Sydney Pollack
Directing
Born: July 1, 1934 · Lafayette, Indiana, USA
Died: May 26, 2008 (aged 73)
Highest Rated
Biography
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
Silver Linings Playbook
2012
Eyes Wide Shut
1999
The Talented Mr. Ripley
1999
The Sopranos
1999
The Reader
2008
Death Becomes Her
1992
The Firm
1993
Michael Clayton
2007
Cold Mountain
2003
Tootsie
1982
Sense and Sensibility
1995
Made of Honor
2008
Photos (6)
Movies (21)
Eyes Wide Shut
Victor Ziegler
Death Becomes Her
Hospital Doctor (uncredited)
Michael Clayton
Marty Bach
The Interpreter
Jay Pettigrew (uncredited)
Made of Honor
Thomas Sr.
The Majestic
Studio Executive (voice)
Husbands and Wives
Jack
Random Hearts
Carl Broman
A Civil Action
Al Eustis
Changing Lanes
Stephen Delano
The Electric Horseman
Man Who Makes Pass at Alice (uncredited)
The Player
Dick Mellen
Tootsie
George Fields
War Hunt
Sgt. Owen Van Horn
Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin
Narrator
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
Narrator (voice)
Avenue Montaigne
Brian Sobinski
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Andres
The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz
Narrator (voice)
The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks
Narrator (voice)
Now Is Tomorrow
Capt. Stein
TV Shows (15)
The Sopranos
Warren Feldman · 1 eps
King of the Hill
Grant Trimble (voice) · 1 eps
Frasier
Holden Thorpe (voice) · 1 eps
Will & Grace
George Truman · 5 eps
Mad About You
Dr. Sydney Warren · 1 eps
Entourage
Sydney Pollack · 1 eps
The South Bank Show
1 eps
The Twilight Zone
Arthur Willis · 1 eps
Have Gun, Will Travel
Joe Culp · 2 eps
Just Shoot Me!
Sydney Pollack · 1 eps
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Bernie Samuelson · 1 eps
Playhouse 90
Andres · 2 eps
Startime
Harry · 1 eps
The New Breed
Austin Rogers · 1 eps
The New Breed
Bert Masters · 1 eps
Self / Appearances (58)
Great Performances
Self · 1 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee · 1 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee / Nominee · 1 eps
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Le Grand Échiquier
Self · 1 eps
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self · 2 eps
John Candy: I Like Me
Self - Director (archive footage)
The Directors
Self · 2 eps
Stanley Kubrick - Ein Leben für den Film
Self
American Cinema
Self · 1 eps
Citizen Jane Fonda
Self (archive footage)
Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley Kubrick
Self
Amazing Grace
Self - Director (archive footage) (uncredited)
Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O
Self
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
Self
Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence
Self · 1 eps
Inside the Actors Studio
Self · 1 eps
The Visions of Stanley Kubrick
Self
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Inside 'The Talented Mr. Ripley'
Self
Barbra Streisand: One Voice
Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
A Decade Under the Influence
Self
Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
Self
Glanz und Elend in Hollywood: Natalie Wood
Self
Hello Actors Studio
Self
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
Self (archive footage)
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
Self
Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light
Self
A Song of Africa
Self
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
Self - Narrator (voice)
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbra Streisand
self
Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
Self
Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange'
Self
Putting It Together: The Making of the Broadway Album
Self
One Six Right
Self
Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach
Self
The Story of The Swimmer
Self (archive footage)
Sketches of Frank Gehry
Self
Barbra Streisand: The Concert - Live at the MGM Grand
Self
Char·ac·ter
Self
View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'
Self
A Dying Breed: The Making of 'The Leopard'
Self
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
Self
Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001
Self
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters
Self
Robert Redford & Sydney Pollack: The Men and Their Movies
Self
A Better Man: The Making of 'Tootsie'
Self
The Making of 'Tootsie'
Self
Nobody's Perfect: The Making of Some Like It Hot
Self
Filmmakers in Action
Self
The Last Movie: Stanley Kubrick and 'Eyes Wide Shut'
Self
The Saga of Jeremiah Johnson
Self
Something About Sydney Pollack
Self
The Story Behind "Absence of Malice"
Self
The Way We Were: Looking Back
Self
Love in Hollywood
Self
Independent's Day
Self
The Last Mogul
Self
Directing (34)
The Fugitive
Director
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Director
Ben Casey
Director
The Defenders
Director
The Interpreter
Director
The Tall Man
Director
Arrest and Trial
Director
Target: The Corruptors!
Director
The Way We Were
Director
The Firm
Director
Random Hearts
Director
Cain's Hundred
Director
The Electric Horseman
Director
Out of Africa
Director
Three Days of the Condor
Director
Absence of Malice
Director
Sabrina
Director
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Director
Breaking Point
Director
Tootsie
Director
Slattery's People
Director
Jeremiah Johnson
Director
The Swimmer
Co-Director
The Yakuza
Director
Frontier Circus
Director
The Scalphunters
Director
This Property Is Condemned
Director
Bobby Deerfield
Director
Havana
Director
Amazing Grace
Director
Castle Keep
Director
The Slender Thread
Director
Sketches of Frank Gehry
Director
Sanford Meisner Master Class
Director
Writing (1)
Producing (47)
Sense and Sensibility
Executive Producer
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Executive Producer
Michael Clayton
Producer
Fallen Angels
Executive Producer
The Interpreter
Executive Producer
The Reader
Producer
The Fabulous Baker Boys
Executive Producer
Cold Mountain
Producer
Presumed Innocent
Producer
The Firm
Producer
Random Hearts
Producer
Searching for Bobby Fischer
Executive Producer
Iris
Executive Producer
Out of Africa
Producer
Birthday Girl
Executive Producer
Three Days of the Condor
Producer
Margaret
Producer
King Ralph
Executive Producer
Absence of Malice
Producer
Flesh and Bone
Executive Producer
Sabrina
Producer
Bright Lights, Big City
Producer
Heaven
Executive Producer
Sliding Doors
Producer
Tootsie
Producer
White Palace
Executive Producer
The Quiet American
Executive Producer
Dead Again
Executive Producer
The Yakuza
Producer
Breaking and Entering
Producer
Blow Dry
Executive Producer
Leatherheads
Executive Producer
Bobby Deerfield
Producer
Catch a Fire
Executive Producer
Songwriter
Producer
Havana
Producer
Recount
Executive Producer
Forty Shades of Blue
Executive Producer
Poodle Springs
Executive Producer
Up at the Villa
Executive Producer
Leaving Normal
Executive Producer
Honeysuckle Rose
Executive Producer
Sketches of Frank Gehry
Executive Producer
James Taylor | One Man Band
Executive Producer
Red Wind
Executive Producer
A Private Matter
Executive Producer
In the Name of Love
Executive Producer
