Sydney Pollack
Directing
Born July 1, 1934 in Lafayette, Indiana, USA
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
Now Is Tomorrow
Capt. Stein
John Candy: I Like Me
Self - Director (archive footage)
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
Self (archive footage)
Citizen Jane Fonda
Amazing Grace
Self - Director (archive footage) (uncredited)
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
The Story of The Swimmer
Self (archive footage)
Char·ac·ter
Self
Silver Linings Playbook
Margaret
Glanz und Elend in Hollywood: Natalie Wood
Self
The Reader
Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence
Self
Recount
Made of Honor
Thomas Sr.
Leatherheads
A Better Man: The Making of 'Tootsie'
Self
James Taylor | One Man Band
Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange'
Self
View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'
Self
The Visions of Stanley Kubrick
Self
Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
Self
Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley Kubrick
Self
Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001
Self
Michael Clayton
Marty Bach
Breaking and Entering
Catch a Fire
Filmmakers in Action
Self
Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light
Self
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters
Self
Sketches of Frank Gehry
Self
Avenue Montaigne
Brian Sobinski
Forty Shades of Blue
The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz
Narrator (voice)
One Six Right
Self
Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
Self
The Last Mogul
Self
The Interpreter
Jay Pettigrew (uncredited)
Entourage
Sydney Pollack
Something About Sydney Pollack
Self
A Dying Breed: The Making of 'The Leopard'
Self
Barbra Streisand: The Concert - Live at the MGM Grand
Self
Cold Mountain
Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin
Narrator
A Decade Under the Influence
Self
In the Name of Love
The Quiet American
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
Narrator (voice)
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
Self
Changing Lanes
Stephen Delano
Heaven
Nobody's Perfect: The Making of Some Like It Hot
Self
The Majestic
Studio Executive (voice)
Iris
Birthday Girl
The Story Behind "Absence of Malice"
Self
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbra Streisand
self
Blow Dry
Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures
Self
Inside 'The Talented Mr. Ripley'
Self
Up at the Villa
A Song of Africa
Self
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Random Hearts
Carl Broman
The Last Movie: Stanley Kubrick and 'Eyes Wide Shut'
Self
Eyes Wide Shut
Victor Ziegler
The Sopranos
Warren Feldman
The Way We Were: Looking Back
Self
The Directors
Self
A Civil Action
Al Eustis
Will & Grace
George Truman
Poodle Springs
Sliding Doors
Independent's Day
Self
The Saga of Jeremiah Johnson
Self
Just Shoot Me!
Sydney Pollack
King of the Hill
Grant Trimble (voice)
Love in Hollywood
Self
Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach
Self
Sabrina
Sense and Sensibility
Red Wind
Inside the Actors Studio
Self
American Cinema
Self
Flesh and Bone
Frasier
Holden Thorpe (voice)
Searching for Bobby Fischer
Fallen Angels
The Firm
Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O
Self
Mad About You
Dr. Sydney Warren
Husbands and Wives
Jack
Death Becomes Her
Hospital Doctor (uncredited)
A Private Matter
The Player
Dick Mellen
Leaving Normal
Dead Again
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
Self
King Ralph
Havana
Robert Redford & Sydney Pollack: The Men and Their Movies
Self
White Palace
Sanford Meisner Master Class
Presumed Innocent
The Fabulous Baker Boys
Hello Actors Studio
Self
Bright Lights, Big City
A Tiger's Tale
Barbra Streisand: One Voice
Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
Nine 1/2 Weeks
Putting It Together: The Making of the Broadway Album
Self
Out of Africa
Songwriter
Tootsie
George Fields
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
The Making of 'Tootsie'
Self
Absence of Malice
Honeysuckle Rose
The Electric Horseman
Man Who Makes Pass at Alice (uncredited)
Bobby Deerfield
Three Days of the Condor
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self
The Yakuza
The Way We Were
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks
Narrator (voice)
Jeremiah Johnson
Le Grand Échiquier
Self
Great Performances
Self
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Castle Keep
The Swimmer
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
The Scalphunters
This Property Is Condemned
The Slender Thread
Slattery's People
The Fugitive
Breaking Point
Arrest and Trial
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
War Hunt
Sgt. Owen Van Horn
Frontier Circus
The New Breed
Austin Rogers
Ben Casey
Target: The Corruptors!
Cain's Hundred
The Defenders
The Young Savages
The Tall Man
The Turn of the Screw
Startime
Harry
The Twilight Zone
Arthur Willis
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Andres
Have Gun, Will Travel
Joe Culp
Playhouse 90
Andres
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Bernie Samuelson
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee