Sydney Pollack
Age: N/A | From: Lafayette, Indiana, USA
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: Sidney Pollack , Sydney Irwin Pollack
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Lafayette, Indiana, USA
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 130
TV Involvements: 19
Most Famous Work
Biography
Sydney Irwin Pollack (July 1, 1934 – May 26, 2008) was an American film director, producer and actor. For his film Out of Africa (1985), Pollack won the Academy Award for Best Director and Best Picture. He was also nominated for Best Director Oscars for They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969) and Tootsie (1982). Some of his other best-known works include Jeremiah Johnson (1972), The Way We Were (1973), Three Days of the Condor (1975) and Absence of Malice (1981). His subsequent films included Havana (1990), The Firm (1993), The Interpreter (2005), and he produced and acted in Michael Clayton (2007). Pollack also made appearances in Robert Altman's Hollywood mystery The Player (1992), Woody Allen's relationship drama Husbands and Wives (1993), and Stanley Kubrick's erotic psychological drama Eyes Wide Shut (1999).
Most Famous Work
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
(1963) Director
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
(1962) Director
The Fugitive
(1963) Director
Ben Casey
(1961) Director
Slattery's People
(1964) Director
Cain's Hundred
(1961) Director
Presumed Innocent
(1990) Producer
The Defenders
(1961) DirectorActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2018 | Self - Director (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| 2014 | Self - Filmmaker (archive footage) | |
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| 2012 | Self | |
| 2009 | Self | |
| 2008 | Self | |
| Thomas Sr. | ||
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| 2007 | Self | |
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| Marty Bach | ||
| 2006 | Self | |
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| Brian Sobinski | ||
| 2005 | Himself | |
| Narrator (voice) | ||
| Self | ||
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| Jay Pettigrew (uncredited) | ||
| 2004 | Self | |
| Sydney Pollack | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Himself | ||
| 2003 | Narrator | |
| Self | ||
| 2002 | Narrator (voice) | |
| Stephen Delano | ||
| 2001 | Studio Executive (voice) | |
| Self | ||
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| 2000 | Self | |
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| 1999 | Carl Broman | |
| Self | ||
| Victor Ziegler | ||
| Warren Feldman | ||
| Self | ||
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| 1998 | Al Eustis | |
| George Truman | ||
| Self | ||
| 1997 | Sydney Pollack | |
| Grant Trimble (voice) | ||
| 1996 | Self | |
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| 1994 | Self | |
| 1993 | Holden Thorpe (voice) | |
| Self | ||
| 1992 | Dr. Sydney Warren | |
| Jack | ||
| Hospital Doctor (uncredited) | ||
| Dick Mellen | ||
| 1991 | Self | |
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| 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 |
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| 2011 | Producer | |
| 2008 | Producer | |
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| 2007 | Executive Producer | |
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| 2006 | 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 | |
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| 1993 | Executive Producer | |
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| 1992 | Executive Producer | |
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| 1991 | Executive Producer | |
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| 1990 | 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 | ||
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| 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 | |
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| 1962 | Director | |
| 1961 | Director | |
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| 1960 | Director | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Camera
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Director of Photography | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |