September 29, 2020 George Cukor Career Summation Occupational Inheritance: No Nationality: US (of Hungarian descent) Social Class: upper-middle; father assistant district attorney Race/Ethnicity: Jewish Family: Formal Education: Training: First Film: Breakthrough: First Oscar Nomination: Gap between First Film and First Nom: Other Oscars: Other Oscar Nominations: Oscar Awards: Nominations Span: Genre (specialties): Collaborators: Last Film: […]

Fatal Attraction earned six Academy Award nominations including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress (Glenn Close), Best Supporting Actress (Anne Archer), Best Screenplay and Best Editing.

He is best known for writing and directing the films Eraserhead (1977), The Elephant Man (1980), Blue Velvet (1986), and Mulholland Drive (2001), regarded by critics as among the best films of their times, and for his TV series Twin Peaks (1990–91, 2017).

Lumet was nominated five times for the Oscar Award: four for Best Director for 12 Angry Men (1957), Dog Day Afternoon (1975), Network (1976), and The Verdict (1982) and one for Best Adapted Screenplay for Prince of the City (1981).