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Sydney Pollack

Sydney Pollack

Directing

Born: July 1, 1934Lafayette, Indiana, USA

Sydney Irwin Pollack (July 1, 1934 – May 26, 2008) was an American film director, producer, and actor. Pollack is known for directing commercially and critically acclaimed studio films. During his forty-year career, he received numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards and two Primetime Emmy Awards, in addition to nominations for three Golden Globe Awards and six BAFTA Awards. Pollack won the Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Picture for Out of Africa (1985). He was also nominated for Academy Awards for Best Director for They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969) and Tootsie (1982). Pollack's other notable films include Jeremiah Johnson (1972), The Way We Were (1973), The Yakuza (1974), Three Days of the Condor (1975), Absence of Malice (1981), The Firm (1993), and Sabrina (1995). Pollack produced and acted in Michael Clayton (2007), and he produced numerous films including The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989), Sense and Sensibility (1995), The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999), Iris (2001), Cold Mountain (2003) and The Reader (2008). Pollack acted in Robert Altman's The Player (1992), Woody Allen's Husbands and Wives (1993), and Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut (1999). Description above from the Wikipedia article Sydney Pollack, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For
Filmography
John Candy: I Like Me

John Candy: I Like Me

Self - Director (archive footage)

2025
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die

Babenco: Tell Me When I Die

Self (archive footage)

2020
Citizen Jane Fonda

Citizen Jane Fonda

2020
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles

Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles

Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

2014
The Story of The Swimmer

The Story of The Swimmer

Self (archive footage)

2014
Char·ac·ter

Char·ac·ter

Self

2012
Glanz und Elend in Hollywood: Natalie Wood

Glanz und Elend in Hollywood: Natalie Wood

Self

2009

A Very Quiet Man

Self

2009

Adapting Austen

Self

2009
Made of Honor

Made of Honor

Thomas Sr.

2008
A Better Man: The Making of 'Tootsie'

A Better Man: The Making of 'Tootsie'

Self

2008
Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001

Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001

Self

2007
Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley Kubrick

Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley Kubrick

Self

2007
Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001

Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001

Self

2007
The Visions of Stanley Kubrick

The Visions of Stanley Kubrick

Self

2007
View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'

View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'

Self

2007
Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange'

Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange'

Self

2007
Michael Clayton

Michael Clayton

Marty Bach

2007
Filmmakers in Action

Filmmakers in Action

Self

2006
Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light

Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light

Self

2006
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters

Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters

Self

2006
Sketches of Frank Gehry

Sketches of Frank Gehry

Self

2006
Avenue Montaigne

Avenue Montaigne

Brian Sobinski

2006
The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz

The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz

Narrator (voice)

2005
One Six Right

One Six Right

Self

2005
Filmmakers vs. Tycoons

Filmmakers vs. Tycoons

Self

2005
The Last Mogul

The Last Mogul

Self

2005
The Interpreter

The Interpreter

Jay Pettigrew (uncredited)

2005

Männer im Trenchcoat, Frauen im Pelz

Self

2004

In Free Fall - Tom Tykwer and the Cinema

Self

2004
Something About Sydney Pollack

Something About Sydney Pollack

Self

2004
A Dying Breed: The Making of 'The Leopard'

A Dying Breed: The Making of 'The Leopard'

Self

2004
Barbra Streisand: The Concert - Live at the MGM Grand

Barbra Streisand: The Concert - Live at the MGM Grand

Self

2004
Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin

Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin

Narrator

2003
A Decade Under the Influence

A Decade Under the Influence

Self

2003

More About the Condor

Self

2003
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller

The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller

Narrator (voice)

2002
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories

Self

2002
Changing Lanes

Changing Lanes

Stephen Delano

2002
The Majestic

The Majestic

Studio Executive (voice)

2001
The Story Behind "Absence of Malice"

The Story Behind "Absence of Malice"

Self

2001
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbra Streisand

AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbra Streisand

self

2001

Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul

Self

2001
Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures

Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures

Self

2001
Inside 'The Talented Mr. Ripley'

Inside 'The Talented Mr. Ripley'

Self

2000
A Song of Africa

A Song of Africa

Self

2000

Lost Angeles - Eine Stadt zwischen Traum und Trauma

Self

2000
Random Hearts

Random Hearts

Carl Broman

1999
The Last Movie: Stanley Kubrick and 'Eyes Wide Shut'

The Last Movie: Stanley Kubrick and 'Eyes Wide Shut'

Self

1999
Eyes Wide Shut

Eyes Wide Shut

Victor Ziegler

1999
The Way We Were: Looking Back

The Way We Were: Looking Back

Self

1999
A Civil Action

A Civil Action

Al Eustis

1998
Independent's Day

Independent's Day

Self

1998
The Saga of Jeremiah Johnson

The Saga of Jeremiah Johnson

Self

1997
Love in Hollywood

Love in Hollywood

Self

1996
Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach

Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach

Self

1996
Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O

Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O

Self

1993
Husbands and Wives

Husbands and Wives

Jack

1992
Death Becomes Her

Death Becomes Her

Hospital Doctor (uncredited)

1992
The Player

The Player

Dick Mellen

1992
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star

Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star

Self

1991
Robert Redford & Sydney Pollack: The Men and Their Movies

Robert Redford & Sydney Pollack: The Men and Their Movies

Self

1990

Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret

Self

1990

Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre

Self (voice)

1989
Hello Actors Studio

Hello Actors Studio

Self

1988
Barbra Streisand: One Voice

Barbra Streisand: One Voice

Self - Audience Member (uncredited)

1986
Putting It Together: The Making of the Broadway Album

Putting It Together: The Making of the Broadway Album

Self

1986
Tootsie

Tootsie

George Fields

1982
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady

Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady

1982
The Electric Horseman

The Electric Horseman

Man Who Makes Pass at Alice (uncredited)

1979
The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks

The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks

Narrator (voice)

1973
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor

The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor

Self - Narrator (voice)

1973
War Hunt

War Hunt

Sgt. Owen Van Horn

1962
For Whom the Bell Tolls

For Whom the Bell Tolls

Andres

1959