Sydney Pollack

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

97

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

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • Frasier

    Frasier

  • King of the Hill

    King of the Hill

  • The Twilight Zone

    The Twilight Zone

  • Great Performances

    Great Performances

  • Entourage

    Entourage

  • Will & Grace

    Will & Grace

  • The Dick Cavett Show

    The Dick Cavett Show

  • Eyes Wide Shut

    Eyes Wide Shut

  • Mad About You

    Mad About You

  • Have Gun, Will Travel

    Have Gun, Will Travel

  • Just Shoot Me!

    Just Shoot Me!

  • Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

    Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

  • Pebble Mill

    Pebble Mill

  • Michael Clayton

    Michael Clayton

  • Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

  • Le Grand Échiquier

    Le Grand Échiquier

  • Playhouse 90

    Playhouse 90

  • The Player

    The Player

  • Death Becomes Her

    Death Becomes Her

  • The New Breed

    The New Breed

  • The New Breed

    The New Breed

  • Filmmakers in Action

    Filmmakers in Action

  • Hello Actors Studio

    Hello Actors Studio

  • The Directors

    The Directors

  • Made of Honor

    Made of Honor

  • Random Hearts

    Random Hearts

  • The Majestic

    The Majestic

  • Tootsie

    Tootsie

  • The Interpreter

    The Interpreter

  • A Civil Action

    A Civil Action

  • Avenue Montaigne

    Avenue Montaigne

  • John Candy: I Like Me

    John Candy: I Like Me

  • Changing Lanes

    Changing Lanes

  • Char·ac·ter

    Char·ac·ter

  • War Hunt

    War Hunt

  • The Electric Horseman

    The Electric Horseman

  • Husbands and Wives

    Husbands and Wives

  • Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence

    Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence

  • Citizen Jane Fonda

    Citizen Jane Fonda

  • Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures

    Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures

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

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

  • Inside the Actors Studio

    Inside the Actors Studio

  • American Cinema

    American Cinema

  • Babenco: Tell Me When I Die

    Babenco: Tell Me When I Die

  • A Decade Under the Influence

    A Decade Under the Influence

  • Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters

    Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters

  • A Song of Africa

    A Song of Africa

  • Barbra Streisand: One Voice

    Barbra Streisand: One Voice

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

    Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret

  • Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light

    Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light

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

    Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange'

  • The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller

    The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller

  • The Last Mogul

    The Last Mogul

  • A Better Man: The Making of 'Tootsie'

    A Better Man: The Making of 'Tootsie'

  • One Six Right

    One Six Right

  • Inside 'The Talented Mr. Ripley'

    Inside 'The Talented Mr. Ripley'

  • Filmmakers vs. Tycoons

    Filmmakers vs. Tycoons

  • Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin

    Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin

  • The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz

    The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz

  • The Story of The Swimmer

    The Story of The Swimmer

  • Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles

    Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles

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

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

  • Sketches of Frank Gehry

    Sketches of Frank Gehry

  • Putting It Together: The Making of the Broadway Album

    Putting It Together: The Making of the Broadway Album

  • The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor

    The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor

  • Independent's Day

    Independent's Day

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

    Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre

  • Männer im Trenchcoat, Frauen im Pelz

    Männer im Trenchcoat, Frauen im Pelz

  • Adapting Austen

    Adapting Austen

  • Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O

    Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O

  • For Whom the Bell Tolls

    For Whom the Bell Tolls

  • The Story Behind "Absence of Malice"

    The Story Behind "Absence of Malice"

  • Love in Hollywood

    Love in Hollywood

  • View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'

    View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'

  • In Free Fall - Tom Tykwer and the Cinema

    In Free Fall - Tom Tykwer and the Cinema

  • Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley Kubrick

    Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley Kubrick

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

    Barbra Streisand: The Concert - Live at the MGM Grand

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

    Robert Redford & Sydney Pollack: The Men and Their Movies

  • Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul

    Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul

  • The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks

    The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks

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

    A Dying Breed: The Making of 'The Leopard'

  • The Saga of Jeremiah Johnson

    The Saga of Jeremiah Johnson

  • Glanz und Elend in Hollywood: Natalie Wood

    Glanz und Elend in Hollywood: Natalie Wood

  • Lost Angeles - Eine Stadt zwischen Traum und Trauma

    Lost Angeles - Eine Stadt zwischen Traum und Trauma

  • Something About Sydney Pollack

    Something About Sydney Pollack

  • Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star

    Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star

  • The Visions of Stanley Kubrick

    The Visions of Stanley Kubrick

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

    Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001

  • The Way We Were: Looking Back

    The Way We Were: Looking Back

  • Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach

    Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach

  • Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001

    Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001

  • A Very Quiet Man

    A Very Quiet Man

  • More About the Condor

    More About the Condor

  • Now Is Tomorrow

    Now Is Tomorrow