By Adam Nichols
DNAinfo News Editor
MANHATTAN — Legendary New York filmmaker Sidney Lumet, whose iconic movies included "12 Angry Men," "Dog Day Afternoon" and "Night Falls on Manhattan," died Saturday.
He was 86 and had been suffering from Lymphoma, according to the Associated Press.
Born in Philadelphia, the director was raised in Manhattan and lived in the city most of his life. He died in his Manhattan home, the AP reported.
The city announced Saturday he would be posthumously awarded a "Made in NY" Lifetime Achievement Award.
"Today, we lost one of the great chroniclers of our city, a prolific filmmaker who embraced New York as his home," Mayor Michael Bloomberg said in a statement.
"I was lucky enough to know Sidney - we spoke just last week. I let him know that we intend to honor him this June with the "Made in NY" Lifetime Achievement Award.
"Sidney will now receive the award posthumously and I will ask his daughter Jenny, also in the movie business, to accept it on his behalf.
"He touched countless lives through his work, including mine - '12 Angry Men' is one of my favorite films."
Though he never won an Oscar, Lumet was recognized at the 2005 ceremony with a Lifetime Achievement Award.
In 2007, he made his last film, "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead," which starred Philip Seymour Hoffman and Ethan Hawke.
