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.
Movies (68)
John Candy: I Like Me
2025
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
2020
Citizen Jane Fonda
2020
Amazing Grace
2018
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
2014
The Story of The Swimmer
2014
Char·ac·ter
2012
Glanz und Elend in Hollywood: Natalie Wood
2009
Made of Honor
2008
A Better Man: The Making of 'Tootsie'
2008
Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange'
2007
View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'
2007
The Visions of Stanley Kubrick
2007
Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
2007
Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley Kubrick
2007
Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001
2007
Michael Clayton
2007
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
The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz
2005
One Six Right
2005
Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
2005
The Last Mogul
2005
The Interpreter
2005
Something About Sydney Pollack
2004
A Dying Breed: The Making of 'The Leopard'
2004
Barbra Streisand: The Concert - Live at the MGM Grand
2004
Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin
2003
A Decade Under the Influence
2003
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
2002
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
2002
Changing Lanes
2002
The Majestic
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
Inside 'The Talented Mr. Ripley'
2000
A Song of Africa
2000
Random Hearts
1999
The Last Movie: Stanley Kubrick and 'Eyes Wide Shut'
1999
Eyes Wide Shut
1999
The Way We Were: Looking Back
1999
A Civil Action
1998
Independent's Day
1998
The Saga of Jeremiah Johnson
1997
Love in Hollywood
1996
Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach
1996
Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O
1993
Husbands and Wives
1992
Death Becomes Her
1992
The Player
1992
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
1991
Robert Redford & Sydney Pollack: The Men and Their Movies
1990
Hello Actors Studio
1988
Barbra Streisand: One Voice
1986
Putting It Together: The Making of the Broadway Album
1986
Tootsie
1982
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
1982
The Making of 'Tootsie'
1982
The Electric Horseman
1979
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
1973
The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks
1973
War Hunt
1962
For Whom the Bell Tolls
1959
Now Is Tomorrow
TV Shows (24)
Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence
2008
Entourage
2004
The Sopranos
1999
The Directors
1999
Will & Grace
1998
Just Shoot Me!
1997
King of the Hill
1997
Inside the Actors Studio
1994
American Cinema
1994
Frasier
1993
Mad About You
1992
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
Le Grand Échiquier
1972
Great Performances
1971
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
The New Breed
1961
The New Breed
1961
Startime
1959
The Twilight Zone
1959
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
Playhouse 90
1956
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
Golden Globe Awards
1944
Golden Globe Awards
1944