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Sydney Pollack

Film Producer / Actor / Television Director / Film Director / Aircraft Pilot / Character Actor | * 07/01/1934 († 73, 05/26/2008) | Lafayette, Indiana (United States of America (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. Over his forty year career he received numerous accolades including two Academy Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award as well as nominations for three Golden Globe Awards and six BAFTA Awards. Pollack won the Academy Award for Best Director and Best Picture for Out of Africa (1985). He was also nominated for Best Director Oscars 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), Three Days of the Condor (1975), Absence of Malice ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Documentaries | Romance / Love

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Awards & Nominations for Sydney Pollack

Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama Academy Award for Best Director Academy Award for Best Picture Berlinale Camera National Board of Review Award for Best Film Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series 3x Academy Award for Best Director 4x Academy Award for Best Picture European Film Award for Best Film
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Movies with Sydney Pollack as Actor(57)

as Self (archive footage)2020 Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
as Self - Director (archive footage) (uncredited)2018 Amazing Grace
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)2014 Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
as Self (archive footage)2014 The Story of the Swimmer
as Self (archive footage)2014 And the Oscar Goes To...
as himself2012 Char·ac·ter
as Thomas Sr.2008 Made of Honor
as Marty Bach2007 Michael Clayton
as himself2006 Filmmakers in Action
as Brian Sobinski2006 Avenue Montaigne
as himself2005 The Last Mogul
as Jay Pettigrew (uncredited)2005 The Interpreter
as himself2005 One Six Right
as himself2005 Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
as Stephen Delano2002 Changing Lanes
as Studio Executive (voice)2001 The Majestic
as himself2000 A Song of Africa
as Victor Ziegler1999 Eyes Wide Shut
as Carl Broman1999 Random Hearts
as Al Eustis1998 A Civil Action
as himself1998 Independent's Day
as himself1996 Love in Hollywood
as Hospital Doctor (uncredited)1992 Death Becomes Her
as Jack1992 Husbands and Wives
as Dick Mellen1992 The Player
as George Fields1982 Tootsie
as Man Who Makes Pass at Alice (uncredited)1979 The Electric Horseman
as Sgt. Owen Van Horn1962 War Hunt

TV Shows/Series with Sydney Pollack as Actor(21)

as himself2004 Entourage
as Warren Feldman1999 The Sopranos
as George Truman1998 Will & Grace
as Grant Trimble (voice)1997 King of the Hill
as himself1997 Just Shoot Me!
as Holden Thorpe (voice)1993 Frasier
as Dr. Sydney Warren1992 Mad About You
as himself1991 Pebble Mill
as himself1972 Le Grand Échiquier
as himself1971 Great Performances
as Self - Guest1968 The Dick Cavett Show
as Austin Rogers1961 The New Breed
as Bert Masters1961 The New Breed
as Arthur Willis1959 The Twilight Zone
as Andres1956 Playhouse 90
as Bernie Samuelson1955 Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Movies with Sydney Pollack as Crew(82)

Directing/Director2018 Amazing Grace
Crew/Thanks2012 Silver Linings Playbook
Production/Producer2011 Margaret
Production/Producer2008 The Reader
Production/Executive Producer2008 Recount
Production/Executive Producer2008 Leatherheads
Production/Producer2007 Michael Clayton
Production/Producer2006 Breaking and Entering
Camera/Director of Photography2006 Sketches of Frank Gehry
Directing/Director2006 Sketches of Frank Gehry
Production/Executive Producer2006 Sketches of Frank Gehry
Production/Executive Producer2006 Catch a Fire
Directing/Director2005 The Interpreter
Production/Executive Producer2005 The Interpreter
Production/Executive Producer2005 Forty Shades of Blue
Production/Executive Producer2003 In the Name of Love
Production/Producer2003 Cold Mountain
Production/Executive Producer2002 Heaven
Production/Executive Producer2002 The Quiet American
Production/Executive Producer2001 Iris
Production/Executive Producer2001 Birthday Girl
Production/Executive Producer2001 Blow Dry
Production/Executive Producer2000 Up at the Villa
Directing/Director1999 Random Hearts
Production/Producer1999 Random Hearts
Production/Executive Producer1999 The Talented Mr. Ripley
Production/Producer1998 Sliding Doors
Production/Executive Producer1998 Poodle Springs
Production/Executive Producer1995 The Professional Man
Production/Executive Producer1995 A Dime a Dance
Production/Executive Producer1995 Tomorrow I Die
Production/Executive Producer1995 The Black Bargain
Production/Executive Producer1995 Fly Paper
Production/Executive Producer1995 Red Wind
Production/Executive Producer1995 Sense and Sensibility
Directing/Director1995 Sabrina
Production/Producer1995 Sabrina
Production/Executive Producer1993 The Quiet Room
Production/Executive Producer1993 Dead End for Delia
Production/Executive Producer1993 I'll Be Waiting
Production/Executive Producer1993 Murder, Obliquely
Production/Executive Producer1993 Searching for Bobby Fischer
Directing/Director1993 The Firm
Production/Producer1993 The Firm
Production/Executive Producer1993 Flesh and Bone
Production/Executive Producer1992 A Private Matter
Production/Executive Producer1992 Leaving Normal
Production/Executive Producer1991 King Ralph
Production/Executive Producer1991 Dead Again
Production/Executive Producer1990 White Palace
Directing/Director1990 Havana
Production/Producer1990 Havana
Production/Producer1990 Presumed Innocent
Production/Executive Producer1989 The Fabulous Baker Boys
Production/Producer1988 Bright Lights, Big City
Crew/Other1986 Nine 1/2 Weeks
Directing/Director1985 Out of Africa
Production/Producer1985 Out of Africa
Production/Producer1984 Songwriter
Directing/Director1982 Tootsie
Production/Producer1982 Tootsie
Directing/Director1981 Absence of Malice
Production/Producer1981 Absence of Malice
Production/Executive Producer1980 Honeysuckle Rose
Directing/Director1979 The Electric Horseman
Directing/Director1977 Bobby Deerfield
Production/Producer1977 Bobby Deerfield
Directing/Director1975 Three Days of the Condor
Production/Producer1975 Three Days of the Condor
Directing/Director1974 The Yakuza
Production/Producer1974 The Yakuza
Directing/Director1973 The Way We Were
Directing/Director1972 Jeremiah Johnson
Directing/Director1969 Castle Keep
Directing/Director1969 They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Directing/Director1968 The Scalphunters
Directing/Director1966 This Property Is Condemned
Directing/Director1965 The Slender Thread
Crew/Dialect Coach1961 The Young Savages
Crew/Dialogue Coach1959 Startime: Turn of the Screw

TV Shows/Series with Sydney Pollack as Crew(10)

Directing/Director1964 Slattery's People
Directing/Director1963 Breaking Point
Directing/Director1963 The Fugitive
Directing/Director1962 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Directing/Director1961 Cain's Hundred
Directing/Director1961 Target: The Corruptors!
Directing/Director1961 The Defenders
Directing/Director1961 Ben Casey
Directing/Director1960 The Tall Man

Full Name: Sydney Irwin Pollack
Born: Sunday, 07/01 1934 (July) in Lafayette, Indiana (United States of America (USA))
Died: Monday, 05/26 2008 (May) in Pacific Palisades (aged: 73)
Zodiac sign: Cancer (Chinese zodiac sign: Dog)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre, Stella Adler Studio of Acting
Children: Rachel Pollack
Other names for Sydney Pollack (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Sidney Pollack"
"Sydney Irwin Pollack"
Sydney Pollack frequently works together with these people:
David Herman (89x, Actor)
Phil Hendrie (19x, Actor)
William Horberg (19x, Crew)
Robert McCord (18x, Actor)
Russell Collins (18x, Actor)
Anthony Minghella (17x, Crew)
Lindsay Doran (17x, Crew)
Scott Klace (17x, Actor)
Ed Asner (15x, Actor)
Jack Klugman (15x, Actor)
Raymond Bailey (15x, Actor)
George Mitchell (15x, Actor)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:5688, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 03/21/2024