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Sidney Lumet

Awards

Sidney Lumet

38 wins & 53 nominations

Academy Awards, USA

  • Paul Newman in The Verdict (1982)
    1983 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Director
    • The Verdict
  • Prince of the City (1981)
    1982 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
    • Prince of the City
    Shared with: Jay Presson Allen
  • Network (1976)
    1977 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Director
    • Network
  • Al Pacino and John Cazale in Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
    1976 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Director
    • Dog Day Afternoon
  • Henry Fonda, Martin Balsam, Jack Klugman, Lee J. Cobb, Ed Begley, Edward Binns, John Fiedler, E.G. Marshall, Joseph Sweeney, George Voskovec, Jack Warden, and Robert Webber in 12 Angry Men (1957)
    1958 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Director
    • 12 Angry Men

Berlin International Film Festival

  • Annabella Sciorra, Vin Diesel, Peter Dinklage, Aleksa Palladino, Frank Pietrangolare, Alex Rocco, Tony Ray Rossi, and Ron Silver in Find Me Guilty (2006)
    2006 Nominee Golden Berlin Bear
    • Find Me Guilty
  • Candice Bergen, Shirley Knight, Joan Hackett, Elizabeth Hartman, Joanna Pettet, Mary-Robin Redd, Jessica Walter, and Kathleen Widdoes in The Group (1966)
    1966 Nominee Golden Berlin Bear
    • The Group
  • Rod Steiger in The Pawnbroker (1964)
    1964 Winner FIPRESCI Prize - Honorable Mention
    • The Pawnbroker
  • Rod Steiger in The Pawnbroker (1964)
    1964 Nominee Golden Berlin Bear
    • The Pawnbroker
  • Sophia Loren, George Sanders, and Tab Hunter in That Kind of Woman (1959)
    1959 Nominee Golden Berlin Bear
    • That Kind of Woman

Bodil Awards

  • Rod Steiger in The Pawnbroker (1964)
    1966 Winner Bodil
    • Best Non-European Film (Bedste ikke-europæiske film)
    • The Pawnbroker
  • Henry Fonda, Martin Balsam, Jack Klugman, Lee J. Cobb, Ed Begley, Edward Binns, John Fiedler, E.G. Marshall, Joseph Sweeney, George Voskovec, Jack Warden, and Robert Webber in 12 Angry Men (1957)
    1960 Winner Bodil
    • Best American Film (Bedste amerikanske film)
    • 12 Angry Men

BAFTA Awards

  • Network (1976)
    1978 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Direction
    • Network
  • Al Pacino and John Cazale in Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
    1976 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Direction
    • Dog Day Afternoon
  • Lauren Bacall, Ingrid Bergman, John Gielgud, Sean Connery, Jacqueline Bisset, Anthony Perkins, Vanessa Redgrave, Martin Balsam, Albert Finney, Richard Widmark, Michael York, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Wendy Hiller, and Rachel Roberts in Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
    1975 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Direction
    • Murder on the Orient Express
    • Serpico
  • James Mason and Harriet Andersson in The Deadly Affair (1967)
    1968 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
    • Best British Film
    • The Deadly Affair
  • Rod Steiger in The Pawnbroker (1964)
    1967 Nominee UN Award
    • The Pawnbroker

Critics Choice Awards

  • Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007)
    2008 Nominee Critics Choice Award
    • Best Director
    • Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

Cannes Film Festival

  • A Stranger Among Us (1992)
    1992 Nominee Palme d'Or
    • A Stranger Among Us
  • Anouk Aimée and Omar Sharif in The Appointment (1969)
    1969 Nominee Palme d'Or
    • The Appointment
  • Sean Connery, Harry Andrews, and Ian Hendry in The Hill (1965)
    1965 Nominee Palme d'Or
    • The Hill
  • Long Day's Journey Into Night (1962)
    1962 Nominee Palme d'Or
    • Long Day's Journey Into Night

Directors Guild of America, USA

  • Sidney Lumet
    1993 Winner Lifetime Achievement Award
  • Sidney Lumet
    1989 Winner DGA Honorary Life Member Award
  • Network (1976)
    1977 Nominee DGA Award
    • Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
    • Network
  • Al Pacino and John Cazale in Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
    1976 Nominee DGA Award
    • Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
    • Dog Day Afternoon
  • Lauren Bacall, Ingrid Bergman, John Gielgud, Sean Connery, Jacqueline Bisset, Anthony Perkins, Vanessa Redgrave, Martin Balsam, Albert Finney, Richard Widmark, Michael York, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Wendy Hiller, and Rachel Roberts in Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
    1975 Nominee DGA Award
    • Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
    • Murder on the Orient Express

Edgar Allan Poe Awards

  • Prince of the City (1981)
    1982 Nominee Edgar
    • Best Motion Picture
    • Prince of the City
    Shared with: Jay Presson Allen

Primetime Emmy Awards

  • John Forsythe, Larry Blyden, and Barbara Rush in Sunday Showcase (1959)
    1961 Nominee Primetime Emmy
    • Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Drama
    • Sunday Showcase
    For episode "The Sacco-Vanzetti Story: Part 1".

Evening Standard British Film Awards

  • Lauren Bacall, Ingrid Bergman, John Gielgud, Sean Connery, Jacqueline Bisset, Anthony Perkins, Vanessa Redgrave, Martin Balsam, Albert Finney, Richard Widmark, Michael York, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Wendy Hiller, and Rachel Roberts in Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
    1976 Winner Evening Standard British Film Award
    • Best Film
    • Murder on the Orient Express

Fantasporto

  • A Stranger Among Us (1992)
    1993 Nominee International Fantasy Film Award
    • Best Film
    • A Stranger Among Us

Fotogramas de Plata

  • Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007)
    2009 Winner Fotogramas de Plata
    • Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera)
    • Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

Golden Globes, USA

  • River Phoenix, Christine Lahti, and Judd Hirsch in Running on Empty (1988)
    1989 Nominee Golden Globe
    • Best Director - Motion Picture
    • Running on Empty
  • Paul Newman in The Verdict (1982)
    1983 Nominee Golden Globe
    • Best Director - Motion Picture
    • The Verdict
  • Prince of the City (1981)
    1982 Nominee Golden Globe
    • Best Director - Motion Picture
    • Prince of the City
  • Network (1976)
    1977 Winner Golden Globe
    • Best Director - Motion Picture
    • Network
  • Al Pacino and John Cazale in Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
    1976 Nominee Golden Globe
    • Best Director - Motion Picture
    • Dog Day Afternoon

Satellite Awards

  • Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007)
    2007 Nominee Satellite Award
    • Best Director
    • Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

Gotham Awards

  • Sidney Lumet
    1998 Winner Lifetime Achievement Award

Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists

  • Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007)
    2008 Winner Silver Ribbon
    • Best Non-European Director (Regista del Miglior Film Non-Europeo)
    • Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
  • Henry Fonda, Martin Balsam, Jack Klugman, Lee J. Cobb, Ed Begley, Edward Binns, John Fiedler, E.G. Marshall, Joseph Sweeney, George Voskovec, Jack Warden, and Robert Webber in 12 Angry Men (1957)
    1958 Winner Silver Ribbon
    • Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero)
    • 12 Angry Men

Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Prince of the City (1981)
    1981 Winner KCFCC Award
    • Best Director
    • Prince of the City

Laurel Awards

  • Sidney Lumet
    1966 Nominee Golden Laurel
    • Director
    8th place.

Locarno Film Festival

  • Henry Fonda, Martin Balsam, Jack Klugman, Lee J. Cobb, Ed Begley, Edward Binns, John Fiedler, E.G. Marshall, Joseph Sweeney, George Voskovec, Jack Warden, and Robert Webber in 12 Angry Men (1957)
    1957 Winner Special Mention
    • 12 Angry Men

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

  • Sidney Lumet
    2007 Winner Career Achievement Award
  • Network (1976)
    1976 Winner LAFCA Award
    • Best Director
    • Network
  • Al Pacino and John Cazale in Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
    1975 Winner LAFCA Award
    • Best Director
    • Dog Day Afternoon

Mystfest

  • Deathtrap (1982)
    1983 Nominee Best Film
    • Deathtrap

National Board of Review, USA

  • Sidney Lumet
    1996 Winner Billy Wilder Award
  • Paul Newman in The Verdict (1982)
    1982 Winner NBR Award
    • Best Director
    • The Verdict

National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA

  • Prince of the City (1981)
    1982 3rd Place NSFC Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Prince of the City
    Tied with Dennis Potter for Pennies from Heaven (1981) in 3rd place.
    Shared with: Jay Presson Allen
  • Prince of the City (1981)
    1982 2nd Place NSFC Award
    • Best Director
    • Prince of the City

New York Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Sidney Lumet
    2007 Winner Lifetime Achievement Award
  • Prince of the City (1981)
    1981 Winner NYFCC Award
    • Best Director
    • Prince of the City
  • Prince of the City (1981)
    1981 2nd Place NYFCC Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Prince of the City
    Shared with: Jay Presson Allen
  • Henry Fonda, Martin Balsam, Jack Klugman, Lee J. Cobb, Ed Begley, Edward Binns, John Fiedler, E.G. Marshall, Joseph Sweeney, George Voskovec, Jack Warden, and Robert Webber in 12 Angry Men (1957)
    1957 2nd Place NYFCC Award
    • Best Director
    • 12 Angry Men

PGA Awards

  • Sidney Lumet
    2001 Winner New Technology Award

San Sebastián International Film Festival

  • Marlon Brando, Anna Magnani, and Joanne Woodward in The Fugitive Kind (1960)
    1960 Winner Silver Seashell
    • The Fugitive Kind

Valladolid International Film Festival

  • Serpico (1973)
    1974 Winner San Gregorio Prize
    • Serpico
  • Serpico (1973)
    1974 Nominee Golden Spike
    • Best Film
    • Serpico
  • Serpico (1973)
    1974 Winner CEC Award
    • Serpico

Venice Film Festival

  • Prince of the City (1981)
    1981 Winner Pasinetti Award
    • Best Film
    • Prince of the City
  • Prince of the City (1981)
    1981 Nominee Golden Lion
    • Prince of the City

Writers Guild of America, USA

  • Sidney Lumet
    1997 Winner Evelyn F. Burkey Award
  • Prince of the City (1981)
    1982 Nominee WGA Award (Screen)
    • Best Drama Adapted from Another Medium
    • Prince of the City
    Shared with: Jay Presson Allen

Director's View Film Festival

  • Sidney Lumet
    2004 Winner Joseph L. Mankiewicz Excellence in Filmmaking Award

Sant Jordi Awards

  • Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007)
    2009 Winner Sant Jordi
    • Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera)
    • Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

Kinema Junpo Awards

  • Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007)
    2009 Winner Kinema Junpo Award
    • Best Foreign Film Director
    • Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
    Tied with Sean Penn for Into the Wild (2007).
  • Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007)
    2009 Nominee Kinema Junpo Award
    • Best Foreign Language Film
    • Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
    Seventh place
  • Rod Steiger in The Pawnbroker (1964)
    1969 3rd Place Kinema Junpo Award
    • Best Foreign Language Film
    • The Pawnbroker
    Third place
  • Henry Fonda, Martin Balsam, Jack Klugman, Lee J. Cobb, Ed Begley, Edward Binns, John Fiedler, E.G. Marshall, Joseph Sweeney, George Voskovec, Jack Warden, and Robert Webber in 12 Angry Men (1957)
    1960 Winner Kinema Junpo Award
    • Best Foreign Language Film
    • 12 Angry Men

Blue Ribbon Awards

  • Henry Fonda, Martin Balsam, Jack Klugman, Lee J. Cobb, Ed Begley, Edward Binns, John Fiedler, E.G. Marshall, Joseph Sweeney, George Voskovec, Jack Warden, and Robert Webber in 12 Angry Men (1957)
    1960 Winner Blue Ribbon Award
    • Best Foreign Language Film
    • 12 Angry Men

Turia Awards

  • Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007)
    2009 Winner Audience Award
    • Best Foreign Film
    • Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

Houston Film Critics Society Awards

  • Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007)
    2008 Nominee HFCS Award
    • Best Director
    • Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

Online Film & Television Association

  • Sidney Lumet
    2013 Winner OFTA Film Hall of Fame
    • Creative

Gold Derby Awards

  • Sidney Lumet
    2009 Winner Gold Derby Film Award
    • Life Achievement (Other)
  • Sidney Lumet
    2007 Nominee Gold Derby Film Award
    • Life Achievement (Other)

20/20 Awards

  • Prince of the City (1981)
    2002 Nominee Felix
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • Prince of the City

Israel Film Festival

  • Sidney Lumet
    2001 Winner Israel Film Festival Award
    • Lifetime Achievement Award

Cahiers du Cinéma

  • Henry Fonda, Martin Balsam, Jack Klugman, Lee J. Cobb, Ed Begley, Edward Binns, John Fiedler, E.G. Marshall, Joseph Sweeney, George Voskovec, Jack Warden, and Robert Webber in 12 Angry Men (1957)
    1957 Nominee Top 10 Film Award
    • Best Film
    • 12 Angry Men
    Tenth Place

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