Sidney Lumet: 1924 -2011

Director Sidney Lumet, right, receives an honorary Oscar presented by frequent Lumet star Al Pacino during the 77th Academy Awards telecast in Los Angeles on Feb. 27, 2005. Lumet, the award-winning director of such acclaimed films as "Network," "Serpico," "Dog Day Afternoon" and "12 Angry Men," died on Saturday, April 9, 2011. He was 86.

Actress Rita Gam with husband Sidney Lumet, practicing lines on Sept. 1, 1952.

Lumet sitting with his wife Gloria Vanderbilt at their wedding reception, Aug. 1, 1956. Vanderbilt was Lumet's second wife, he would have four.

American actor Lee J. Cobb, right, as Juror # 3, wields a switchblade as he threatens Henry Fonda, as Juror # 8, in a scene from the 1957 film "12 Angry Men," directed by Lumet.

The cast of the Lumet-directed movie "The Sea Gull," including Simon Signoret, James Mason, Vanessa Redgrave, and David Warner, poses in Stockholm in 1968. The film is an adaptation of Anton Chekhov's story of life in rural Russia during the latter part of the 19th century.

Al Pacino, as officer Frank Serpico, waits in a hallway before apprehending drug dealers in a scene from Lumet's 1973 police corruption drama "Serpico."

Lumet directed the 1974 film version of Agatha Christie's thriller "Murder On The Orient Express," featuring Albert Finney, George Couloris, John Gielgud, Colin Blakely, Rachel Roberts and Wendy Hiller.

Faye Dunaway watches actors William Holden and Robert Duvall have a discussion in a still from the 1976 film "Network," directed by Lumet.

Actor Al Pacino tries to drag Penelope Allen into a bank during a robbery, in a still from the 1975 film "Dog Day Afternoon," directed by Lumet.

Lumet, left, with daughter, American actress and screenwriter Jenny Lumet, at her birthday party at the Tunnel night club on Feb. 2, 1987 in New York, N.Y.

The cast of Lumet's 1978's "The Wiz," from left to right, Michael Jackson, Nipsey Russell, Diana Ross and Ted Ross, pose for a publicity shot.

Lumet and his wife Mary smile as they arrive on the red carpet for the presentation of Lumet's movie "Find Me Guilty," shown in competition at the 56th Berlinale Film Festival, Feb. 16, 2006, in Berlin.