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Spiegel navigates the reader through Lumet’s family relationships and personal life, his work as an actor in both theater and film, and the onset of his fruitful filmmaking career, including the classic films Serpico, Dog Day Afternoon, 12 Angry Men, and Network. Spiegel delves into Lumet’s acclaimed films, as well as the specifics of his four marriages and two children, drawing on Lumet’s unfinished memoirs, interviews with his friends, family and those he worked closely with. 

SIDNEY LUMET: A LIFE is brilliantly researched and written, illustrating the outstanding life of one of America’s most remarkable filmmakers. It is a marvelous read for all movie lovers, New Yorkers and devoted fans of Lumet’s work and a book that Publishers Weekly called a “revealing and entertaining biography” and an “insightful debut.” 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

MAURA SPIEGEL is a born and bred New Yorker. She earned her PhD in English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University, where she has been teaching literature and film for the past 25 years. She is a founding member of the Division Narrative Medicine at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, where she teaches film to first year medical students. Spiegel has published articles on many subjects including the history of emotions, Charles Dickens, Victorian fashion and film, and diamonds in the movies. She regularly travels internationally to give lectures related to her work in Narrative Medicine. Some of her notable work includes The Grim Reader: Writings on Death, Dying and Living On, The Breast Book: An Intimate and Curious History and The Principles and Practice of Narrative Medicine.