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Books by Sidney Lumet

Sidney Lumet (1924–2011) directed more than forty films over five decades and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director four times, receiving an honorary Oscar in 2005. Born in Philadelphia and raised in New York, he began his career in live television drama and brought that discipline — preparation, economy, truth — to his feature films. His most celebrated works include 12 Angry Men (1957), Serpico (1973), Dog Day Afternoon (1975), Network (1976), and Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007). He never won a competitive Oscar, which is among the Academy's more persistent embarrassments.