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 (22)
Eyes Wide Shut
Victor Ziegler
Death Becomes Her
Hospital Doctor (uncredited)
Made of Honor
Thomas Sr.
Changing Lanes
Stephen Delano
The Player
Dick Mellen
The Interpreter
Jay Pettigrew (uncredited)
Michael Clayton
Marty Bach
Tootsie
George Fields
A Civil Action
Al Eustis
The Majestic
Studio Executive (voice)
Husbands and Wives
Jack
Random Hearts
Carl Broman
The Electric Horseman
Man Who Makes Pass at Alice (uncredited)
Avenue Montaigne
Brian Sobinski
War Hunt
Sgt. Owen Van Horn
Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin
Narrator
Citizen Jane Fonda
2020
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
1982
The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks
Narrator (voice)
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Andres
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
Narrator (voice)
The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz
Narrator (voice)
TV Shows (14)
Frasier
Holden Thorpe (voice) · 1 eps
King of the Hill
Grant Trimble (voice) · 1 eps
The Sopranos
Warren Feldman · 1 eps
Entourage
Sydney Pollack · 1 eps
Will & Grace
George Truman · 5 eps
The Twilight Zone
Arthur Willis · 1 eps
Have Gun, Will Travel
Joe Culp · 2 eps
Just Shoot Me!
Sydney Pollack · 1 eps
Mad About You
Dr. Sydney Warren · 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 (56)
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee · 1 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee / Nominee · 1 eps
Great Performances
Self · 1 eps
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self · 2 eps
Le Grand Échiquier
Self · 1 eps
John Candy: I Like Me
Self - Director (archive footage)
The Directors
Self · 2 eps
American Cinema
Self · 1 eps
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Amazing Grace
Self - Director (archive footage) (uncredited)
Filmmakers in Action
Self
Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence
Self · 1 eps
A Decade Under the Influence
Self
Barbra Streisand: One Voice
Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
Stanley Kubrick - Ein Leben für den Film
Self
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters
Self
Sketches of Frank Gehry
Self
Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley Kubrick
Self
Inside the Actors Studio
Self · 1 eps
Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange'
Self
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
Self (archive footage)
Hello Actors Studio
Self
Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
Self
The Story Behind "Absence of Malice"
Self
Barbra Streisand: The Concert - Live at the MGM Grand
Self
View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'
Self
The Last Movie: Stanley Kubrick and 'Eyes Wide Shut'
Self
Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light
Self
Nobody's Perfect: The Making of Some Like It Hot
Self
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
Self
Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O
Self
The Story of The Swimmer
Self (archive footage)
Independent's Day
Self
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
Self
Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
Self
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
Self - Narrator (voice)
A Better Man: The Making of 'Tootsie'
Self
Char·ac·ter
Self
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbra Streisand
self
A Song of Africa
Self
Putting It Together: The Making of the Broadway Album
Self
A Dying Breed: The Making of 'The Leopard'
Self
Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001
Self
The Last Mogul
Self
The Visions of Stanley Kubrick
Self
One Six Right
Self
Love in Hollywood
Self
Inside 'The Talented Mr. Ripley'
Self
The Making of 'Tootsie'
Self
Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach
Self
Something About Sydney Pollack
Self
Glanz und Elend in Hollywood: Natalie Wood
Self
Robert Redford & Sydney Pollack: The Men and Their Movies
Self
The Saga of Jeremiah Johnson
Self
The Way We Were: Looking Back
Self
Upcoming (1)
Directing (34)
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Director
The Fugitive
Director
Ben Casey
Director
The Defenders
Director
The Firm
Director
Arrest and Trial
Director
Three Days of the Condor
Director
The Tall Man
Director
Out of Africa
Director
The Interpreter
Director
Cain's Hundred
Director
Tootsie
Director
Target: The Corruptors!
Director
Sabrina
Director
The Way We Were
Director
Jeremiah Johnson
Director
The Yakuza
Director
Random Hearts
Director
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Director
Breaking Point
Director
Frontier Circus
Director
Absence of Malice
Director
The Swimmer
Co-Director
The Electric Horseman
Director
Havana
Director
The Scalphunters
Director
This Property Is Condemned
Director
Slattery's People
Director
Amazing Grace
Director
Castle Keep
Director
Bobby Deerfield
Director
Sketches of Frank Gehry
Director
The Slender Thread
Director
Sanford Meisner Master Class
Director
Writing (1)
Producing (47)
The Firm
Producer
Fallen Angels
Executive Producer
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Executive Producer
Sense and Sensibility
Executive Producer
The Reader
Producer
Three Days of the Condor
Producer
Out of Africa
Producer
Presumed Innocent
Producer
The Interpreter
Executive Producer
Michael Clayton
Producer
Cold Mountain
Producer
Tootsie
Producer
Birthday Girl
Executive Producer
Sabrina
Producer
Searching for Bobby Fischer
Executive Producer
Sliding Doors
Producer
Dead Again
Executive Producer
White Palace
Executive Producer
The Yakuza
Producer
Random Hearts
Producer
The Quiet American
Executive Producer
King Ralph
Executive Producer
Leatherheads
Executive Producer
The Fabulous Baker Boys
Executive Producer
Heaven
Executive Producer
Iris
Executive Producer
Breaking and Entering
Producer
Absence of Malice
Producer
Flesh and Bone
Executive Producer
Bright Lights, Big City
Producer
Blow Dry
Executive Producer
Havana
Producer
Margaret
Producer
Poodle Springs
Executive Producer
Catch a Fire
Executive Producer
Up at the Villa
Executive Producer
Recount
Executive Producer
Bobby Deerfield
Producer
Sketches of Frank Gehry
Executive Producer
Leaving Normal
Executive Producer
Honeysuckle Rose
Executive Producer
Forty Shades of Blue
Executive Producer
Songwriter
Producer
A Private Matter
Executive Producer
Red Wind
Executive Producer
James Taylor | One Man Band
Executive Producer
In the Name of Love
Executive Producer
