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Sydney Pollack

Sydney Pollack

Personal Info

Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1934-07-01
Day of Death
2008-05-26 (73 years old)
Place of Birth
Lafayette, Indiana, USA

Sydney Pollack

Biography

Sydney Irwin Pollack (July 1, 1934 – May 26, 2008) was an American film director, producer and actor. For his film Out of Africa (1985), Pollack won the Academy Award for Best Director and Best Picture. He was also nominated for Best Director Oscars for They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969) and Tootsie (1982).

Some of his other best-known works include Jeremiah Johnson (1972), The Way We Were (1973), Three Days of the Condor (1975) and Absence of Malice (1981). His subsequent films included Havana (1990), The Firm (1993), The Interpreter (2005), and he produced and acted in Michael Clayton (2007). Pollack also made appearances in Robert Altman's Hollywood mystery The Player (1992), Woody Allen's relationship drama Husbands and Wives (1993), and Stanley Kubrick's erotic psychological drama Eyes Wide Shut (1999).

Known For

Acting

(2020)
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
as Self (archive footage)
(2018)
Amazing Grace
as Self - Director (archive footage) (uncredited)
(2014)
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
(2014)
And the Oscar Goes To...
as Self (archive footage)
(2014)
The Story of The Swimmer
as Self (archive footage)
(2012)
Char·ac·ter
as Self
(2009)
Glanz und Elend in Hollywood: Natalie Wood
as Self
(2008)
Made of Honor
as Thomas Sr.
(2008)
A Better Man: The Making of 'Tootsie'
as Self
(2007)
Michael Clayton
as Marty Bach
(2007)
Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange'
as Self
(2007)
View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'
as Self
(2007)
The Visions of Stanley Kubrick
as Self
(2007)
Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
as Self
(2007)
Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley Kubrick
as Self
(2007)
Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001
as Self
(2006)
Avenue Montaigne
as Brian Sobinski
(2006)
Sketches of Frank Gehry
as Self
(2006)
Filmmakers in Action
as Self
(2006)
Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light
as Self
(2006)
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters
as Self
(2005)
One Six Right
as Himself
(2005)
The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz
as Narrator (voice)
(2005)
Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
as Self
(2005)
The Interpreter
as Jay Pettigrew (uncredited)
(2005)
The Last Mogul
as Self
(2004)
Männer im Trenchcoat, Frauen im Pelz
as Self
(2004)
Barbra Streisand: The Concert - Live at the MGM Grand
as Self
(2004)
Something About Sydney Pollack
as Self
(2004)
A Dying Breed: The Making of 'The Leopard'
as Self
(2003)
Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin
as Narrator
(2003)
A Decade Under the Influence
as Self
(2003)
More About the Condor
(2002)
Changing Lanes
as Stephen Delano
(2002)
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
as Narrator (voice)
(2002)
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
as Self
(2001)
Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul
as Self
(2001)
The Majestic
as Studio Executive (voice)
(2001)
Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures
as Self
(2001)
The Story Behind "Absence of Malice"
as Self
(2000)
Lost Angeles - Eine Stadt zwischen Traum und Trauma
as Self
(2000)
Inside 'The Talented Mr. Ripley'
as Self
(2000)
A Song of Africa
as Self
(1999)
Eyes Wide Shut
as Victor Ziegler
(1999)
Random Hearts
as Carl Broman
(1999)
The Last Movie: Stanley Kubrick and 'Eyes Wide Shut'
as Self
(1999)
The Way We Were: Looking Back
as Self
(1998)
A Civil Action
as Al Eustis
(1998)
Independent's Day
as Self
(1996)
Love in Hollywood
as Self
(1996)
Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach
as Self
(1993)
Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O
as Self
(1992)
The Player
as Dick Mellen
(1992)
Husbands and Wives
as Jack
(1992)
Death Becomes Her
as Hospital Doctor (uncredited)
(1991)
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
as Self
(1990)
Robert Redford & Sydney Pollack: The Men and Their Movies
as Self
(1990)
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
as Self
(1989)
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
as Himself
(1988)
Hello Actors Studio
as Self
(1986)
Barbra Streisand: One Voice
as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
(1986)
Putting it Together: The Making of the Broadway Album
as Himself
(1982)
Tootsie
as George Fields
(1979)
The Electric Horseman
as Man Who Makes Pass at Alice (uncredited)
(1973)
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
as Self - Narrator (voice)
(1973)
The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks
as Narrator (voice)
(1962)
War Hunt
as Sgt. Owen Van Horn
(1959)
For Whom the Bell Tolls
as Andres

Crew

(2012)
Silver Linings Playbook
Thanks
(2011)
Margaret
Producer
(2008)
Leatherheads
Executive Producer
(2008)
The Reader
Producer
(2008)
Recount
Executive Producer
(2007)
Michael Clayton
Producer
(2007)
James Taylor | One Man Band
Executive Producer
(2006)
Catch a Fire
Executive Producer
(2006)
Sketches of Frank Gehry
Director, Director of Photography, Executive Producer
(2006)
Breaking and Entering
Producer
(2005)
The Interpreter
Director, Executive Producer
(2005)
Forty Shades of Blue
Executive Producer
(2003)
Cold Mountain
Producer
(2003)
In the Name of Love
Executive Producer
(2002)
The Quiet American
Executive Producer
(2002)
Heaven
Executive Producer
(2001)
Birthday Girl
Executive Producer
(2001)
Iris
Executive Producer
(2001)
Blow Dry
Executive Producer
(2000)
Up at the Villa
Executive Producer
(1999)
Random Hearts
Director, Producer
(1999)
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Executive Producer
(1998)
Sliding Doors
Producer
(1998)
Poodle Springs
Executive Producer
(1995)
Sense and Sensibility
Executive Producer
(1995)
Sabrina
Director, Producer
(1995)
Red Wind
Executive Producer
(1993)
The Firm
Director, Producer
(1993)
Searching for Bobby Fischer
Executive Producer
(1993)
Flesh and Bone
Executive Producer
(1992)
A Private Matter
Executive Producer
(1992)
Leaving Normal
Executive Producer
(1991)
King Ralph
Executive Producer
(1991)
Dead Again
Executive Producer
(1990)
Presumed Innocent
Producer
(1990)
Havana
Director, Producer
(1990)
White Palace
Executive Producer
(1990)
Sanford Meisner Master Class
Director
(1990)
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
Executive Producer, Other
(1989)
The Fabulous Baker Boys
Executive Producer
(1988)
A Tiger's Tale
Thanks
(1988)
Bright Lights, Big City
Producer
(1986)
Nine 1/2 Weeks
Other
(1985)
Out of Africa
Producer, Director
(1984)
Songwriter
Producer
(1982)
Tootsie
Producer, Director
(1981)
Absence of Malice
Director, Producer
(1980)
Honeysuckle Rose
Executive Producer
(1979)
The Electric Horseman
Director
(1977)
Bobby Deerfield
Director, Producer
(1975)
Three Days of the Condor
Director, Producer
(1974)
The Yakuza
Director, Producer
(1973)
The Way We Were
Director
(1972)
Jeremiah Johnson
Director
(1969)
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Director
(1969)
Castle Keep
Director
(1968)
The Scalphunters
Director
(1966)
This Property Is Condemned
Director
(1965)
The Slender Thread
Director
(1961)
The Young Savages
Dialect Coach
(1959)
Startime: The Turn of the Screw
Dialogue Coach