Sydney Pollack
Born: 1934-07-01
Place of Birth: Lafayette, Indiana, USA
Biography
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
Eyes Wide Shut
Death Becomes Her
Michael Clayton
Tootsie
The Majestic
Changing Lanes
Made of Honor
War Hunt
The Interpreter
John Candy: I Like Me
The Player
A Civil Action
Hello Actors Studio
Random Hearts
A Dying Breed: The Making of 'The Leopard'
Husbands and Wives
The Electric Horseman
Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
Sketches of Frank Gehry
Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures
Something About Sydney Pollack
Robert Redford & Sydney Pollack: The Men and Their Movies
Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach
Barbra Streisand: One Voice
Independent's Day
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
Filmmakers in Action
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
Avenue Montaigne
The Last Mogul
A Decade Under the Influence
Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin
Char·ac·ter
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters
The Last Movie: Stanley Kubrick and 'Eyes Wide Shut'
View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'
Inside 'The Talented Mr. Ripley'
A Song of Africa
The Story of The Swimmer
Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley Kubrick
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
Love in Hollywood
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
Barbra Streisand: The Concert - Live at the MGM Grand
The Story Behind "Absence of Malice"
The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz
A Better Man: The Making of 'Tootsie'
Putting It Together: The Making of the Broadway Album
Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange'
The Visions of Stanley Kubrick
Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O
The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks
Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001
The Way We Were: Looking Back
One Six Right
Glanz und Elend in Hollywood: Natalie Wood
