Interview (Video): Sidney Lumet

One of the greatest movie directors of all time.

I was on Twitter last night exchanging movie book recommendations with other writers and one of my very favorites came up in discussion: “Making Movies” by Sidney Lumet. Although known as a director of such notable movies like Twelve Angry Men, Dog Day Afternoon, Network and The Verdict, he also wrote and directed Prince of the City, Q & A, and Night Falls on Manhattan. So I found this interview with Lumet from 1995 on ‘The Charlie Rose Show’ in which Lumet discusses his book among numerous other topics:

Here is an excellent review of his book “Making Movies”. As I say, highly recommended for screenwriters and anyone interested in movie storytelling. Lumet was a master.