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Sydney Pollack

Sydney Pollack

Directing
Born: Jul 01, 1934 — Died: May 26, 2008
From: Lafayette, Indiana, USA
Credits: 30 titles

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 …

Filmography

Title Character Year Rating
Char·ac·ter Self 2012 4.0
Glanz und Elend in Hollywood: Natalie Wood Self 2009
Made of Honor Thomas Sr. 2008 6.442
Michael Clayton Marty Bach 2007 6.79
Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange' Self 2007 6.1
Avenue Montaigne Brian Sobinski 2006 6.132
One Six Right Self 2005 8.0
Männer im Trenchcoat, Frauen im Pelz Self 2004 9.0
Barbra Streisand: The Concert - Live at the MGM Grand Self 2004 8.1
Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin Narrator 2003 6.928
Changing Lanes Stephen Delano 2002 6.284
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller Narrator (voice) 2002 5.8
Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul Self 2001 6.333
Lost Angeles - Eine Stadt zwischen Traum und Trauma Self 2000 8.0
Inside 'The Talented Mr. Ripley' Self 2000 6.167
Eyes Wide Shut Victor Ziegler 1999 7.486
Random Hearts Carl Broman 1999 5.575
A Civil Action Al Eustis 1998 6.469
Love in Hollywood Self 1996 10.0
The Player Dick Mellen 1992 7.192
Husbands and Wives Jack 1992 7.008
Death Becomes Her Hospital Doctor (uncredited) 1992 6.779
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret Self 1990
Hello Actors Studio Self 1988 6.667
Tootsie George Fields 1982 7.2
The Electric Horseman Man Who Makes Pass at … 1979 6.134
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor Self - Narrator (voice) 1973 6.5
The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks Narrator (voice) 1973 6.818
War Hunt Sgt. Owen Van Horn 1962 6.658
For Whom the Bell Tolls Andres 1959
Quick Facts
Known forDirecting
Credits30
Born1934
FromLafayette, Indiana, USA