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).
Acting (60 movies)
Eyes Wide Shut
1999
For Whom the Bell Tolls
1959
Changing Lanes
2002
Avenue Montaigne
2006
The Player
1992
Made of Honor
2008
Michael Clayton
2007
War Hunt
1962
A Civil Action
1998
Random Hearts
1999
Tootsie
1982
Glanz und Elend in Hollywood: Natalie Wood
2009
Husbands and Wives
1992
Love in Hollywood
1996
One Six Right
2005
Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin
2003
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
1973
The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks
1973
Inside 'The Talented Mr. Ripley'
2000
Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange'
2007
Char·ac·ter
2012
Hello Actors Studio
1988
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
2002
Death Becomes Her
1992
The Electric Horseman
1979
Barbra Streisand: The Concert - Live at the MGM Grand
2004
Sketches of Frank Gehry
2006
Barbra Streisand: One Voice
1986
View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'
2007
The Visions of Stanley Kubrick
2007
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
2014
Something About Sydney Pollack
2004
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
1991
A Decade Under the Influence
2003
Independent's Day
1998
A Better Man: The Making of 'Tootsie'
2008
The Majestic
2001
The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz
2005
The Last Movie: Stanley Kubrick and 'Eyes Wide Shut'
1999
Putting It Together: The Making of the Broadway Album
1986
Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures
2001
Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
2007
Filmmakers in Action
2006
Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
2005
Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley Kubrick
2007
Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light
2006
A Dying Breed: The Making of 'The Leopard'
2004
The Story Behind "Absence of Malice"
2001
The Interpreter
2005
A Song of Africa
2000
Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O
1993
The Way We Were: Looking Back
1999
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
2020
Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach
1996
The Last Mogul
2005
The Story of The Swimmer
2014
Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001
2007
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters
2006
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
2002
Robert Redford & Sydney Pollack: The Men and Their Movies
1990
Directing (21 movies)
The Interpreter
2005
Out of Africa
1985
The Electric Horseman
1979
The Way We Were
1973
Havana
1990
Sabrina
1995
Jeremiah Johnson
1972
Three Days of the Condor
1975
The Scalphunters
1968
Random Hearts
1999
Tootsie
1982
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
1969
Sketches of Frank Gehry
2006
The Yakuza
1974
Bobby Deerfield
1977
The Firm
1993
This Property Is Condemned
1966
Castle Keep
1969
Absence of Malice
1981
The Slender Thread
1965
Sanford Meisner Master Class
1990
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| The Yakuza | 1974 | Producer |
| Three Days of the Condor | 1975 | Producer |
| Bobby Deerfield | 1977 | Producer |
| Honeysuckle Rose | 1980 | Executive Producer |
| Absence of Malice | 1981 | Producer |
| Tootsie | 1982 | Producer |
| Songwriter | 1984 | Producer |
| Out of Africa | 1985 | Producer |
| Bright Lights, Big City | 1988 | Producer |
| The Fabulous Baker Boys | 1989 | Executive Producer |
| Presumed Innocent | 1990 | Producer |
| Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret | 1990 | Executive Producer |
| White Palace | 1990 | Executive Producer |
| Havana | 1990 | Producer |
| King Ralph | 1991 | Executive Producer |
| Dead Again | 1991 | Executive Producer |
| Leaving Normal | 1992 | Executive Producer |
| A Private Matter | 1992 | Executive Producer |
| The Firm | 1993 | Producer |
| Searching for Bobby Fischer | 1993 | Executive Producer |
| Flesh and Bone | 1993 | Executive Producer |
| Red Wind | 1995 | Executive Producer |
| Sense and Sensibility | 1995 | Executive Producer |
| Sabrina | 1995 | Producer |
| Sliding Doors | 1998 | Producer |
| Poodle Springs | 1998 | Executive Producer |
| Random Hearts | 1999 | Producer |
| The Talented Mr. Ripley | 1999 | Executive Producer |
| Up at the Villa | 2000 | Executive Producer |
| Blow Dry | 2001 | Executive Producer |
| Birthday Girl | 2001 | Executive Producer |
| Iris | 2001 | Executive Producer |
| Heaven | 2002 | Executive Producer |
| The Quiet American | 2002 | Executive Producer |
| In the Name of Love | 2003 | Executive Producer |
| Cold Mountain | 2003 | Producer |
| The Interpreter | 2005 | Executive Producer |
| Forty Shades of Blue | 2005 | Executive Producer |
| Sketches of Frank Gehry | 2006 | Executive Producer |
| Catch a Fire | 2006 | Executive Producer |
| Breaking and Entering | 2006 | Producer |
| Michael Clayton | 2007 | Producer |
| James Taylor | One Man Band | 2007 | Executive Producer |
| Leatherheads | 2008 | Executive Producer |
| Recount | 2008 | Executive Producer |
| The Reader | 2008 | Producer |
| Margaret | 2011 | Producer |