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Sydney Pollack

Personal Information

Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Born / DiedJul 1, 1934 (Died at 74)
Zodiac Sign♋Cancer
Place of BirthLafayette, Indiana, USA
Career Span1944 – 2008
Known Credits160 Titles
Official Links
DirectingPopularity Score 2.4

Sydney Pollack

Also known as:Sidney PollackSydney Irwin Pollack
Total Works

160

125 movies • 35 shows

Avg Rating

6.7 / 10

across rated releases

Box Office

—

worldwide gross

Global Reach

#2

TMDB star index

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.

Signature Roles & Milestones

Silver Linings Playbook
7.2
Role: Thanks
Eyes Wide Shut
7.5
Eyes Wide Shut
1999•movie
as Victor Ziegler
The Talented Mr. Ripley
7.2
Role: Executive Producer
The Sopranos
8.7
The Sopranos
1999•series
as Warren Feldman

Full Filmography & Credits

Showing 160 titles featuring Sydney Pollack

Silver Linings Playbook
7.2

Role: Thanks

Eyes Wide Shut
7.5
Eyes Wide Shut
1999•movie

as Victor Ziegler

The Talented Mr. Ripley
7.2

Role: Executive Producer

The Sopranos
8.7
1 eps
The Sopranos
1999•series

as Warren Feldman

The Reader
7.5
The Reader
2008•movie

Role: Producer

Death Becomes Her
6.8
Death Becomes Her
1992•movie

as Hospital Doctor (uncredited)

The Firm
6.7
The Firm
1993•movie

Role: Director

Michael Clayton
6.8
Michael Clayton
2007•movie

as Marty Bach

Cold Mountain
6.9
Cold Mountain
2003•movie

Role: Producer

Tootsie
7.2
Tootsie
1982•movie

as George Fields

Sense and Sensibility
7.4

Role: Executive Producer

Made of Honor
6.5
Made of Honor
2008•movie

as Thomas Sr.

The Interpreter
6.3
The Interpreter
2005•movie

as Jay Pettigrew (uncredited)

Out of Africa
7.1
Out of Africa
1985•movie

Role: Director

Sliding Doors
6.5
Sliding Doors
1998•movie

Role: Producer

Three Days of the Condor
7.3

Role: Director

Changing Lanes
6.3
Changing Lanes
2002•movie

as Stephen Delano

Nine 1/2 Weeks
6.1
Nine 1/2 Weeks
1986•movie

Role: Other

The Twilight Zone
8.5
1 eps
The Twilight Zone
1959•series

as Arthur Willis

The Player
7.2
The Player
1992•movie

as Dick Mellen

Frasier
7.7
1 eps
Frasier
1993•series

as Holden Thorpe (voice)

The Majestic
6.8
The Majestic
2001•movie

as Studio Executive (voice)

Presumed Innocent
6.8
Presumed Innocent
1990•movie

Role: Producer

Jeremiah Johnson
7.3
Jeremiah Johnson
1972•movie

Role: Director

Sabrina
6.2
Sabrina
1995•movie

Role: Producer

King of the Hill
7.4
1 eps
King of the Hill
1997•series

as Grant Trimble (voice)

Entourage
7.4
1 eps
Entourage
2004•series

as Sydney Pollack

Searching for Bobby Fischer
7.1

Role: Executive Producer

Will & Grace
6.9
5 eps
Will & Grace
1998•series

as George Truman

The Way We Were
7.0
The Way We Were
1973•movie

Role: Director

A Civil Action
6.5
A Civil Action
1998•movie

as Al Eustis

Leatherheads
5.9
Leatherheads
2008•movie

Role: Executive Producer

Husbands and Wives
7.0
Husbands and Wives
1992•movie

as Jack

Birthday Girl
5.9
Birthday Girl
2001•movie

Role: Executive Producer

Dead Again
6.4
Dead Again
1991•movie

Role: Executive Producer

Random Hearts
5.6
Random Hearts
1999•movie

as Carl Broman

They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
7.6

Role: Director

The Fabulous Baker Boys
6.6

Role: Executive Producer

Margaret
6.4
Margaret
2011•movie

Role: Producer

The Quiet American
6.6
The Quiet American
2002•movie

Role: Executive Producer

King Ralph
5.4
King Ralph
1991•movie

Role: Executive Producer

Heaven
6.5
Heaven
2002•movie

Role: Executive Producer

The Swimmer
7.3
The Swimmer
1968•movie

Role: Co-Director

Breaking and Entering
6.1

Role: Producer

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
7.8
1 eps

as Bernie Samuelson

Mad About You
6.8
1 eps
Mad About You
1992•series

as Dr. Sydney Warren

Absence of Malice
6.6
Absence of Malice
1981•movie

Role: Director

The Yakuza
7.1
The Yakuza
1974•movie

Role: Director

Iris
6.4
Iris
2001•movie

Role: Executive Producer

White Palace
6.7
White Palace
1990•movie

Role: Executive Producer

Recount
6.8
Recount
2008•movie

Role: Executive Producer

Just Shoot Me!
6.6
1 eps
Just Shoot Me!
1997•series

as Sydney Pollack

The Electric Horseman
6.1

as Man Who Makes Pass at Alice (uncredited)

Havana
5.8
Havana
1990•movie

Role: Director

Catch a Fire
6.3
Catch a Fire
2006•movie

Role: Executive Producer

Blow Dry
5.9
Blow Dry
2001•movie

Role: Executive Producer

Bright Lights, Big City
5.7

Role: Producer

The Scalphunters
6.4
The Scalphunters
1968•movie

Role: Director

Avenue Montaigne
6.1
Avenue Montaigne
2006•movie

as Brian Sobinski

John Candy: I Like Me
7.9

as Self - Director (archive footage)

Amazing Grace
7.1
Amazing Grace
2018•movie

as Self - Director (archive footage) (uncredited)

This Property Is Condemned
6.4

Role: Director

Bobby Deerfield
5.8
Bobby Deerfield
1977•movie

Role: Director

Flesh and Bone
6.0
Flesh and Bone
1993•movie

Role: Executive Producer

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
7.9

Role: Director

Castle Keep
5.7
Castle Keep
1969•movie

Role: Director

The Fugitive
7.3
The Fugitive
1963•series

Role: Director

The Slender Thread
7.1
The Slender Thread
1965•movie

Role: Director

A Decade Under the Influence
7.9

as Self

The Young Savages
6.5
The Young Savages
1961•movie

Role: Dialect Coach

Have Gun, Will Travel
7.3
2 eps

as Joe Culp

Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
6.5

as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Up at the Villa
5.3
Up at the Villa
2000•movie

Role: Executive Producer

Honeysuckle Rose
5.4
Honeysuckle Rose
1980•movie

Role: Executive Producer

Forty Shades of Blue
4.5

Role: Executive Producer

Leaving Normal
6.0
Leaving Normal
1992•movie

Role: Executive Producer

War Hunt
6.4
War Hunt
1962•movie

as Sgt. Owen Van Horn

Great Performances
6.1
1 eps
Great Performances
1971•series

as Self

Poodle Springs
5.5
Poodle Springs
1998•movie

Role: Executive Producer

Sketches of Frank Gehry
6.9

as Self

The Dick Cavett Show
6.8
1 eps

as Self - Guest

Golden Globe Awards
7.0
1 eps
Golden Globe Awards
1944•series

as Self - Nominee

Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
7.1

as Self (archive footage)

Songwriter
5.5
Songwriter
1984•movie

Role: Producer

A Tiger's Tale
4.5
A Tiger's Tale
1988•movie

Role: Thanks

Ben Casey
5.9
Ben Casey
1961•series

Role: Director

Fallen Angels
6.6
Fallen Angels
1993•series

Role: Executive Producer

The Last Mogul
5.5
The Last Mogul
2005•movie

as Self

The Visions of Stanley Kubrick
6.9
Citizen Jane Fonda
7.2
Citizen Jane Fonda
2020•movie

as Self (archive footage)

The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks
6.8

as Narrator (voice)

The Defenders
6.3
The Defenders
1961•series

Role: Director

Playhouse 90
7.5
2 eps
Playhouse 90
1956•series

as Andres

One Six Right
8.0
One Six Right
2005•movie

as Self

The Directors
6.1
2 eps
The Directors
1999•series

as Self

Barbra Streisand: One Voice
7.6

as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)

The South Bank Show
5.6
1 eps
The South Bank Show
1978•series
The Tall Man
6.9
The Tall Man
1960•series

Role: Director

Inside 'The Talented Mr. Ripley'
6.2
Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
6.8

as Self

The Way We Were: Looking Back
9.2
A Private Matter
5.5
A Private Matter
1992•movie

Role: Executive Producer

The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
6.2

as Narrator (voice)

Independent's Day
6.0
Independent's Day
1998•movie

as Self

Filmmakers in Action
7.2

as Self

Breaking Point
7.4
Breaking Point
1963•series

Role: Director

Startime
6.8
1 eps
Startime
1959•series

as Harry

Cain's Hundred
5.2
Cain's Hundred
1961•series

Role: Director

Arrest and Trial
8.2
Arrest and Trial
1963•series

Role: Director

Frontier Circus
5.2
Frontier Circus
1961•series

Role: Director

Hello Actors Studio
6.7

as Self

The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz
5.3

as Narrator (voice)

Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach
7.7
The New Breed
7.7
1 eps
The New Breed
1961•series

as Austin Rogers

Le Grand Échiquier
8.0
1 eps
Le Grand Échiquier
1972•series

as Self

American Cinema
8.3
1 eps
American Cinema
1994•series

as Self

Target: The Corruptors!
5.7

Role: Director

The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
6.5

as Self - Narrator (voice)

A Song of Africa
8.5
A Song of Africa
2000•movie

as Self

The Saga of Jeremiah Johnson
9.0

as Self

Now Is Tomorrow
7.5
Now Is Tomorrow
1958•movie

as Capt. Stein

Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence
7.5
1 eps
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
6.0
2 eps

as Self

Slattery's People
7.0
Slattery's People
1964•series

Role: Director

Love in Hollywood
10.0
Love in Hollywood
1996•movie

as Self

Char·ac·ter
4.0
Char·ac·ter
2012•movie

as Self

Something About Sydney Pollack
8.0
Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O
8.0

as Self

The Making of 'Tootsie'
6.0

as Self

In the Name of Love
10.0

Role: Executive Producer

The Turn of the Screw
7.0

Role: Dialogue Coach

For Whom the Bell Tolls

as Andres

The Story of The Swimmer

as Self (archive footage)

Inside the Actors Studio
1 eps

as Self

Sanford Meisner Master Class

Role: Director

James Taylor | One Man Band

Role: Executive Producer

Red Wind
Red Wind
1995•movie

Role: Executive Producer