Sydney Pollack
Sidney Pollack | Sydney Irwin Pollack
About the person
Career:
Directing
Date of birth:1934-07-01
Place of birth:Lafayette, Indiana, USA
Gender:Male
Popularity:1
Date of death2008-05-26
73Biography
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).
Filmography
Rating by year
- John Candy: I Like MeSelf - Director (archive footage)2025-09-047.9102
- Babenco: Tell Me When I DieSelf (archive footage)2020-11-267.217
- Citizen Jane Fonda2020-08-307.88
- Amazing GraceSelf - Director (archive footage) (uncredited)2018-12-077.2107
- Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson WellesSelf - Filmmaker (archive footage)2014-12-126.535
- The Story of The SwimmerSelf (archive footage)2014-03-110.00
- Char·ac·terSelf2012-11-304.01
- Glanz und Elend in Hollywood: Natalie WoodSelf2009-10-080.00
- Adapting AustenSelf2009-03-170.00
- A Very Quiet ManSelf2009-03-170.00
- Made of HonorThomas Sr.2008-04-306.51,812
- A Better Man: The Making of 'Tootsie'Self2008-02-056.03
- Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange'Self2007-10-236.110
- View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'Self2007-10-237.47
- The Visions of Stanley KubrickSelf2007-10-236.911
- Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001Self2007-10-236.04
- Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley KubrickSelf2007-10-236.916
- Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001Self2007-10-236.28
- Michael ClaytonMarty Bach2007-09-286.81,999
- Filmmakers in ActionSelf2006-09-157.25
- Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to LightSelf2006-07-187.114
- Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and BlockbustersSelf2006-06-136.52
- Sketches of Frank GehrySelf2006-05-126.923
- Avenue MontaigneBrian Sobinski2006-02-156.1122
- The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to OzNarrator (voice)2005-10-255.33
- One Six RightSelf2005-08-128.09
- Filmmakers vs. TycoonsSelf2005-07-176.86
- The Last MogulSelf2005-06-245.513
- The InterpreterJay Pettigrew (uncredited)2005-04-086.31,590
- Männer im Trenchcoat, Frauen im PelzSelf2004-12-199.01
- In Free Fall - Tom Tykwer and the CinemaSelf2004-11-290.00
- EntourageSydney Pollack2004-07-187.4652
- Something About Sydney PollackSelf2004-06-208.01
- A Dying Breed: The Making of 'The Leopard'Self2004-06-089.01
- Barbra Streisand: The Concert - Live at the MGM GrandSelf2004-03-308.16
- Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles ChaplinNarrator2003-05-016.961
- A Decade Under the InfluenceSelf2003-04-257.943
- More About the CondorSelf2003-01-017.01
- The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel FullerNarrator (voice)2002-07-025.84
- AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love StoriesSelf2002-06-117.73
- Changing LanesStephen Delano2002-04-076.31,219
- The MajesticStudio Executive (voice)2001-12-216.8847
- The Story Behind "Absence of Malice"Self2001-06-136.01
- Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie MogulSelf2001-04-016.36
- Stanley Kubrick: A Life in PicturesSelf2001-02-177.4200
- Inside 'The Talented Mr. Ripley'Self2000-06-276.26
- A Song of AfricaSelf2000-02-298.52
- Lost Angeles - Eine Stadt zwischen Traum und TraumaSelf2000-01-018.00
- Random HeartsCarl Broman1999-10-085.6423
- The Last Movie: Stanley Kubrick and 'Eyes Wide Shut'Self1999-09-057.77
- Eyes Wide ShutVictor Ziegler1999-07-167.57,085
- The SopranosWarren Feldman1999-01-108.73,508
- The Way We Were: Looking BackSelf1999-01-029.26
- The DirectorsSelf1999-01-016.19
- A Civil ActionAl Eustis1998-12-256.5497
- Will & GraceGeorge Truman1998-09-216.9567
- Independent's DaySelf1998-01-156.05
- Just Shoot Me!Sydney Pollack1997-03-046.6174
- King of the HillGrant Trimble (voice)1997-01-127.4673
- Love in HollywoodSelf1996-12-0810.01
- Burt Lancaster: Daring to ReachSelf1996-03-157.73
- American CinemaSelf1994-01-018.33
- FrasierHolden Thorpe (voice)1993-09-167.7889
- Willie Nelson: The Big Six-OSelf1993-05-228.01
- Mad About YouDr. Sydney Warren1992-09-236.7252
- Husbands and WivesJack1992-09-187.0496
- Death Becomes HerHospital Doctor (uncredited)1992-07-306.82,983
- The PlayerDick Mellen1992-05-087.2959
- Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant StarSelf1991-03-107.52
- Robert Redford & Sydney Pollack: The Men and Their MoviesSelf1990-12-090.00
- Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept SecretSelf1990-08-270.00
- Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group TheatreSelf (voice)1989-06-260.00
- Hello Actors StudioSelf1988-11-096.73
- Barbra Streisand: One VoiceSelf - Audience Member (uncredited)1986-12-277.68
- Putting It Together: The Making of the Broadway AlbumSelf1986-01-119.02
- TootsieGeorge Fields1982-12-177.21,933
- Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady1982-08-166.01
- The Making of 'Tootsie'Self1982-01-016.01
- The Electric HorsemanMan Who Makes Pass at Alice (uncredited)1979-12-216.1166
- The Men Who Made the Movies: King VidorSelf - Narrator (voice)1973-01-016.52
- The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard HawksNarrator (voice)1973-01-016.811
- Great PerformancesSelf1971-01-286.125
- War HuntSgt. Owen Van Horn1962-05-016.625
- The New BreedAustin Rogers1961-10-037.73
- The New BreedBert Masters1961-10-037.73
- StartimeHarry1959-10-066.84
- The Twilight ZoneArthur Willis1959-10-028.51,038
- For Whom the Bell TollsAndres1959-03-120.00
- Have Gun, Will TravelJoe Culp1957-09-147.343
- Playhouse 90Andres1956-10-047.68
- Alfred Hitchcock PresentsBernie Samuelson1955-10-027.8252