Known For
Directing
Born
Jul 01, 1934
Died
May 26, 2008
Place of Birth
Lafayette, Indiana, USA
Credits
169 titles
Sydney Pollack
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
Filmography
John Candy: I Like Me
Self - Director (archive footage)
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
Self (archive footage)
Citizen Jane Fonda
Amazing Grace
Self - Director (archive footage) (uncredited)
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
The Story of The Swimmer
Self (archive footage)
Char·ac·ter
Self
Silver Linings Playbook
Thanks
Margaret
Producer
Glanz und Elend in Hollywood: Natalie Wood
Self
Adapting Austen
Self
A Very Quiet Man
Self
The Reader
Producer
Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence
Self
Recount
Executive Producer
Made of Honor
Thomas Sr.
Leatherheads
Executive Producer
A Better Man: The Making of 'Tootsie'
Self
James Taylor | One Man Band
Executive Producer
The Visions of Stanley Kubrick
Self
Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley Kubrick
Self
Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001
Self
View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'
Self
Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
Self
Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange'
Self
Michael Clayton
Marty Bach
Breaking and Entering
Producer
Catch a Fire
Executive Producer
Filmmakers in Action
Self
Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light
Self
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters
Self
Sketches of Frank Gehry
Self
Avenue Montaigne
Brian Sobinski
Forty Shades of Blue
Executive Producer
The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz
Narrator (voice)
One Six Right
Self
Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
Self
The Last Mogul
Self
The Interpreter
Jay Pettigrew (uncredited)
Männer im Trenchcoat, Frauen im Pelz
Self
In Free Fall - Tom Tykwer and the Cinema
Self
Entourage
Sydney Pollack
Something About Sydney Pollack
Self
A Dying Breed: The Making of 'The Leopard'
Self
Barbra Streisand: The Concert - Live at the MGM Grand
Self
Cold Mountain
Producer
Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin
Narrator
A Decade Under the Influence
Self
In the Name of Love
Executive Producer
More About the Condor
Self