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).
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Filmography
all 153
Movies 120
self 54
Producer 37
TV Shows 33
Director 29
Narrator 4
Voice 3
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die (2020)
Amazing Grace (2018)
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles (2014)
The Story of The Swimmer (2014)
And the Oscar Goes To... (2014)
Char·ac·ter (2012)
Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
Margaret (2011)
Glanz und Elend in Hollywood: Natalie Wood (2009)
The Reader (2008)
Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence (2008)
Recount (2008)
Made of Honor (2008)
Leatherheads (2008)
A Better Man: The Making of 'Tootsie' (2008)
James Taylor: One Man Band (2007)
Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley Kubrick (2007)
The Visions of Stanley Kubrick (2007)
Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001 (2007)
View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining' (2007)
Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001 (2007)
Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange' (2007)
Michael Clayton (2007)
Breaking and Entering (2006)
Catch a Fire (2006)
Filmmakers in Action (2006)
Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light (2006)
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters (2006)
Sketches of Frank Gehry (2006)
Avenue Montaigne (2006)
Forty Shades of Blue (2005)
One Six Right (2005)
The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz (2005)
Filmmakers vs. Tycoons (2005)
The Last Mogul (2005)
The Interpreter (2005)
Männer im Trenchcoat, Frauen im Pelz (2004)
Entourage (2004)
Something About Sydney Pollack (2004)
A Dying Breed: The Making of 'The Leopard' (2004)
Barbra Streisand: The Concert - Live at the MGM Grand (2004)
Cold Mountain (2003)
Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin (2003)
A Decade Under the Influence (2003)
In the Name of Love (2003)
The Quiet American (2002)
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller (2002)
Changing Lanes (2002)
Heaven (2002)
The Majestic (2001)
Iris (2001)
Birthday Girl (2001)
The Story Behind "Absence of Malice" (2001)
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbra Streisand (2001)
Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures (2001)
Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul (2001)
Blow Dry (2001)
Inside 'The Talented Mr. Ripley' (2000)
Up at the Villa (2000)
A Song of Africa (2000)
Lost Angeles - Eine Stadt zwischen Traum und Trauma (2000)
The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
Random Hearts (1999)
The Last Movie: Stanley Kubrick and 'Eyes Wide Shut' (1999)
Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
The Sopranos (1999)
The Way We Were: Looking Back (1999)
The Directors (1999)
A Civil Action (1998)
Will & Grace (1998)
Poodle Springs (1998)
Sliding Doors (1998)
Independent's Day (1998)
Just Shoot Me! (1997)
King of the Hill (1997)
Love in Hollywood (1996)
Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach (1996)
Sabrina (1995)
Sense and Sensibility (1995)
Inside the Actors Studio (1994)
Flesh and Bone (1993)
Frasier (1993)
Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993)
Fallen Angels (1993)
The Firm (1993)
Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O (1993)
Mad About You (1992)
Husbands and Wives (1992)
Death Becomes Her (1992)
A Private Matter (1992)
Leaving Normal (1992)
The Player (1992)
Pebble Mill (1991)
Dead Again (1991)
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star (1991)
King Ralph (1991)
Havana (1990)
Robert Redford & Sydney Pollack: The Men and Their Movies (1990)
White Palace (1990)
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret (1990)
Sanford Meisner Master Class (1990)
Presumed Innocent (1990)
The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989)
Hello Actors Studio (1988)
Bright Lights, Big City (1988)
A Tiger's Tale (1988)
Barbra Streisand: One Voice (1986)
Nine 1/2 Weeks (1986)
Out of Africa (1985)
Putting it Together: The Making of the Broadway Album (1985)
Songwriter (1984)
Tootsie (1982)
Absence of Malice (1981)
Honeysuckle Rose (1980)
The Electric Horseman (1979)
Bobby Deerfield (1977)
Three Days of the Condor (1975)
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche (1975)
The Yakuza (1974)
The Way We Were (1973)
The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks (1973)
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor (1973)
Jeremiah Johnson (1972)
Le Grand Échiquier (1972)
Great Performances (1971)
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969)
Castle Keep (1969)
The Swimmer (1968)
The Dick Cavett Show (1968)
The Scalphunters (1968)
This Property Is Condemned (1966)
The Slender Thread (1965)
Slattery's People (1964)
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963)
The Fugitive (1963)
Breaking Point (1963)
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962)
War Hunt (1962)
The New Breed (1961)
Ben Casey (1961)
Target: The Corruptors! (1961)
Cain's Hundred (1961)
The Defenders (1961)
The Young Savages (1961)
The Tall Man (1960)
Startime: The Turn of the Screw (1959)
The Twilight Zone (1959)
Brenner (1959)
For Whom the Bell Tolls (1959)
Have Gun, Will Travel (1957)
Playhouse 90 (1956)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)
Naked Hollywood
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1934-07-01
Deathday2008-05-26 (73 years old)
Birth NameSydney Irwin Pollack
Birth PlaceLafayette, United States of America
ChildrenRachel Pollack
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsSidney Pollack
AwardsBerlinale Camera, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series, Academy Award for Best Director, Academy Award for Best Picture, National Board of Review Award for Best Film, Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama
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