Sydney Pollack
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.
Filmography
John Candy: I Like Me
as Self - Director (archive footage)
John Candy: I Like Me
as Self - Director (archive footage)
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
as Self (archive footage)
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
as Self (archive footage)
Citizen Jane Fonda
Citizen Jane Fonda
Amazing Grace
as Self - Director (archive footage) (uncredited)
Amazing Grace
as Self - Director (archive footage) (uncredited)
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
The Story of The Swimmer
as Self (archive footage)
The Story of The Swimmer
as Self (archive footage)
Char·ac·ter
as Self
Char·ac·ter
as Self
Glanz und Elend in Hollywood: Natalie Wood
as Self
Glanz und Elend in Hollywood: Natalie Wood
as Self
Adapting Austen
as Self
Adapting Austen
as Self
A Very Quiet Man
as Self
A Very Quiet Man
as Self
Made of Honor
as Thomas Sr.
Made of Honor
as Thomas Sr.
Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange'
as Self
Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange'
as Self
The Visions of Stanley Kubrick
as Self
The Visions of Stanley Kubrick
as Self
Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
as Self
Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
as Self
Michael Clayton
as Marty Bach
Michael Clayton
as Marty Bach
Filmmakers in Action
as Self
Filmmakers in Action
as Self
Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light
as Self
Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light
as Self
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters
as Self
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters
as Self
Sketches of Frank Gehry
as Self
Sketches of Frank Gehry
as Self
Avenue Montaigne
as Brian Sobinski
Avenue Montaigne
as Brian Sobinski
The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz
as Narrator (voice)
The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz
as Narrator (voice)
One Six Right
as Self
One Six Right
as Self
Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
as Self
Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
as Self
The Interpreter
as Jay Pettigrew (uncredited)
The Interpreter
as Jay Pettigrew (uncredited)
In Free Fall - Tom Tykwer and the Cinema
as Self
In Free Fall - Tom Tykwer and the Cinema
as Self
Something About Sydney Pollack
as Self
Something About Sydney Pollack
as Self
A Dying Breed: The Making of 'The Leopard'
as Self
A Dying Breed: The Making of 'The Leopard'
as Self
Barbra Streisand: The Concert - Live at the MGM Grand
as Self
Barbra Streisand: The Concert - Live at the MGM Grand
as Self
Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin
as Narrator
Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin
as Narrator
A Decade Under the Influence
as Self
A Decade Under the Influence
as Self
More About the Condor
as Self
More About the Condor
as Self
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
as Narrator (voice)
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
as Narrator (voice)
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
as Self
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
as Self
Changing Lanes
as Stephen Delano
Changing Lanes
as Stephen Delano
Nobody's Perfect: The Making of Some Like It Hot
as Self
Nobody's Perfect: The Making of Some Like It Hot
as Self
The Majestic
as Studio Executive (voice)
The Majestic
as Studio Executive (voice)
The Story Behind "Absence of Malice"
as Self
The Story Behind "Absence of Malice"
as Self
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbra Streisand
as self
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbra Streisand
as self
Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul
as Self
Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul
as Self
Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures
as Self
Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures
as Self
Inside 'The Talented Mr. Ripley'
as Self
Inside 'The Talented Mr. Ripley'
as Self
A Song of Africa
as Self
A Song of Africa
as Self
Lost Angeles - Eine Stadt zwischen Traum und Trauma
as Self
Lost Angeles - Eine Stadt zwischen Traum und Trauma
as Self
Random Hearts
as Carl Broman
Random Hearts
as Carl Broman
The Last Movie: Stanley Kubrick and 'Eyes Wide Shut'
as Self
The Last Movie: Stanley Kubrick and 'Eyes Wide Shut'
as Self
Eyes Wide Shut
as Victor Ziegler
Eyes Wide Shut
as Victor Ziegler
The Way We Were: Looking Back
as Self
The Way We Were: Looking Back
as Self
A Civil Action
as Al Eustis
A Civil Action
as Al Eustis
Independent's Day
as Self
Independent's Day
as Self
The Saga of Jeremiah Johnson
as Self
The Saga of Jeremiah Johnson
as Self
Love in Hollywood
as Self
Love in Hollywood
as Self
Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach
as Self
Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach
as Self
Husbands and Wives
as Jack
Husbands and Wives
as Jack
Death Becomes Her
as Hospital Doctor (uncredited)
Death Becomes Her
as Hospital Doctor (uncredited)
The Player
as Dick Mellen
The Player
as Dick Mellen
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
as Self
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
as Self
Robert Redford & Sydney Pollack: The Men and Their Movies
as Self
Robert Redford & Sydney Pollack: The Men and Their Movies
as Self
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
as Self
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
as Self
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
as Self (voice)
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
as Self (voice)
Hello Actors Studio
as Self
Hello Actors Studio
as Self
Barbra Streisand: One Voice
as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
Barbra Streisand: One Voice
as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
The Electric Horseman
as Man Who Makes Pass at Alice (uncredited)
The Electric Horseman
as Man Who Makes Pass at Alice (uncredited)
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks
as Narrator (voice)
The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks
as Narrator (voice)
War Hunt
as Sgt. Owen Van Horn
War Hunt
as Sgt. Owen Van Horn
For Whom the Bell Tolls
as Andres
For Whom the Bell Tolls
as Andres
Now Is Tomorrow
as Capt. Stein
Now Is Tomorrow
as Capt. Stein