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
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Personal Info

Id

2226

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

1

Gender

Male

Birthday

1934-07-01

Place of Birth

Lafayette, Indiana, USA

Also Known As

  • Sidney Pollack
  • Sydney Irwin Pollack
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    Avenue Montaigne

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    The Player

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    Made of Honor

    Made of Hono

    Michael Clayton

    Michael Clay

    War Hunt

    War Hunt

    A Civil Action

    A Civil Acti

    Random Hearts

    Random Heart

    Tootsie

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    Lost Angeles

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    Glanz und El

    Husbands and Wives

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    Love in Holl

    One Six Right

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    Charlie: The

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    The Men Who

    The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks

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    Inside 'The

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    Great Bolshy

    Char·ac·ter

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    Hello Actors Studio

    Hello Actors

    The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller

    The Men Who

    Death Becomes Her

    Death Become

    The Electric Horseman

    The Electric

    Barbra Streisand: The Concert - Live at the MGM Grand

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    Sketches of Frank Gehry

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    Barbra Streisand: One Voice

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    View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'

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    The Visions of Stanley Kubrick

    The Visions

    Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles

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    A Decade Under the Influence

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    Independent'

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    A Better Man

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    The Art of I

    The Last Movie: Stanley Kubrick and 'Eyes Wide Shut'

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    Putting It Together: The Making of the Broadway Album

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    Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures

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    Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001

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    Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley Kubrick

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    A Dying Bree

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    The Story of The Swimmer

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    AFI's 100 Ye

    Robert Redford & Sydney Pollack: The Men and Their Movies

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    2025

    John Candy: I Like Me

    asSelf - Director (archive footage)

    2020

    Babenco: Tell Me When I Die

    asSelf (archive footage)

    2014

    Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles

    asSelf - Filmmaker (archive footage)

    2014

    The Story of The Swimmer

    asSelf (archive footage)

    2012

    Char·ac·ter

    asSelf

    2009

    Glanz und Elend in Hollywood: Natalie Wood

    asSelf

    2009

    Adapting Austen

    asSelf

    2009

    A Very Quiet Man

    asSelf

    2008

    Made of Honor

    asThomas Sr.

    2008

    A Better Man: The Making of 'Tootsie'

    asSelf

    2007

    Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange'

    asSelf

    2007

    View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'

    asSelf

    2007

    The Visions of Stanley Kubrick

    asSelf

    2007

    Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001

    asSelf

    2007

    Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley Kubrick

    asSelf

    2007

    Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001

    asSelf

    2007

    Michael Clayton

    asMarty Bach

    2006

    Filmmakers in Action

    asSelf

    2006

    Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light

    asSelf

    2006

    Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters

    asSelf

    2006

    Sketches of Frank Gehry

    asSelf

    2006

    Avenue Montaigne

    asBrian Sobinski

    2005

    The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz

    asNarrator (voice)

    2005

    One Six Right

    asSelf

    2005

    Filmmakers vs. Tycoons

    asSelf

    2005

    The Last Mogul

    asSelf

    2005

    The Interpreter

    asJay Pettigrew (uncredited)

    2004

    Männer im Trenchcoat, Frauen im Pelz

    asSelf

    2004

    In Free Fall - Tom Tykwer and the Cinema

    asSelf

    2004

    Something About Sydney Pollack

    asSelf

    2004

    A Dying Breed: The Making of 'The Leopard'

    asSelf

    2004

    Barbra Streisand: The Concert - Live at the MGM Grand

    asSelf

    2003

    Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin

    asNarrator

    2003

    A Decade Under the Influence

    asSelf

    2003

    More About the Condor

    asSelf

    2002

    The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller

    asNarrator (voice)

    2002

    AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories

    asSelf

    2002

    Changing Lanes

    asStephen Delano

    2001

    The Majestic

    asStudio Executive (voice)

    2001

    The Story Behind "Absence of Malice"

    asSelf

    2001

    Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures

    asSelf

    2001

    Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul

    asSelf

    2000

    Inside 'The Talented Mr. Ripley'

    asSelf

    2000

    A Song of Africa

    asSelf

    2000

    Lost Angeles - Eine Stadt zwischen Traum und Trauma

    asSelf

    1999

    Random Hearts

    asCarl Broman

    1999

    The Last Movie: Stanley Kubrick and 'Eyes Wide Shut'

    asSelf

    1999

    Eyes Wide Shut

    asVictor Ziegler

    1999

    The Way We Were: Looking Back

    asSelf

    1998

    A Civil Action

    asAl Eustis

    1998

    Independent's Day

    asSelf

    1997

    The Saga of Jeremiah Johnson

    asSelf

    1996

    Love in Hollywood

    asSelf

    1996

    Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach

    asSelf

    1993

    Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O

    asSelf

    1992

    Husbands and Wives

    asJack

    1992

    Death Becomes Her

    asHospital Doctor (uncredited)

    1992

    The Player

    asDick Mellen

    1991

    Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star

    asSelf

    1990

    Robert Redford & Sydney Pollack: The Men and Their Movies

    asSelf

    1990

    Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret

    asSelf

    1989

    Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre

    asSelf (voice)

    1988

    Hello Actors Studio

    asSelf

    1986

    Barbra Streisand: One Voice

    asSelf - Audience Member (uncredited)

    1986

    Putting It Together: The Making of the Broadway Album

    asSelf

    1982

    Tootsie

    asGeorge Fields

    1979

    The Electric Horseman

    asMan Who Makes Pass at Alice (uncredited)

    1973

    The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor

    asSelf - Narrator (voice)

    1973

    The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks

    asNarrator (voice)

    1962

    War Hunt

    asSgt. Owen Van Horn

    1959

    For Whom the Bell Tolls

    asAndres

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