Sydney Pollack
Directing
- Born
- July 1, 1934 · Lafayette, Indiana, USA
- Died
- May 26, 2008 (age 73)
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).
Read moreShow less
Pollack produced and acted in Michael Clayton (2007), and he produced numerous films including The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989), Sense and Sensibility (1995), The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999), Iris (2001), Cold Mountain (2003) and The Reader (2008). Pollack acted in Robert Altman's The Player (1992), Woody Allen's Husbands and Wives (1993), and Stanley Kubrick's 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
The Talented Mr. Ripley
December 25, 1999
The Reader
December 10, 2008
The Firm
June 30, 1993
Michael Clayton
September 28, 2007
Cold Mountain
December 24, 2003
Tootsie
December 17, 1982
Sense and Sensibility
December 13, 1995
The Interpreter
April 8, 2005
Out of Africa
December 20, 1985
Sliding Doors
April 23, 1998
Three Days of the Condor
September 24, 1975
Nine 1/2 Weeks
February 9, 1986
Behind the camera61
- 2018Amazing Grace Director
- 2011Margaret Producer
- 2008The Reader Producer
- 2008Recount Executive Producer
- 2008Leatherheads Executive Producer
- 2007James Taylor | One Man Band Executive Producer
- 2007Michael Clayton Producer
- 2006Breaking and Entering Producer
- 2006Catch a Fire Executive Producer
- 2006Sketches of Frank Gehry Director, Executive Producer, Director of Photography