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Sydney Pollack

Known for: Directing

Biography: 1934-07-01

Deathday: 2008-05-26 (73 years old)

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 159

Movies 124

self 62

Producer 46

TV Shows 35

Director 19

Voice 6

Narrator 1

Self (archive footage)

Sydney Pollack

Biography

Filmography

all 159

Movies 124

self 62

Producer 46

TV Shows 35

Director 19

Voice 6

Narrator 1

Babenco: Tell Me When I Die (2020)

Amazing Grace (2018)

Jane Fonda in Five Acts (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 ed: 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)

More About the Condor (2003)

The Quiet American (2002)

The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller (2002)

AFI's 100 Years... 100 ions: America's Greatest Love Stories (2002)

Changing Lanes (2002)

Heaven (2002)

The Majestic (2001)

Iris (2001)

Birthday Girl (2001)

The Story Behind "Absence of Malice" (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)