The Resume

(June 25, 1924-April 9, 2011)
Directed '12 Angry Men (1957),' 'Fail-Safe (1964),' 'The Pawnbroker (1964),' 'Serpico (1973),' 'Murder on the Orient Express (1974),' 'Dog Day Afternoon (1975),' 'Network (1976),' 'The Wiz (1978),' 'Prince of the City (1981),' 'Running on Empty (1988),' 'Guilty as Sin (1993)' and 'Night Falls on Manhattan (1997)'
Creator of the TV series '100 Centre Street'
Wrote 'Making Movies'

Why he might be annoying:

He has been married four times.
He has no director's trademark since he refuses to do the same thing more than once.
His TV film 'The Sacco-Vanzetti Story' drew criticism from the state of Massachusetts for implying that Sacco and Vanzetti were innocent.
His film credits range from Oscar-winning films to critical and financial failures.

Why he might not be annoying:

He started his career as a theater actor at age five.
He is known as an actor's director, often getting first-rate performances from his stars.
His films deal with social issues and politically relevant themes.
The hard-to-please Pauline Kael called 'Dog Day Afternoon' one of the best New York movies ever made.
The Director's Guild of America awarded him the D.W. Griffith award (1993).

Credit: Call me Calvin

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• ‘Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust’ Commentators
• Actors Turned Directors
• AFI’s 100 Years … 100 Heroes & Villains Commentators
• AFI’s 100 Years … 100 Movies Commentators
• AFI’s 100 Years … 100 Thrills [Directors] (Ranked: 70)
• AFI’s 100 Years … 100 Thrills [Directors] (Ranked: 88)
• AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Movies [Directors] (Ranked: 66)
• Agatha Christie Films
• Artsy/Fartsy Directors
• Call me Calvin's Profiles
• Cannes Film Festival Jury Members (Ranked: 1982)
• Celebrities Born on the Same Date [June] (Ranked: 6251924)
• Celebrities who Served in World War II [1939-45]
• Child Stars [1920s]
• Child Stars [1930s]
• Coolest Jews in Hollywood
• Entertainment Weekly's 50 Greatest Directors of All Time [1996] (Ranked: 42)
• Golden Globe: Best Director (Ranked: 1976)
• I am from Philadelphia
• I Attended Professional Children's School
• I Died in 2011 (Ranked: 86)
• I Probably Banged Gloria Vanderbilt
• I Was a Child Star
• I'm Buried at Beth David Cemetery [Elmont, New York]
• Inside the Actor's Studio
• Look at Me, I've Got a Camera Too
• Murder on the Orient Express [1974]
• National Board of Review Award for Best Director (Ranked: 1982)
• New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director (Ranked: 1981)
• Profiles 12501-12750 (Ranked: 12553)
• TCM Private Screenings

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 12 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 71 Votes: 45.07% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 5 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 9 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 43 Votes: 53.49% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 8 Votes: 37.50% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 110 Votes: 51.82% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 95 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 22 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 47 Votes: 40.43% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 26 Votes: 34.62% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 94 Votes: 46.81% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 110 Votes: 46.36% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 242 Votes: 43.39% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 66 Votes: 37.88% Annoying