Sydney Pollack

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1934-07-01

Deathday 2008-05-26 (73 years old)

Place of Birth Lafayette, Indiana, USA

Also Known As Sidney Pollack

Sydney Pollack

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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Sydney Pollack, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Director

2006
2005
The Interpreter

as Director

1999
Random Hearts

as Director

1995
Sabrina

as Director

1993
The Firm

as Director

1990
Havana

as Director

1985
Out of Africa

as Director

1982
Tootsie

as Director

1981
Absence of Malice

as Director

1979
1977
Bobby Deerfield

as Director

1975
1974
The Yakuza

as Director

1973
The Way We Were

as Director

1972
Jeremiah Johnson

as Director

1969
Castle Keep

as Director

1968
The Scalphunters

as Director

1965
The Slender Thread

as Director

1964
Slattery's People

as Director

1963
The Fugitive

as Director

1963
Breaking Point

as Director

1961
Cain's Hundred

as Director

1961
1961
The Defenders

as Director

1961
Ben Casey

as Director

1960
The Tall Man

as Director

Actor

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
2008
Made of Honor

as Thomas Sr.

2007
Michael Clayton

as Marty Bach

2006
Avenue Montaigne

as Brian Sobinski

2005
One Six Right

as Himself

2005
2005
The Interpreter

as Jay Pettigrew (uncredited)

2004
Entourage

as Sydney Pollack

2002
Changing Lanes

as Stephen Delano

2001
The Majestic

as Studio Executive (voice)

2000
1999
Random Hearts

as Carl Broman

1999
Eyes Wide Shut

as Victor Ziegler

1999
The Sopranos

as Warren Feldman

1999
1998
A Civil Action

as Al Eustis

1998
1998
Will & Grace

as George Truman

1997
Just Shoot Me!

as Sydney Pollack

1997
King of the Hill

as Grant Trimble (voice)

1996
1993
Frasier

as Holden Thorpe (voice)

1992
1992
Death Becomes Her

as Hospital Doctor (uncredited)

1992
The Player

as Dick Mellen

1992
Mad About You

as Dr. Sydney Warren

1991
Pebble Mill

as Self

1986
Barbra Streisand: One Voice

as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)

1982
Tootsie

as George Fields

1979
The Electric Horseman

as Man Who Makes Pass at Alice (uncredited)

1973
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor

as Self - Narrator (voice)

1971
1968
The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest

1962
War Hunt

as Sgt. Owen Van Horn

1961
The New Breed

as Austin Rogers

1961
The New Breed

as Bert Masters

1959
The Twilight Zone

as Arthur Willis

1956
The Army Game

as Pvt. Shuber

1956
Playhouse 90

as Andres

1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Bernie Samuelson

Producer

2011
Margaret

as Producer

2008
Leatherheads

as Executive Producer

2008
The Reader

as Producer

2008
Recount

as Executive Producer

2007
Michael Clayton

as Producer

2007
James Taylor: One Man Band

as Executive Producer

2006
Catch a Fire

as Executive Producer

2006
Sketches of Frank Gehry

as Executive Producer

2006
2005
The Interpreter

as Executive Producer

2005
Forty Shades of Blue

as Executive Producer

2003
Cold Mountain

as Producer

2003
In the Name of Love

as Executive Producer

2002
The Quiet American

as Executive Producer

2002
Heaven

as Executive Producer

2001
Birthday Girl

as Executive Producer

2001
Iris

as Executive Producer

2001
Blow Dry

as Executive Producer

2000
Up at the Villa

as Executive Producer

1999
Random Hearts

as Producer

1999
The Talented Mr. Ripley

as Executive Producer

1998
Sliding Doors

as Producer

1998
Poodle Springs

as Executive Producer

1995
Sense and Sensibility

as Executive Producer

1995
Sabrina

as Producer

1995
Red Wind

as Executive Producer

1993
Searching for Bobby Fischer

as Executive Producer

1993
The Firm

as Producer

1993
Flesh and Bone

as Executive Producer

1993
Fallen Angels

as Executive Producer

1992
A Private Matter

as Executive Producer

1992
Leaving Normal

as Executive Producer

1991
King Ralph

as Executive Producer

1991
Dead Again

as Executive Producer

1990
Presumed Innocent

as Producer

1990
White Palace

as Executive Producer

1990
Havana

as Producer

1989
The Fabulous Baker Boys

as Executive Producer

1988
1985
Out of Africa

as Producer

1984
Songwriter

as Producer

1982
Tootsie

as Producer

1981
Absence of Malice

as Producer

1980
Honeysuckle Rose

as Executive Producer

1977
Bobby Deerfield

as Producer

1975
1974
The Yakuza

as Producer

Crew

1988
A Tiger's Tale

as Thanks

1986
1961
The Young Savages

as Dialect Coach

1959

Camera

2006
Sketches of Frank Gehry

as Director of Photography