Sydney Pollack
Profile info
Known forDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1 July 1934
Died26 May 2008 (age 73)
Place of birthLafayette, Indiana, USA
Known credits169
Biography
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).…
John Candy: I Like Me
2025 · Self - Director (archive footage)
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
2020 · Self (archive footage)
Citizen Jane Fonda
2020
Amazing Grace
2018 · Self - Director (archive footage) (uncredited)
Amazing Grace
2018 · Director
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
2014 · Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
The Story of The Swimmer
2014 · Self (archive footage)
Char·ac·ter
2012 · Self
Silver Linings Playbook
2012 · Thanks
Margaret
2011 · Producer
Glanz und Elend in Hollywood: Natalie Wood
2009 · Self
Adapting Austen
2009 · Self
A Very Quiet Man
2009 · Self
The Reader
2008 · Producer
Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence
2008 · Self
Recount
2008 · Executive Producer
Made of Honor
2008 · Thomas Sr.
Leatherheads
2008 · Executive Producer
A Better Man: The Making of 'Tootsie'
2008 · Self
James Taylor | One Man Band
2007 · Executive Producer
Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange'
2007 · Self
View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'
2007 · Self
The Visions of Stanley Kubrick
2007 · Self
Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
2007 · Self
Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley Kubrick
2007 · Self
Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001
2007 · Self
Michael Clayton
2007 · Marty Bach
Michael Clayton
2007 · Producer
Breaking and Entering
2006 · Producer
Catch a Fire
2006 · Executive Producer
Filmmakers in Action
2006 · Self
Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light
2006 · Self
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters
2006 · Self
Sketches of Frank Gehry
2006 · Self
Sketches of Frank Gehry
2006 · Director
Sketches of Frank Gehry
2006 · Director of Photography
Sketches of Frank Gehry
2006 · Executive Producer
Avenue Montaigne
2006 · Brian Sobinski
Forty Shades of Blue
2005 · Executive Producer
The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz
2005 · Narrator (voice)
One Six Right
2005 · Self
Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
2005 · Self
The Last Mogul
2005 · Self
The Interpreter
2005 · Jay Pettigrew (uncredited)
The Interpreter
2005 · Director
The Interpreter
2005 · Executive Producer
Männer im Trenchcoat, Frauen im Pelz
2004 · Self
In Free Fall - Tom Tykwer and the Cinema
2004 · Self
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