Sydney Pollack
Born
July 1, 1934
Died
May 26, 2008 (73 years old)
Known For
Directing
Place of Birth
Lafayette, Indiana, USA
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).
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Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
Self (archive footage)
2020
Amazing Grace
Self - Director (archive footage) (uncredited)
2018
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2014
The Story of The Swimmer
Self (archive footage)
2014
And the Oscar Goes To...
Self (archive footage)
2014
Char·ac·ter
Self
2012
Glanz und Elend in Hollywood: Natalie Wood
Self
2009
Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence
Self · (1 episode)
2008
Made of Honor
Thomas Sr.
2008
A Better Man: The Making of 'Tootsie'
Self
2008
Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange'
Self
2007
View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'
Self
2007
The Visions of Stanley Kubrick
Self
2007
Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
Self
2007
Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley Kubrick
Self
2007
Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001
Self
2007
Michael Clayton
Marty Bach
2007
Filmmakers in Action
Self
2006
Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light
Self
2006
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters
Self
2006
Sketches of Frank Gehry
Self
2006
Avenue Montaigne
Brian Sobinski
2006
One Six Right
Himself
2005
The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz
Narrator (voice)
2005
Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
Self
2005
The Last Mogul
Self
2005
The Interpreter
Jay Pettigrew (uncredited)
2005
Männer im Trenchcoat, Frauen im Pelz
Self
2004
Entourage
Sydney Pollack · (1 episode)
2004
Something About Sydney Pollack
Self
2004
A Dying Breed: The Making of 'The Leopard'
Self
2004
Barbra Streisand: The Concert - Live at the MGM Grand
Self
2004
Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin
Narrator
2003
A Decade Under the Influence
Self
2003
More About the Condor
2003
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
Narrator (voice)
2002
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
Self
2002
Changing Lanes
Stephen Delano
2002
The Majestic
Studio Executive (voice)
2001
The Story Behind "Absence of Malice"
Self
2001
Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures
Self
2001
Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul
Self
2001
Inside 'The Talented Mr. Ripley'
Self
2000
A Song of Africa
Self
2000
Lost Angeles - Eine Stadt zwischen Traum und Trauma
Self
2000
Random Hearts
Carl Broman
1999
The Last Movie: Stanley Kubrick and 'Eyes Wide Shut'
Self
1999
Eyes Wide Shut
Victor Ziegler
1999
The Sopranos
Warren Feldman · (1 episode)
1999
The Way We Were: Looking Back
Self
1999
The Directors
Self · (2 episodes)
1999
A Civil Action
Al Eustis
1998
Will & Grace
George Truman · (5 episodes)
1998
Independent's Day
Self
1998
Just Shoot Me!
Sydney Pollack · (1 episode)
1997
King of the Hill
Grant Trimble (voice) · (1 episode)
1997
Love in Hollywood
Self
1996
Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach
Self
1996
Inside the Actors Studio
Self · (1 episode)
1994
Frasier
Holden Thorpe (voice) · (1 episode)
1993
Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O
Self
1993
Mad About You
Dr. Sydney Warren · (1 episode)
1992
Husbands and Wives
Jack
1992
Death Becomes Her
Hospital Doctor (uncredited)
1992
The Player
Dick Mellen
1992
Pebble Mill
Self · (1 episode)
1991
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
Self
1991
Robert Redford & Sydney Pollack: The Men and Their Movies
Self
1990
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
Self
1990
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
Himself
1989
Hello Actors Studio
Self
1988
Barbra Streisand: One Voice
Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
1986
Putting It Together: The Making of the Broadway Album
Himself
1986
Tootsie
George Fields
1982
The Electric Horseman
Man Who Makes Pass at Alice (uncredited)
1979
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self · (2 episodes)
1975
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
Self - Narrator (voice)
1973
The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks
Narrator (voice)
1973
Le Grand Échiquier
Self · (1 episode)
1972
Great Performances
Self · (1 episode)
1971
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
1968
War Hunt
Sgt. Owen Van Horn
1962
The New Breed
Austin Rogers · (1 episode)
1961
The New Breed
Bert Masters · (1 episode)
1961
The Twilight Zone
Arthur Willis · (1 episode)
1959
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Andres
1959
Have Gun, Will Travel
Joe Culp · (2 episodes)
1957
Playhouse 90
Andres · (2 episodes)
1956
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Bernie Samuelson · (1 episode)
1955
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Winner · (1 episode)
1944
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Winner/Nominee · (1 episode)
1944