Directing
Sydney Pollack
EN, PT, FR, DE cinema · 133 credits
Born
1 July 1934
Died
26 May 2008 (aged 73)
Birthplace
Lafayette, Indiana, USA
Also known as Sidney Pollack · Sydney Irwin Pollack
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
as Self - Director (archive footage)
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
as Self (archive footage)
Citizen Jane Fonda
as Self (archive footage)
Amazing Grace
as Self - Director (archive footage) (uncredited), Director
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
The Story of The Swimmer
as Self (archive footage)
Char·ac·ter
as Self
Margaret
Producer
Made of Honor
as Thomas Sr.
Leatherheads
Executive Producer
The Reader
Producer
Recount
Executive Producer
Michael Clayton
as Marty Bach, Producer
James Taylor | One Man Band
Executive Producer
Avenue Montaigne
as Brian Sobinski
Sketches of Frank Gehry
as Self, Director, Executive Producer, Director of Photography
Catch a Fire
Executive Producer
One Six Right
as Self
The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz
as Narrator (voice)
The Interpreter
as Jay Pettigrew (uncredited), Executive Producer, Director
The Last Mogul
as Self
Forty Shades of Blue
Executive Producer
Cold Mountain
Producer
In the Name of Love
Executive Producer
Changing Lanes
as Stephen Delano
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
as Narrator (voice)
The Quiet American
Executive Producer
Heaven
Executive Producer
Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul
2001
Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul
as Self
The Majestic
as Studio Executive (voice)
Birthday Girl
Executive Producer
Iris
Executive Producer
Blow Dry
Executive Producer
A Song of Africa
as Self
Up at the Villa
Executive Producer
Eyes Wide Shut
as Victor Ziegler
Random Hearts
as Carl Broman, Producer, Director
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Executive Producer
A Civil Action
as Al Eustis
Sliding Doors
Producer
Poodle Springs
Executive Producer
Sense and Sensibility
Executive Producer
Sabrina
Producer, Director
Red Wind
Executive Producer
The Firm
Director, Producer
Searching for Bobby Fischer
Executive Producer
Flesh and Bone
Executive Producer
The Player
as Dick Mellen
Death Becomes Her
as Hospital Doctor (uncredited)
A Private Matter
Executive Producer
Leaving Normal
Executive Producer
King Ralph
Executive Producer
Dead Again
Executive Producer
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
1990
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
as Self, Executive Producer, Other
Presumed Innocent
Producer
Havana
Director, Producer
White Palace
Executive Producer
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
1989
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
as Self (voice)
The Fabulous Baker Boys
Executive Producer
Barbra Streisand: One Voice
as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
Out of Africa
Director, Producer
Songwriter
Producer
Tootsie
as George Fields, Director, Producer
Absence of Malice
Director, Producer
Honeysuckle Rose
Executive Producer
The Electric Horseman
as Man Who Makes Pass at Alice (uncredited), Director
Bobby Deerfield
Director, Producer
Three Days of the Condor
Director, Producer
The Yakuza
Director, Producer
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks
as Narrator (voice)
The Way We Were
Director
Jeremiah Johnson
Director
Castle Keep
Director
The Scalphunters
Director
The Swimmer
Co-Director
The Slender Thread
Director
War Hunt
as Sgt. Owen Van Horn
The Young Savages
Dialect Coach
The Turn of the Screw
Dialogue Coach
Now Is Tomorrow
as Capt. Stein