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Sydney Pollack

Sydney Pollack

Directing

July 1, 1934 – May 26, 2008 (died at 73)
Lafayette, Indiana, USA
Male
153 Movies
39 TV Shows

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). 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.

Eyes Wide Shut
Eyes Wide Shut

Eyes Wide Shut

1999 7.5

as Victor Ziegler

Age 65 (now 73)
Michael Clayton
Michael Clayton

Michael Clayton

2007 6.8

as Marty Bach

Age 73
Changing Lanes
Changing Lanes

Changing Lanes

2002 6.3

as Stephen Delano

Age 67 (now 73)
Tootsie
Tootsie

Tootsie

1982 7.2

as George Fields

Age 48 (now 73)
Husbands and Wives
Husbands and Wives

Husbands and Wives

1992 7.0

as Jack

Age 58 (now 73)
Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin
Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin

Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin

2003 6.9

as Narrator

Age 68 (now 73)
Random Hearts
Random Hearts

Random Hearts

1999 5.6

as Carl Broman

Age 65 (now 73)
The Player
The Player

The Player

1992 7.2

as Dick Mellen

Age 57 (now 73)
Made of Honor
Made of Honor

Made of Honor

2008 6.5

as Thomas Sr.

Age 73
Will & Grace
Will & Grace

Will & Grace

1998 6.9

as George Truman

Age 64 (now 73)
5 eps
War Hunt
War Hunt

War Hunt

1962 6.7

as Sgt. Owen Van Horn

Age 27 (now 73)
Avenue Montaigne
Avenue Montaigne

Avenue Montaigne

2006 6.1

as Brian Sobinski

Age 71 (now 73)
A Civil Action
A Civil Action

A Civil Action

1998 6.5

as Al Eustis

Age 64 (now 73)
The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks
The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks

The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks

1973 6.8

as Narrator (voice)

Age 38 (now 73)
The Majestic
The Majestic

The Majestic

2001 6.8

as Studio Executive (voice)

Age 67 (now 73)
Fallen Angels
Fallen Angels

Fallen Angels

1993 6.2

Executive Producer

Age 59 (now 73)
15 eps