Sydney Pollack
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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Sydney Pollack, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Victor Ziegler
Eyes Wide Shut
Andres
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Stephen Delano
Changing Lanes
Brian Sobinski
Fauteuils d'orchestre
Dick Mellen
The Player
Thomas Sr.
Made of Honor
Marty Bach
Michael Clayton
Sgt. Owen Van Horn
War Hunt
Al Eustis
A Civil Action
Carl Broman
Random Hearts
George Fields
Tootsie
Self
Lost Angeles - Eine Stadt zwischen Traum und Trauma
Self
Männer im Trenchcoat, Frauen im Pelz
Self
Glanz und Elend in Hollywood: Natalie Wood
Jack
Husbands and Wives
Self
Liebe in Hollywood
Himself
One Six Right
Narrator
Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
Narrator (voice)
The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks
Self
Inside 'The Talented Mr. Ripley'
Self
Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange'
Self
Char·ac·ter
Self
Hello Actors Studio
Narrator (voice)
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
Hospital Doctor (uncredited)
Death Becomes Her
Man Who Makes Pass at Alice (uncredited)
The Electric Horseman
Self
Robert Redford & Sydney Pollack: The Men and Their Movies
Self
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
Self
Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul
Self
Barbra Streisand: The Concert - Live at the MGM Grand
Self
Sketches of Frank Gehry
Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
Barbra Streisand: One Voice
Self
View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'
Self
The Visions of Stanley Kubrick
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
Pvt. Shuber
The Army Game
Self
Something About Sydney Pollack
Self
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
Self
A Decade Under the Influence
Self
Independent's Day
Self
A Better Man: The Making of 'Tootsie'
Studio Executive (voice)
The Majestic
Narrator (voice)
The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz
Self
The Last Movie: Stanley Kubrick and 'Eyes Wide Shut'
Himself
Putting it Together: The Making of the Broadway Album
Self
Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures
Self
Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
Self
Cineastes contra magnats
Self
Cineastes en acció
Self - Director (archive footage) (uncredited)
Amazing Grace
Self
Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley Kubrick
Self
Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light
Self
A Dying Breed: The Making of 'The Leopard'
Self
The Story Behind "Absence of Malice"
Self (archive footage)
And the Oscar Goes To...
Jay Pettigrew (uncredited)
The Interpreter
Self
A Song of Africa
Self
Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O
Self
The Way We Were: Looking Back
Self (archive footage)
Babenco - Alguém Tem que Ouvir o Coração e Dizer: Parou
Self
Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach
Self
The Last Mogul
Self (archive footage)
The Story of The Swimmer
Self
Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001
Self
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters
More About the Condor
Self
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
Himself
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Known Credits
69
Gender
Male
Birthday
1934-07-01
Place of Birth
Lafayette, Indiana, USA
Also Known As
Sidney Pollack