Sydney Pollack
Birthdate
July 1, 1934 (89 years old)
Place of Birth
Lafayette, Indiana, USA
Date of Death
May 26, 2008
Known For
Directing
Details
Birthdate
July 1, 1934 (89 years old)
Place of Birth
Lafayette, Indiana, USA
Date of Death
May 26, 2008
Known For
Directing
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).
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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).
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Sydney Pollack's LGBTQ+ Titles
Tootsie
George Fields
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Executive Producer
Acting (87)
2020
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die as Self (archive footage)
2018
Amazing Grace as Self - Director (archive footage) (uncredited)
2014
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
And the Oscar Goes To... as Self (archive footage)
2012
Char·ac·ter as Self
2009
Glanz und Elend in Hollywood: Natalie Wood as Self
2008
Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence as Self (1 episode)
2008
Made of Honor as Thomas Sr.
2008
A Better Man: The Making of 'Tootsie' as Self
2007
Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange' as Self
2007
View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining' as Self
2007
Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley Kubrick as Self
2007
The Visions of Stanley Kubrick as Self
2007
Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001 as Self
2007
Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001 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 Blockbusters 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
Entourage as Sydney Pollack (1 episode)
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 Himself
2003
Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin as Narrator
2003
A Decade Under the Influence as Self
2002
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller as Narrator (voice)
2002
Changing Lanes as Stephen Delano
2001
The Majestic as Studio Executive (voice)
2001
The Story Behind "Absence of Malice" as Self
2001
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbra Streisand 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 und Trauma as Self
1999
Random Hearts as Carl Broman
1999
The Last Movie: Stanley Kubrick and 'Eyes Wide Shut' as Self
1999
Eyes Wide Shut as Victor Ziegler
1999
The Sopranos as Warren Feldman (1 episode)
1999
The Way We Were: Looking Back as Self
1999
The Directors as Self (1 episode)
1998
A Civil Action as Al Eustis
1998
Will & Grace as George Truman (5 episodes)
1998
Independent's Day as Self
1997
Just Shoot Me! as Sydney Pollack (1 episode)
1997
King of the Hill as Grant Trimble (voice) (1 episode)
1996
Love in Hollywood as Self
1996
Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach as Self
1994
Inside the Actors Studio as Self (1 episode)
1993
Frasier as Holden Thorpe (voice) (1 episode)
1993
Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O as Self
1992
Mad About You as Dr. Sydney Warren (1 episode)
1992
Husbands and Wives as Jack
1992
Death Becomes Her as Hospital Doctor (uncredited)
1992
The Player as Dick Mellen
1991
Pebble Mill as Self (1 episode)
1991
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star as Self
1990
Robert Redford & Sydney Pollack: The Men and Their Movies as Self
1990
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret as Self
1988
Hello Actors Studio as Self
1986
Barbra Streisand: One Voice as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
1985
Putting it Together: The Making of the Broadway Album as Himself
1982
Tootsie as George Fields
1979
The Electric Horseman as Man Who Makes Pass at Alice (uncredited)
1975
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche as Self (2 episodes)
1973
The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks as Narrator (voice)
1973
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor as Narrator (voice)
1972
Le Grand Échiquier as Self (1 episode)
1971
Great Performances as Self (1 episode)
1968
The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest (1 episode)
1962
War Hunt as Sgt. Owen Van Horn
1961
The New Breed as Austin Rogers (1 episode)
1961
The New Breed as Bert Masters (1 episode)
1959
The Twilight Zone as Arthur Willis (1 episode)
1959
For Whom the Bell Tolls as Andres
1957
Have Gun, Will Travel (2 episodes)
1956
Playhouse 90 as Andres (2 episodes)
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Bernie Samuelson (1 episode)
Directing (32)
2006
Sketches of Frank Gehry
• Director
2005
The Interpreter
• Director
1999
Random Hearts
• Director
1995
Sabrina
• Director
1993
The Firm
• Director
1990
Havana
• Director
1990
Sanford Meisner Master Class
• Director
1990
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
• Other
1985
Out of Africa
• Director
1982
• Director
1981
Absence of Malice
• Director
1979
The Electric Horseman
• Director
1977
Bobby Deerfield
• Director
1975
Three Days of the Condor
• Director
1974
The Yakuza
• Director
1973
The Way We Were
• Director
1972
Jeremiah Johnson
• Director
1969
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
• Director
1969
Castle Keep
• Director
1968
The Scalphunters
• Director
1966
This Property Is Condemned
• Director
1965
The Slender Thread
• Director
1964
Slattery's People (1 episode)
• Director (1 episode)
1963
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (4 episodes)
• Director (4 episodes)
1963
The Fugitive (1 episode)
• Director (1 episode)
1963
Breaking Point (1 episode)
• Director (1 episode)
1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (2 episodes)
• Director (2 episodes)
1961
Ben Casey (9 episodes)
• Director (9 episodes)
1961
Target: The Corruptors! (1 episode)
• Director (1 episode)
1961
Cain's Hundred (2 episodes)
• Director (2 episodes)
1961
The Defenders (1 episode)
• Director (1 episode)
1960
The Tall Man (2 episodes)
• Director (2 episodes)
Production (47)
2011
Margaret
• Producer
2008
The Reader
• Producer
2008
Recount
• Executive Producer
2008
Leatherheads
• Executive Producer
2007
James Taylor: One Man Band
• Executive Producer
2007
Michael Clayton
• Producer
2006
Breaking and Entering
• Producer
2006
Catch a Fire
• Executive Producer
2006
Sketches of Frank Gehry
• Executive Producer
2005
Forty Shades of Blue
• Executive Producer
2005
The Interpreter
• Executive Producer
2003
Cold Mountain
• Producer
2003
In the Name of Love
• Executive Producer
2002
The Quiet American
• Executive Producer
2002
Heaven
• Executive Producer
2001
Iris
• Executive Producer
2001
Birthday Girl
• Executive Producer
2001
Blow Dry
• Executive Producer
2000
Up at the Villa
• Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
1999
Random Hearts
• Producer
1998
Poodle Springs
• Executive Producer
1998
Sliding Doors
• Producer
1995
Sabrina
• Producer
1995
Sense and Sensibility
• Executive Producer
1993
Flesh and Bone
• Executive Producer
1993
Searching for Bobby Fischer
• Executive Producer
1993
Fallen Angels (15 episodes)
• Executive Producer (15 episodes)
1993
The Firm
• Producer
1992
A Private Matter
• Executive Producer
1992
Leaving Normal
• Executive Producer
1991
Dead Again
• Executive Producer
1991
King Ralph
• Executive Producer
1990
Havana
• Producer
1990
White Palace
• Executive Producer
1990
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
• Executive Producer
1990
Presumed Innocent
• Producer
1989
The Fabulous Baker Boys
• Executive Producer
1988
Bright Lights, Big City
• Producer
1985
Out of Africa
• Producer
1984
Songwriter
• Producer
1982
• Producer
1981
Absence of Malice
• Producer
1980
Honeysuckle Rose
• Executive Producer
1977
Bobby Deerfield
• Producer
1975
Three Days of the Condor
• Producer
1974
The Yakuza
• Producer
Camera (1)
2006
Sketches of Frank Gehry
• Director of Photography
Crew (5)
2012
Silver Linings Playbook
• Thanks
1988
A Tiger's Tale
• Thanks
1986
Nine 1/2 Weeks
• Other
1961
The Young Savages
• Dialect Coach
1959
Startime: The Turn of the Screw
• Dialogue Coach