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Sydney Pollack

Sydney Pollack

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

01/07/1934

Day of Death

26/05/2008
(74) years old

Place of Birth

Lafayette, Indiana, USA

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 Toot... Read More

Known For

Eyes Wide Shut

Eyes Wide Shut

For Whom the Bell Tolls

For Whom the Bell Tolls

Changing Lanes

Changing Lanes

Avenue Montaigne

Avenue Montaigne

The Player

The Player

Made of Honor

Made of Honor

Michael Clayton

Michael Clayton

War Hunt

War Hunt

A Civil Action

A Civil Action

Random Hearts

Random Hearts

Filmography

Cast

2020

Babenco: Tell Me When I Die

as Self (archive footage)

2014

Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work ...

as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

2014

The Story of The Swimmer

as Self (archive footage)

2014

And the Oscar Goes To...

as Self (archive footage)

2012

Char·ac·ter

as Self

2009

Glanz und Elend in Hollywood: Natalie Wo...

as Self

2008

Made of Honor

as Thomas Sr.

2008

A Better Man: The Making of 'Tootsie'

as Self

2007

Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Cloc...

as Self

2007

View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Sh...

as Self

2007

The Visions of Stanley Kubrick

as Self

2007

Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy ...

as Self

2007

Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of St...

as Self

2007

Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: Th...

as Self

2007

Michael Clayton

as Marty Bach

2006

Filmmakers in Action

as Self

2006

Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light

as Self

2006

Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbuste...

as Self

2006

Sketches of Frank Gehry

as Self

2006

Avenue Montaigne

as Brian Sobinski

2005

One Six Right

as Himself

2005

The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz

as Narrator (voice)

2005

Filmmakers vs. Tycoons

as Self

2005

The Last Mogul

as Self

2005

The Interpreter

as Jay Pettigrew (uncredited)

2004

Männer im Trenchcoat, Frauen im Pelz

as Self

2004

Something About Sydney Pollack

as Self

2004

A Dying Breed: The Making of 'The Leopar...

as Self

2004

Barbra Streisand: The Concert - Live at ...

as Self

2003

Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Cha...

as Narrator

2003

A Decade Under the Influence

as Self

2003

More About the Condor

2002

The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Full...

as Narrator (voice)

2002

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America...

as Self

2002

Changing Lanes

as Stephen Delano

2001

The Majestic

as Studio Executive (voice)

2001

The Story Behind "Absence of Malice"

as Self

2001

Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures

as Self

2001

Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul

as Self

2000

Inside 'The Talented Mr. Ripley'

as Self

2000

A Song of Africa

as Self

2000

Lost Angeles - Eine Stadt zwischen Traum...

as Self

1999

Random Hearts

as Carl Broman

1999

The Last Movie: Stanley Kubrick and 'Eye...

as Self

1999

Eyes Wide Shut

as Victor Ziegler

1999

The Way We Were: Looking Back

as Self

1998

A Civil Action

as Al Eustis

1998

Independent's Day

as Self

1996

Love in Hollywood

as Self

1996

Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach

as Self

1993

Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O

as Self

1992

Husbands and Wives

as Jack

1992

Death Becomes Her

as Hospital Doctor (uncredited)

1992

The Player

as Dick Mellen

1991

Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star

as Self

1990

Robert Redford & Sydney Pollack: The Men...

as Self

1990

Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's ...

as Self

1989

Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the G...

as Himself

1988

Hello Actors Studio

as Self

1986

Barbra Streisand: One Voice

as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)

1986

Putting It Together: The Making of the B...

as Himself

1982

Tootsie

as George Fields

1979

The Electric Horseman

as Man Who Makes Pass at Alice (uncredited)

1973

The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor

as Self - Narrator (voice)

1973

The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawk...

as Narrator (voice)

1962

War Hunt

as Sgt. Owen Van Horn

1959

For Whom the Bell Tolls

as Andres

Crew

2012

Silver Linings Playbook

as Thanks

2011

Margaret

as Producer

2008

The Reader

as Producer

2008

Recount

as Executive Producer

2008

Leatherheads

as Executive Producer

2007

James Taylor | One Man Band

as Executive Producer

2007

Michael Clayton

as Producer

2006

Breaking and Entering

as Producer

2006

Catch a Fire

as Executive Producer

2006

Sketches of Frank Gehry

as Director

2006

Sketches of Frank Gehry

as Executive Producer

2006

Sketches of Frank Gehry

as Director of Photography

2005

Forty Shades of Blue

as Executive Producer

2005

The Interpreter

as Executive Producer

2005

The Interpreter

as Director

2003

Cold Mountain

as Producer

2003

In the Name of Love

as Executive Producer

2002

The Quiet American

as Executive Producer

2002

Heaven

as Executive Producer

2001

Iris

as Executive Producer

2001

Birthday Girl

as Executive Producer

2001

Blow Dry

as Executive Producer

2000

Up at the Villa

as Executive Producer

1999

The Talented Mr. Ripley

as Executive Producer

1999

Random Hearts

as Producer

1999

Random Hearts

as Director

1998

Poodle Springs

as Executive Producer

1998

Sliding Doors

as Producer

1995

Sabrina

as Producer

1995

Sabrina

as Director

1995

Sense and Sensibility

as Executive Producer

1995

Red Wind

as Executive Producer

1993

Flesh and Bone

as Executive Producer

1993

Searching for Bobby Fischer

as Executive Producer

1993

The Firm

as Director

1993

The Firm

as Producer

1992

A Private Matter

as Executive Producer

1992

Leaving Normal

as Executive Producer

1991

Dead Again

as Executive Producer

1991

King Ralph

as Executive Producer

1990

Havana

as Director

1990

Havana

as Producer

1990

White Palace

as Executive Producer

1990

Sanford Meisner Master Class

as Director

1990

Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's ...

as Executive Producer

1990

Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's ...

as Other

1990

Presumed Innocent

as Producer

1989

The Fabulous Baker Boys

as Executive Producer

1988

Bright Lights, Big City

as Producer

1988

A Tiger's Tale

as Thanks

1986

Nine 1/2 Weeks

as Other

1985

Out of Africa

as Director

1985

Out of Africa

as Producer

1984

Songwriter

as Producer

1982

Tootsie

as Director

1982

Tootsie

as Producer

1981

Absence of Malice

as Director

1981

Absence of Malice

as Producer

1980

Honeysuckle Rose

as Executive Producer

1979

The Electric Horseman

as Director

1977

Bobby Deerfield

as Director

1977

Bobby Deerfield

as Producer

1975

Three Days of the Condor

as Director

1975

Three Days of the Condor

as Producer

1974

The Yakuza

as Director

1974

The Yakuza

as Producer

1973

The Way We Were

as Director

1972

Jeremiah Johnson

as Director

1969

They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

as Director

1969

Castle Keep

as Director

1968

The Scalphunters

as Director

1966

This Property Is Condemned

as Director

1965

The Slender Thread

as Director

1961

The Young Savages

as Dialect Coach

1959

The Turn of the Screw

as Dialogue Coach