Sydney Pollack
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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.
Known for
Credits
Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
as Victor Ziegler
Michael Clayton (2007)
as Marty Bach
Death Becomes Her (1992)
as Hospital Doctor (uncredited)
The Player (1992)
as Dick Mellen
John Candy: I Like Me (2025)
as Self - Director (archive footage)
The Interpreter (2005)
as Jay Pettigrew (uncredited)
Tootsie (1982)
as George Fields
Made of Honor (2008)
as Thomas Sr.
Changing Lanes (2002)
as Stephen Delano
The Majestic (2001)
as Studio Executive (voice)
Adapting Austen (2009)
as Self
Stanley Kubrick - Ein Leben für den Film (2001)
as Self
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady (1982)
as Self
A Civil Action (1998)
as Al Eustis
The Electric Horseman (1979)
as Man Who Makes Pass at Alice (uncredited)
Barbra Streisand: One Voice (1986)
as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
Avenue Montaigne (2006)
as Brian Sobinski
Random Hearts (1999)
as Carl Broman
Husbands and Wives (1992)
as Jack
Filmmakers in Action (2006)
as Self
The Story of The Swimmer (2014)
as Self (archive footage)
War Hunt (1962)
as Sgt. Owen Van Horn
Hello Actors Studio (1988)
as Self
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbra Streisand (2001)
as self
Citizen Jane Fonda (2020)
as Self (archive footage)
Putting It Together: The Making of the Broadway Album (1986)
as Self
A Song of Africa (2000)
as Self
Amazing Grace (2018)
as Self - Director (archive footage) (uncredited)
Char·ac·ter (2012)
as Self
A Decade Under the Influence (2003)
as Self
A Very Quiet Man (2009)
as Self
Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin (2003)
as Narrator
The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks (1973)
as Narrator (voice)
Robert Redford & Sydney Pollack: The Men and Their Movies (1990)
as Self
The Visions of Stanley Kubrick (2007)
as Self
The Saga of Jeremiah Johnson (1997)
as Self
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die (2020)
as Self (archive footage)
The Making of 'Tootsie' (1982)
as Self
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles (2014)
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
A Dying Breed: The Making of 'The Leopard' (2004)
as Self
More About the Condor (2003)
as Self
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star (1991)
as Self
Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O (1993)
as Self
Now Is Tomorrow (1958)
as Capt. Stein
Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange' (2007)
as Self
The Last Mogul (2005)
as Self
The Story Behind "Absence of Malice" (2001)
as Self
Barbra Streisand: The Concert - Live at the MGM Grand (2004)
as Self
Sketches of Frank Gehry (2006)
as Self
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre (1989)
as Self (voice)
One Six Right (2005)
as Self
View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining' (2007)
as Self
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters (2006)
as Self
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret (1990)
as Self
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller (2002)
as Narrator (voice)
Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley Kubrick (2007)
as Self
Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001 (2007)
as Self
Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light (2006)
as Self
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories (2002)
as Self
Love in Hollywood (1996)
as Self
Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001 (2007)
as Self
Lost Angeles - Eine Stadt zwischen Traum und Trauma (2000)
as Self
A Better Man: The Making of 'Tootsie' (2008)
as Self
Something About Sydney Pollack (2004)
as Self
Filmmakers vs. Tycoons (2005)
as Self
Nobody's Perfect: The Making of Some Like It Hot (2001)
as Self
For Whom the Bell Tolls (1959)
as Andres
Inside 'The Talented Mr. Ripley' (2000)
as Self
The Last Movie: Stanley Kubrick and 'Eyes Wide Shut' (1999)
as Self
The Way We Were: Looking Back (1999)
as Self
The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz (2005)
as Narrator (voice)
Independent's Day (1998)
as Self
Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach (1996)
as Self
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor (1973)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Glanz und Elend in Hollywood: Natalie Wood (2009)
as Self
Männer im Trenchcoat, Frauen im Pelz (2004)
as Self
Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul (2001)
as Self
In Free Fall - Tom Tykwer and the Cinema (2004)
as Self