Sydney Pollack
Directing
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.
Known for
Directing36
movieAmazing Grace
2018
Director
movieSketches of Frank Gehry
2006
Director
movieThe Interpreter
2005
Director
movieRandom Hearts
1999
Director
movieSabrina
1995
Director
movieThe Firm
1993
Director
movieHavana
1990
Director
movieOut of Africa
1985
Director
movieTootsie
1982
Director
movieAbsence of Malice
1981
Director
movieThe Electric Horseman
1979
Director
movieBobby Deerfield
1977
Director
movieThe Yakuza
1974
Director
movieThe Way We Were
1973
Director
movieJeremiah Johnson
1972
Director
movieCastle Keep
1969
Director
movieThe Swimmer
1968
Co-Director
movieThe Scalphunters
1968
Director
movieThe Slender Thread
1965
Director
tvSlattery's People
1964
Director
tvThe Fugitive
1963
Director
tvBreaking Point
1963
Director
tvArrest and Trial
1963
Director
tvThe Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
Director
tvFrontier Circus
1961
Director
tvBen Casey
1961
Director
tvTarget: The Corruptors!
1961
Director
tvCain's Hundred
1961
Director
tvThe Defenders
1961
Director
tvThe Tall Man
1960
Director
Acting101
movieJohn Candy: I Like Me
2025
Self - Director (archive footage)
movieBabenco: Tell Me When I Die
2020
Self (archive footage)
movieAmazing Grace
2018
Self - Director (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieMagician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
2014
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
movieThe Story of The Swimmer
2014
Self (archive footage)
movieMade of Honor
2008
Thomas Sr.
movieMichael Clayton
2007
Marty Bach
movieAvenue Montaigne
2006
Brian Sobinski
movieThe Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz
2005
Narrator (voice)
movieThe Interpreter
2005
Jay Pettigrew (uncredited)
tvEntourage
2004
Sydney Pollack
movieThe Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
2002
Narrator (voice)
movieChanging Lanes
2002
Stephen Delano
movieThe Majestic
2001
Studio Executive (voice)
movieRandom Hearts
1999
Carl Broman
movieEyes Wide Shut
1999
Victor Ziegler
tvThe Sopranos
1999
Warren Feldman
movieA Civil Action
1998
Al Eustis
tvWill & Grace
1998
George Truman
tvJust Shoot Me!
1997
Sydney Pollack
tvKing of the Hill
1997
Grant Trimble (voice)
tvFrasier
1993
Holden Thorpe (voice)
tvMad About You
1992
Dr. Sydney Warren
movieDeath Becomes Her
1992
Hospital Doctor (uncredited)
movieThe Player
1992
Dick Mellen
movieBarbra Streisand: One Voice
1986
Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
movieTootsie
1982
George Fields
movieThe Electric Horseman
1979
Man Who Makes Pass at Alice (uncredited)
movieThe Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
1973
Self - Narrator (voice)
movieThe Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks
1973
Narrator (voice)
tvThe Dick Cavett Show
1968
Self - Guest
movieWar Hunt
1962
Sgt. Owen Van Horn
tvThe New Breed
1961
Austin Rogers / Bert Masters
tvStartime
1959
Harry
tvThe Twilight Zone
1959
Arthur Willis
tvHave Gun, Will Travel
1957
Joe Culp
tvPlayhouse 90
1956
Andres
tvAlfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
Bernie Samuelson
tvGolden Globe Awards
1944
Self - Nominee / Self - Nominee / Nominee
movieNow Is Tomorrow
Capt. Stein
Production48
movieMargaret
2011
Producer
movieThe Reader
2008
Producer
movieRecount
2008
Executive Producer
movieLeatherheads
2008
Executive Producer
movieJames Taylor | One Man Band
2007
Executive Producer
movieMichael Clayton
2007
Producer
movieBreaking and Entering
2006
Producer
movieCatch a Fire
2006
Executive Producer
movieSketches of Frank Gehry
2006
Executive Producer
movieForty Shades of Blue
2005
Executive Producer
movieThe Interpreter
2005
Executive Producer
movieCold Mountain
2003
Producer
movieIn the Name of Love
2003
Executive Producer
movieThe Quiet American
2002
Executive Producer
movieHeaven
2002
Executive Producer
movieIris
2001
Executive Producer
movieBirthday Girl
2001
Executive Producer
movieBlow Dry
2001
Executive Producer
movieUp at the Villa
2000
Executive Producer
movieThe Talented Mr. Ripley
1999
Executive Producer
movieRandom Hearts
1999
Producer
moviePoodle Springs
1998
Executive Producer
movieSliding Doors
1998
Producer
movieSabrina
1995
Producer
movieSense and Sensibility
1995
Executive Producer
movieRed Wind
1995
Executive Producer
movieFlesh and Bone
1993
Executive Producer
movieSearching for Bobby Fischer
1993
Executive Producer
tvFallen Angels
1993
Executive Producer
movieThe Firm
1993
Producer
movieA Private Matter
1992
Executive Producer
movieLeaving Normal
1992
Executive Producer
movieDead Again
1991
Executive Producer
movieKing Ralph
1991
Executive Producer
movieHavana
1990
Producer
movieWhite Palace
1990
Executive Producer
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
1990
Executive Producer
moviePresumed Innocent
1990
Producer
movieThe Fabulous Baker Boys
1989
Executive Producer
movieBright Lights, Big City
1988
Producer
movieOut of Africa
1985
Producer
movieSongwriter
1984
Producer
movieTootsie
1982
Producer
movieAbsence of Malice
1981
Producer
movieHoneysuckle Rose
1980
Executive Producer
movieBobby Deerfield
1977
Producer
movieThe Yakuza
1974
Producer
Crew5
movieA Tiger's Tale
1988
Thanks
movieThe Young Savages
1961
Dialect Coach
movieThe Turn of the Screw
1959
Dialogue Coach
Camera1
movieSketches of Frank Gehry
2006
Director of Photography
Writing1
tvStartime
1959
Dialogue