Sydney Pollack
Personal Info
Know For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1934-07-01 (74 years old)
Deathday
2008-05-26
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 Altm...
Acting
1999
as Victor Ziegler
1959
as Andres
2002
as Stephen Delano
2006
as Brian Sobinski
1992
as Dick Mellen
2008
as Thomas Sr.
2007
as Marty Bach
1962
as Sgt. Owen Van Horn
1998
as Al Eustis
1999
as Carl Broman
1982
as George Fields
2009
2004
1992
as Jack
1996
as Self
2005
as Himself
2003
as Narrator
1973
as Self - Narrator (voice)
1973
as Narrator (voice)
2000
2012
as Self
1988
as Self
2002
as Narrator (voice)
1992
as Hospital Doctor (uncredited)
1979
as Man Who Makes Pass at Alice (uncredited)
2001
2006
as Self
1986
as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
2007
2014
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2004
1991
2003
as Self
1998
as Self
2008
2001
as Studio Executive (voice)
2005
as Narrator (voice)
1986
2001
2006
as Self
2005
as Self
2018
as Self - Director (archive footage) (uncredited)
2006
2004
2001
2014
as Self (archive footage)
2005
as Jay Pettigrew (uncredited)
2000
as Self
1993
as Self
1999
2020
as Self (archive footage)
1996
2005
as Self
2014
as Self (archive footage)
2006
1989
Production
2005
as Director
2005
as Executive Producer
2006
as Executive Producer
1985
as Producer
1985
as Director
2003
as Producer
1979
as Director
1992
as Executive Producer
2007
as Producer
1998
as Producer
1995
as Executive Producer
1973
as Director
2008
as Executive Producer
1990
as Producer
1990
as Director
2008
as Producer
1995
as Director
1995
as Producer
2002
as Executive Producer
1972
as Director
1975
as Director
1975
as Producer
1968
as Director
1999
as Director
1999
as Producer
1982
as Producer
1982
as Director
1969
as Director
2006
as Director
1974
as Director
1974
as Producer
1977
as Director
1993
as Director
1966
as Director
1969
as Director
2005
as Executive Producer
1981
as Director
1965
as Director
1993
as Executive Producer
1980
as Executive Producer
1990
as Executive Producer
2003
as Executive Producer
1991
as Executive Producer
2000
as Executive Producer
2001
as Executive Producer
1959
as Dialogue Coach
1993
as Producer
1990
as Director
2011
as Producer
1988
as Thanks
1990
as Executive Producer
1991
as Executive Producer
1981
as Producer
1990
as Producer
1988
as Producer
2012
as Thanks
1986
as Other
1961
as Dialect Coach
1999
as Executive Producer
2006
as Director of Photography
2006
as Executive Producer
1998
as Executive Producer
1984
as Producer
2007
as Executive Producer
1995
as Executive Producer
2002
as Executive Producer
2001
as Executive Producer
2006
as Producer
1993
as Executive Producer
2001
as Executive Producer
1977
as Producer
1992
as Executive Producer
2008
as Executive Producer
1989
as Executive Producer
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