RECENT CREDITS
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (FILM)  Oct. 26, 2007
Find Me Guilty (FILM)  Mar. 17, 2006
Gloria (FILM)  Jan. 22, 1999
Critical Care (FILM)  Oct. 31, 1997
Night Falls on Manhattan (FILM)  May. 16, 1997


HIGHLIGHTS
Made his stage debut at age 5 at New York's Yiddish Art Theatre and went on to appear in numerous Broadway productions.
Served as a radar repairman in the U.S. Army Signal Corps from 1942-46.
During the early '50s, he directed both for the stage and the small screen, including series such as Playhouse 90, Kraft Television Theatre and Studio One.
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All Credits

Film Name / TV Show Name (Episode Name)
Role
Category

Director, Screenwriter
Film


Director
Film


Director, Producer, Screenwriter
Film


Gloria  1999
Director
Film


Director
Film


Q & A  1990
Director, Screenwriter
Film


Director
Film


Director, Actor
Film


Power  1986
Director
Film


Serpico  1973
Director
Film


Director
Film


Critical Care  1997
Director, Producer
Film


Director, Screenwriter
Film


Guilty As Sin  1993
Director
Film


Daniel  1983
Director, Producer, Executive Producer
Film


Deathtrap  1982
Director
Film


Director, Screenwriter
Film


The Wiz  1978
Director
Film


Network  1976
Director
Film


Director
Film


Director
Film


The Offence  1973
Director
Film


Director
Film


Director
Film


The Sea Gull  1968
Director, Producer
Film


Director, Producer
Film


The Hill  1965
Director
Film


Director
Film


Fail-Safe  1964
Director, Producer
Film


Director
Film


Director
Film


Director
Film


Stage Struck  1958
Director
Film


12 Angry Men  1957
Director
Film


Actor
Film


Director
Film


Danger  
Director
Film


Director
Film


Equus  
Director
Film


One Third of a Nation   -Joey Rogers
Actor
Film


Director
Film


Director, Producer
Film


Actor
Film


Director, Producer
Film


Director
Film


Director
Film




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Highlights

Made his stage debut at age 5 at New York's Yiddish Art Theatre and went on to appear in numerous Broadway productions.
Served as a radar repairman in the U.S. Army Signal Corps from 1942-46.
During the early '50s, he directed both for the stage and the small screen, including series such as Playhouse 90, Kraft Television Theatre and Studio One.
Made his feature-film directing debut in 1957 with the courtroom drama 12 Angry Men.
Published his first book, the how-to film guide Making Movies, in 1995.


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