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Sydney Pollack

Born 1 July 1934 · Lafayette, Indiana, USA · Died 26 May 2008

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.

Films and shows

  1. 2020Citizen Jane Fonda53mSelf (archive footage)
  2. 2018Amazing Grace1h 27mSelf - Director (archive footage) (uncredited)
  3. 2014The Story of The Swimmer2h 19mSelf (archive footage)
  4. 2012Char·ac·ter1h 28mSelf
  5. 2011Margaret2h 30mProducer
  6. 2009Adapting Austen12mSelf
  7. 2009A Very Quiet Man12mSelf
  8. 2009Glanz und Elend in Hollywood: Natalie WoodSelf
  9. 2008A Better Man: The Making of 'Tootsie'1h 9mSelf
  10. 2008Made of Honor1h 41mThomas Sr.
  11. 2008Recount1h 56mExecutive Producer
  12. 2008Leatherheads1h 54mExecutive Producer
  13. 2008The Reader2h 4mProducer
  14. 2007Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley Kubrick20mSelf
  15. 2007View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'30mSelf
  16. 2007Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange'28mSelf
  17. 2007The Visions of Stanley Kubrick17mSelf
  18. 2007Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 200122mSelf
  19. 2007Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 200122mSelf
  20. 2007Michael Clayton2hMarty Bach
  21. 2007James Taylor | One Man Band1h 1mExecutive Producer
  22. 2006Sketches of Frank Gehry1h 23mSelf
  23. 2006Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light1h 8mSelf
  24. 2006Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters1h 15mSelf
  25. 2006Avenue Montaigne1h 46mBrian Sobinski
  26. 2006Catch a Fire1h 41mExecutive Producer
  27. 2005The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz30mNarrator (voice)
  28. 2005One Six Right1h 13mSelf
  29. 2005The Last Mogul1h 50mSelf
  30. 2005The Interpreter2h 8mExecutive Producer
  31. 2005Forty Shades of Blue1h 48mExecutive Producer
  32. 2004In Free Fall - Tom Tykwer and the Cinema1h 4mSelf
  33. 2004Barbra Streisand: The Concert - Live at the MGM Grand1h 53mSelf
  34. 2004Something About Sydney Pollack59mSelf
  35. 2004A Dying Breed: The Making of 'The Leopard'1h 1mSelf
  36. 2004Männer im Trenchcoat, Frauen im Pelz1hSelf
  37. 2003Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin2h 12mNarrator
  38. 2003A Decade Under the Influence1h 50mSelf
  39. 2003More About the Condor26mSelf
  40. 2003In the Name of Love46mExecutive Producer
  41. 2003Cold Mountain2h 34mProducer
  42. 2002The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller1hNarrator (voice)
  43. 2002Changing Lanes1h 38mStephen Delano
  44. 2002Heaven1h 36mExecutive Producer
  45. 2002The Quiet American1h 41mExecutive Producer
  46. 2001Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul1h 2mSelf
  47. 2001Stanley Kubrick - Ein Leben für den Film2h 21mSelf
  48. 2001The Story Behind "Absence of Malice"31mSelf
  49. 2001Nobody's Perfect: The Making of Some Like It Hot49mSelf
  50. 2001AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbra Streisand1h 30mself
  51. 2000A Song of Africa50mSelf
  52. 2000Inside 'The Talented Mr. Ripley'23mSelf
  53. 2000Lost Angeles - Eine Stadt zwischen Traum und Trauma1h 30mSelf
  54. 1999The Last Movie: Stanley Kubrick and 'Eyes Wide Shut'43mSelf
  55. 1999The Way We Were: Looking Back1h 2mSelf
  56. 1999Eyes Wide Shut2h 39mVictor Ziegler
  57. 1999Random Hearts2h 13mCarl Broman
  58. 1999The Talented Mr. Ripley2h 20mExecutive Producer
  59. 1998Independent's Day54mSelf
  60. 1998A Civil Action1h 55mAl Eustis
  61. 1998Sliding Doors1h 39mProducer
  62. 1998Poodle Springs1h 40mExecutive Producer
  63. 1997The Saga of Jeremiah Johnson11mSelf
  64. 1996Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach58mSelf
  65. 1996Love in Hollywood1h 30mSelf
  66. 1995Sabrina2h 7mProducer
  67. 1995Sense and Sensibility2h 16mExecutive Producer
  68. 1995Red Wind1hExecutive Producer
  69. 1993Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O1h 36mSelf
  70. 1993Fallen Angels2 seasonsExecutive Producer
  71. 1993Searching for Bobby Fischer1h 50mExecutive Producer
  72. 1993The Firm2h 34mDirector
  73. 1992Husbands and Wives1h 48mJack
  74. 1992The Player2h 4mDick Mellen
  75. 1992A Private Matter1h 32mExecutive Producer
  76. 1992Leaving Normal1h 50mExecutive Producer
  77. 1991Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star59mSelf
  78. 1991King Ralph1h 37mExecutive Producer
  79. 1990Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret1hSelf
  80. 1990Robert Redford & Sydney Pollack: The Men and Their Movies47mSelf
  81. 1990Sanford Meisner Master Class7h 40mDirector
  82. 1990Presumed Innocent2h 7mProducer
  83. 1990White Palace1h 43mExecutive Producer
  84. 1990Havana2h 24mDirector
  85. 1988Hello Actors Studio2h 54mSelf
  86. 1988Bright Lights, Big City1h 47mProducer
  87. 1986Putting It Together: The Making of the Broadway Album40mSelf
  88. 1986Barbra Streisand: One Voice1h 8mSelf - Audience Member (uncredited)
  89. 1985Out of Africa2h 41mProducer
  90. 1984Songwriter1h 34mProducer
  91. 1982The Making of 'Tootsie'34mSelf
  92. 1982Tootsie1h 56mGeorge Fields
  93. 1982Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady1h
  94. 1981Absence of Malice1h 56mProducer
  95. 1980Honeysuckle Rose1h 59mExecutive Producer
  96. 1979The Electric Horseman2h 2mDirector
  97. 1977Bobby Deerfield2h 4mDirector
  98. 1975Three Days of the Condor1h 57mDirector
  99. 1974The Yakuza1h 52mDirector
  100. 1973The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks57mNarrator (voice)
  101. 1973The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor55mSelf - Narrator (voice)
  102. 1973The Way We Were1h 58mDirector
  103. 1972Jeremiah Johnson1h 48mDirector
  104. 1969They Shoot Horses, Don't They?2hDirector
  105. 1969Castle Keep1h 45mDirector
  106. 1968The Scalphunters1h 42mDirector
  107. 1968The Swimmer1h 35mCo-Director
  108. 1966This Property Is Condemned1h 50mDirector
  109. 1965The Slender Thread1h 38mDirector
  110. 1962War Hunt1h 23mSgt. Owen Van Horn
  111. 1959For Whom the Bell Tolls3hAndres
  112. 1958Now Is Tomorrow30mCapt. Stein