Sidney Lumet: a career in pictures

Lumet's first film 12 Angry Men, starring Henry Fonda and Lee J Cobb, was released in 1957 and received three Academy Award nominations Photograph: United Artists

Katharine Hepburn starred in the Long Day's Journey into Night (1962), nominated for one Academy Award Photograph: Rex Feature

Rod Steiger appears in a scene from The Pawnbroker, made in 1965 and nominated for one Academy Award Photograph: AP

King: A Filmed Record … Montgomery to Memphis (1970) was nominated for one Academy Award Photograph: PR

Cornelia Sharpe and Al Pacino star in Serpico, which was nominated for two Academy Awards Photograph: PR

Ingrid Bergman won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in Lumet's Murder on the Orient Express (1974) Photograph: Rex Features

Dog Day Afternoon starring Al Pacino was made in 1975. Nominated for six Academy Awards, it won the Oscar for Best Writing, Original Screenplay for the writer Frank Pierson Photograph: PR

Peter Finch in the film Network (1976). Nominated for ten Academy Awards, the film won four Oscars including Best Actor for Finch Photograph: United Artists

Equus (1977) starring Richard Burton and Peter Firth received three Academy Award nominations Photograph: Rex Features

Diana Ross, centre, as Dorothy, Michael Jackson, right, as Scarecrow, and Nipsey Russell as Tinman during the filming of the musical The Wiz. Made in 1978, the film received four Academy Award nominations Photograph: AP

Prince of the City (1981) starring Treat Williams and Ron Karabatsos was nominated for one Academy Award Photograph: Rex Feature

Paul Newman in The Verdict. Made in 1982, the film received five Academy Award nominations Photograph: 20th Century Fox

Jeff Bridges and Jane Fonda starred in the 1986 film The Morning After, which was nominated for one Academy Award Photograph: PR

Running on Empty starring River Phoenix. Made in 1988, the film was nominated for two Academy Awards Photograph: PR