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Born July 1, 1934 · Lafayette, Indiana, USA
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.

Sketches of Frank Gehry
2006

The Interpreter
2005

Random Hearts
1999

Sabrina
1995

The Firm
1993

Havana
1990

Sanford Meisner Master Class
1990

Out of Africa
1985

Tootsie
1982

Absence of Malice
1981

The Electric Horseman
1979

Bobby Deerfield
1977

Three Days of the Condor
1975

The Yakuza
1974

The Way We Were
1973

Jeremiah Johnson
1972

They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
1969

Castle Keep
1969

The Scalphunters
1968

This Property Is Condemned
1966

The Slender Thread
1965

John Candy: I Like Me
2025

Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
2020

Citizen Jane Fonda
2020

Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
2014

The Story of The Swimmer
2014

Char·ac·ter
2012

Glanz und Elend in Hollywood: Natalie Wood
2009
Adapting Austen
2009
A Very Quiet Man
2009

Made of Honor
2008

A Better Man: The Making of 'Tootsie'
2008

Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange'
2007

View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'
2007

The Visions of Stanley Kubrick
2007

Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
2007

Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley Kubrick
2007

Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001
2007

Michael Clayton
2007

Filmmakers in Action
2006

Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light
2006

Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters
2006

Sketches of Frank Gehry
2006

Avenue Montaigne
2006

The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz
2005

One Six Right
2005

Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
2005

The Last Mogul
2005