Sydney Pollack

Personal Info

Birthday

July 1, 1934

Day of Death

2008-05-26

(73 years old)

Place of Birth

Lafayette, Indiana, USA

Also Known As

Sidney Pollack

Sydney Irwin Pollack

Sydney Pollack

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).

Known For

The Sopranos

Frasier

King of the Hill

Will & Grace

Entourage

Have Gun, Will Travel

The Twilight Zone

Mad About You

Filmography

2020
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
as Self (archive footage)
2014
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
The Story of The Swimmer
as Self (archive footage)
2012
Char·ac·ter
as Self
2009
Glanz und Elend in Hollywood: Natalie Wood
as Self
A Very Quiet Man
as Self
Adapting Austen
as Self
2008
Made of Honor
as Thomas Sr.
A Better Man: The Making of 'Tootsie'
as Self
2007
Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
as Self
Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley Kubrick
as Self
Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange'
as Self
Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001
as Self
The Visions of Stanley Kubrick
as Self
View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'
as Self
Michael Clayton
as Marty Bach
2006
Filmmakers in Action
as Self
Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light
as Self
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters
as Self
Sketches of Frank Gehry
as Self
Avenue Montaigne
as Brian Sobinski
2005
The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz
as Narrator (voice)
One Six Right
as Self
Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
as Self
The Last Mogul
as Self
The Interpreter
as Jay Pettigrew (uncredited)
2004
Männer im Trenchcoat, Frauen im Pelz
as Self
In Free Fall - Tom Tykwer and the Cinema
as Self
Something About Sydney Pollack
as Self
A Dying Breed: The Making of 'The Leopard'
as Self
Barbra Streisand: The Concert - Live at the MGM Grand
as Self
2003
Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin
as Narrator
A Decade Under the Influence
as Self
More About the Condor
as Self
2002
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
as Narrator (voice)
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
as Self
Changing Lanes
as Stephen Delano
2001
The Majestic
as Studio Executive (voice)
The Story Behind "Absence of Malice"
as Self
Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures
as Self
Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul
as Self
2000
Inside 'The Talented Mr. Ripley'
as Self
A Song of Africa
as Self
Lost Angeles - Eine Stadt zwischen Traum und Trauma
as Self
1999
Random Hearts
as Carl Broman
The Last Movie: Stanley Kubrick and 'Eyes Wide Shut'
as Self
Eyes Wide Shut
as Victor Ziegler
The Way We Were: Looking Back
as Self
1998
A Civil Action
as Al Eustis
Independent's Day
as Self
1997
The Saga of Jeremiah Johnson
as Self
1996
Love in Hollywood
as Self
Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach
as Self
1993
Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O
as Self
1992
Husbands and Wives
as Jack
Death Becomes Her
as Hospital Doctor (uncredited)
The Player
as Dick Mellen
1991
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
as Self
1990
Robert Redford & Sydney Pollack: The Men and Their Movies
as Self
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
as Self
1989
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
as Self (voice)
1988
Hello Actors Studio
as Self
1986
Barbra Streisand: One Voice
as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
Putting It Together: The Making of the Broadway Album
as Self
1982
Tootsie
as George Fields
1979
The Electric Horseman
as Man Who Makes Pass at Alice (uncredited)
1973
The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks
as Narrator (voice)
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
as Self - Narrator (voice)
1962
War Hunt
as Sgt. Owen Van Horn
1959
For Whom the Bell Tolls
as Andres