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From The Standard:

Sidney Lumet, a US film director known for inspiring top-notch performances from actors in a stream of classic films including 12 Angry Men, Dog Day Afternoon, Network and Fail-Safe has died at the age of 86.Lumet’s death at his Manhattan home was confirmed by a spokeswoman for his Hollywood talent agency, International Creative Management, in Los Angeles.

Lumet was one of the leading film directors of the second half of the 20th century. He was prolific, directing more than 40 movies, and was versatile, dabbling in many different film genres. He shot many of his movies in his native New York.

Lumet received an honorary Academy Award for lifetime achievement in 2005. He was nominated for Oscars five times without winning: as best director for 12 Angry Men (1957), Dog Day Afternoon (1975), Network (1976) and The Verdict (1982), and for best screenplay as co- writer of Prince Of The City (1981).

His films, nominated in a variety of categories for more than 50 Oscars, typically were unsentimental and well-crafted, exploring intelligent and complicated themes.

In a busy 12-year span – 1964 to 1976 – Lumet directed 18 films, including Fail-Safe, The Pawnbroker, The Group, The Anderson Tapes, Serpico, Murder on the Orient Express, Dog Day Afternoon and Network. Lumet directed films well into his 80s.

“He leaves a great legacy but more than that, to the people close to him, he will remain the most civilized of humans and the kindest man I have ever known,” Oscar-winning actor Al Pacino, who starred in Serpico and Dog Day Afternoon, said. “This is a great loss.”

Well, we don’t need any more obituary than that, let’s see some of his great work instead!

The most famous part of “Network”

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The BEST part of “Network”
(Sorry, there are no embeddable YouTubes of this – you gotta double click on this)

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from “Twelve Angry Men”

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from “Dog Day Afternoon”

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from “Serpico”