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.
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Movies (48)
John Candy: I Like Me
as Self - Director (archive footage)
2025
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
as Self (archive footage)
2020
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2014
The Story of The Swimmer
as Self (archive footage)
2014
Char·ac·ter
as Self
2012
Silver Linings Playbook
Thanks (Crew)
2012
Margaret
Producer (Production)
2011
Glanz und Elend in Hollywood: Natalie Wood
as Self
2009
Adapting Austen
as Self
2009
A Very Quiet Man
as Self
2009
The Reader
Producer (Production)
2008
Recount
Executive Producer (Production)
2008
Made of Honor
as Thomas Sr.
2008
Leatherheads
Executive Producer (Production)
2008
A Better Man: The Making of 'Tootsie'
as Self
2008
James Taylor | One Man Band
Executive Producer (Production)
2007
Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange'
as Self
2007
View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'
as Self
2007
The Visions of Stanley Kubrick
as Self
2007
Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
as Self
2007
Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley Kubrick
as Self
2007
Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001
as Self
2007
Michael Clayton
as Marty Bach
2007
Breaking and Entering
Producer (Production)
2006
Catch a Fire
Executive Producer (Production)
2006
Filmmakers in Action
as Self
2006
Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light
as Self
2006
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters
as Self
2006
Sketches of Frank Gehry
as Self
2006
Avenue Montaigne
as Brian Sobinski
2006
Forty Shades of Blue
Executive Producer (Production)
2005
The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz
as Narrator (voice)
2005
One Six Right
as Self
2005
Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
as Self
2005
The Last Mogul
as Self
2005
The Interpreter
as Jay Pettigrew (uncredited)
2005
Männer im Trenchcoat, Frauen im Pelz
as Self
2004
In Free Fall - Tom Tykwer and the Cinema
as Self
2004
Something About Sydney Pollack
as Self
2004
A Dying Breed: The Making of 'The Leopard'
as Self
2004
Barbra Streisand: The Concert - Live at the MGM Grand
as Self
2004
Cold Mountain
Producer (Production)
2003
Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin
as Narrator
2003
A Decade Under the Influence
as Self
2003
In the Name of Love
Executive Producer (Production)
2003
More About the Condor
as Self
2003
The Quiet American
Executive Producer (Production)
2002
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
as Narrator (voice)
2002
