Sydney Pollack

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

94

Gender

Male

Birthday

1934-07-01

Day of death

2008-05-26 (73 years old)

Place of Birth

Lafayette, Indiana, USA

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.

Known For

  • The Sopranos

    The Sopranos

  • Frasier

    Frasier

  • King of the Hill

    King of the Hill

  • Will & Grace

    Will & Grace

  • Entourage

    Entourage

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • The Twilight Zone

    The Twilight Zone

  • Great Performances

    Great Performances

  • Have Gun, Will Travel

    Have Gun, Will Travel

  • Mad About You

    Mad About You

  • The Dick Cavett Show

    The Dick Cavett Show

  • Eyes Wide Shut

    Eyes Wide Shut

  • Pebble Mill

    Pebble Mill

  • Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

    Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

  • Just Shoot Me!

    Just Shoot Me!

  • Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001

    Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001

  • Le Grand Échiquier

    Le Grand Échiquier

  • Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

  • Death Becomes Her

    Death Becomes Her

  • Playhouse 90

    Playhouse 90

  • War Hunt

    War Hunt

  • The Majestic

    The Majestic

  • Michael Clayton

    Michael Clayton

  • Made of Honor

    Made of Honor

  • A Dying Breed: The Making of 'The Leopard'

    A Dying Breed: The Making of 'The Leopard'

  • Tootsie

    Tootsie

  • The New Breed

    The New Breed

  • The New Breed

    The New Breed

  • Babenco: Tell Me When I Die

    Babenco: Tell Me When I Die

  • Random Hearts

    Random Hearts

  • The Interpreter

    The Interpreter

  • Changing Lanes

    Changing Lanes

  • Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001

    Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001

  • Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles

    Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles

  • A Civil Action

    A Civil Action

  • The Directors

    The Directors

  • The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller

    The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller

  • Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O

    Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O

  • The Player

    The Player

  • A Decade Under the Influence

    A Decade Under the Influence

  • Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach

    Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach

  • Filmmakers in Action

    Filmmakers in Action

  • Filmmakers vs. Tycoons

    Filmmakers vs. Tycoons

  • Glanz und Elend in Hollywood: Natalie Wood

    Glanz und Elend in Hollywood: Natalie Wood

  • Sketches of Frank Gehry

    Sketches of Frank Gehry

  • Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures

    Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures

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

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

  • The Electric Horseman

    The Electric Horseman

  • Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley Kubrick

    Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley Kubrick

  • Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light

    Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light

  • Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star

    Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star

  • Husbands and Wives

    Husbands and Wives

  • Männer im Trenchcoat, Frauen im Pelz

    Männer im Trenchcoat, Frauen im Pelz

  • Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret

    Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret

  • Lost Angeles - Eine Stadt zwischen Traum und Trauma

    Lost Angeles - Eine Stadt zwischen Traum und Trauma

  • The Way We Were: Looking Back

    The Way We Were: Looking Back

  • The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks

    The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks

  • For Whom the Bell Tolls

    For Whom the Bell Tolls

  • In Free Fall - Tom Tykwer and the Cinema

    In Free Fall - Tom Tykwer and the Cinema

  • Avenue Montaigne

    Avenue Montaigne

  • Love in Hollywood

    Love in Hollywood

  • The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz

    The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz

  • Hello Actors Studio

    Hello Actors Studio

  • Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre

    Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre

  • Char·ac·ter

    Char·ac·ter

  • The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor

    The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor

  • American Cinema

    American Cinema

  • Independent's Day

    Independent's Day

  • Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence

    Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence

  • Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters

    Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters

  • Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul

    Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul

  • Barbra Streisand: One Voice

    Barbra Streisand: One Voice

  • Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin

    Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin

  • Something About Sydney Pollack

    Something About Sydney Pollack

  • Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange'

    Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange'

  • The Story of The Swimmer

    The Story of The Swimmer

  • A Better Man: The Making of 'Tootsie'

    A Better Man: The Making of 'Tootsie'

  • A Song of Africa

    A Song of Africa

  • Inside the Actors Studio

    Inside the Actors Studio

  • Inside 'The Talented Mr. Ripley'

    Inside 'The Talented Mr. Ripley'

  • The Saga of Jeremiah Johnson

    The Saga of Jeremiah Johnson

  • Barbra Streisand: The Concert - Live at the MGM Grand

    Barbra Streisand: The Concert - Live at the MGM Grand

  • One Six Right

    One Six Right

  • The Story Behind "Absence of Malice"

    The Story Behind "Absence of Malice"

  • Putting It Together: The Making of the Broadway Album

    Putting It Together: The Making of the Broadway Album

  • The Visions of Stanley Kubrick

    The Visions of Stanley Kubrick

  • Robert Redford & Sydney Pollack: The Men and Their Movies

    Robert Redford & Sydney Pollack: The Men and Their Movies

  • A Very Quiet Man

    A Very Quiet Man

  • View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'

    View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'

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

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

  • The Last Mogul

    The Last Mogul

  • Adapting Austen

    Adapting Austen

  • More About the Condor

    More About the Condor