Sydney Pollack
Age: 73 | From: Lafayette, Indiana, USA
Person Details
Birthday: 1934-07-01 01:14:29
Death: 2008-05-26 01:14:29
Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Lafayette, Indiana, USA
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 130
TV Involvements: 19
Most Famous Work
Biography
Sydney Irwin Pollack was an American film director, producer and actor. Pollack studied with Sanford Meisner at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York City, where he later taught acting. He began directing television shows in the 1960s before moving to films. Pollack directed more than 21 films and 10 television shows, acted in over 30 films or shows, and produced over 44 films. Some of his best known works include Jeremiah Johnson (1972), The Way We Were (1973), Three Days of the Condor (1975) and Absence of Malice (1981). His 1985 film Out of Africa won him Academy Awards for directing and producing; he was also nominated for Best Director Oscars for They Shoot Horses, Don't They? and Tootsie, in the latter of which he also appeared. His later films included Havana (1990), The Firm (1993), Sabrina (1995), The Interpreter (2005), and as producer for and actor in Michael Clayton (2007).
Most Famous Work
Ben Casey
(1961) Director
The Fugitive
(1963) Director
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
(1962) Director
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
(1963) Director
The Defenders
(1961) Director
The Tall Man
(1960) Director
Silver Linings Playbook
(2012) Thanks
Cain's Hundred
(1961) DirectorActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2018 | Self - Director (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| 2014 | Self - Filmmaker (archive footage) | |
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| 2012 | Self | |
| 2009 | Self | |
| 2008 | Self | |
| Thomas Sr. | ||
| Self | ||
| 2007 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Marty Bach | ||
| 2006 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Brian Sobinski | ||
| 2005 | Himself | |
| Narrator (voice) | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Jay Pettigrew (uncredited) | ||
| 2004 | Self | |
| Sydney Pollack | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Himself | ||
| 2003 | Narrator | |
| Self | ||
| 2002 | Narrator (voice) | |
| Stephen Delano | ||
| 2001 | Studio Executive (voice) | |
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| 2000 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| 1999 | Carl Broman | |
| Self | ||
| Victor Ziegler | ||
| Warren Feldman | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| 1998 | Al Eustis | |
| George Truman | ||
| Self | ||
| 1997 | Sydney Pollack | |
| Grant Trimble (voice) | ||
| 1996 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| 1994 | Self | |
| 1993 | Holden Thorpe (voice) | |
| Self | ||
| 1992 | Dr. Sydney Warren | |
| Jack | ||
| Hospital Doctor (uncredited) | ||
| Dick Mellen | ||
| 1991 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| 1990 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| 1988 | Self | |
| 1986 | Self - Audience Member (uncredited) | |
| 1985 | Himself | |
| 1982 | George Fields | |
| 1979 | Man Who Makes Pass at Alice (uncredited) | |
| 1975 | Self | |
| 1973 | Narrator (voice) | |
| Narrator (voice) | ||
| 1972 | Self | |
| 1971 | Self | |
| 1968 | Self - Guest | |
| 1962 | Sgt. Owen Van Horn | |
| 1961 | Austin Rogers | |
| Bert Masters | ||
| 1959 | Arthur Willis | |
| Andres | ||
| 1957 | N/A | |
| 1956 | Andres | |
| 1955 | Bernie Samuelson | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Crew
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Thanks | |
| 1988 | Thanks | |
| 1986 | Other | |
| 1961 | Dialect Coach | |
| 1959 | Dialogue Coach | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Producer | |
| 2008 | Producer | |
| Executive Producer | ||
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| 2007 | Executive Producer | |
| Producer | ||
| 2006 | Producer | |
| Executive Producer | ||
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| 2005 | Executive Producer | |
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| 2003 | Producer | |
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| 2002 | Executive Producer | |
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| 2001 | Executive Producer | |
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| 2000 | Executive Producer | |
| 1999 | Executive Producer | |
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| 1998 | Executive Producer | |
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| 1995 | Producer | |
| Executive Producer | ||
| 1993 | Executive Producer | |
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| 1992 | Executive Producer | |
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| 1991 | Executive Producer | |
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| 1990 | Producer | |
| Executive Producer | ||
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| 1989 | Executive Producer | |
| 1988 | Producer | |
| 1985 | Producer | |
| 1984 | Producer | |
| 1982 | Producer | |
| 1981 | Producer | |
| 1980 | Executive Producer | |
| 1977 | Producer | |
| 1975 | Producer | |
| 1974 | Producer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Directing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Director | |
| 2005 | Director | |
| 1999 | Director | |
| 1995 | Director | |
| 1993 | Director | |
| 1990 | Director | |
| Other | ||
| Director | ||
| 1985 | Director | |
| 1982 | Director | |
| 1981 | Director | |
| 1979 | Director | |
| 1977 | Director | |
| 1975 | Director | |
| 1974 | Director | |
| 1973 | Director | |
| 1972 | Director | |
| 1969 | Director | |
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| 1968 | Director | |
| 1966 | Director | |
| 1965 | Director | |
| 1964 | Director | |
| 1963 | Director | |
| Director | ||
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| 1962 | Director | |
| 1961 | Director | |
| Director | ||
| Director | ||
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| 1960 | Director | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Camera
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Director of Photography | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |