The legendary Oscar winning film director, Sidney Lumet, has passed away this weekend. To those who aren’t familiar with his work, he is most well known for working with Al Pacino a few times with films such as “Dog Day Afternoon”, and “Serpico”. He was also the director of, “The Wiz”, the Wizard of Oz remake that starred Michael Jackson and Diana Ross. Some of his other famous films include, “12 Angry Men” which he had Henry Fonda star the leading role and directed the film, “Deathtrap” starring a young Christopher Reeve and Michael Caine. He has teamed up with many big name actors over the years such as: Melanie Griffith, Richard Gere, Jane Fonda, Vin Diesel, Glenn Close and many more.

Sidney Lumet died in his home in Manhattan, New York City. He was 86 years old.

Kev