiddish theater actor Baruch Lumet and dancer Eugenia Wermus. Lumet made his stage debut at New York's Yiddish Art Theater at the age of four and acted in Yiddish theater and on Broadway into the 1950s. Graduate of the Professional Children's School.

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Yiddish theater - Baruch Lumet - Eugenia Wermus - New York - Yiddish Art Theater - Broadway - Professional Children's School

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