Sydney Pollack
Born in Lafayette, Indiana, USA — Jul 01 1934• Died May 26 2008
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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…
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The Sopranos
Warren Feldman
Frasier
Holden Thorpe (voice)
King of the Hill
Grant Trimble (voice)
Great Performances
Self
Will & Grace
George Truman
Entourage
Sydney Pollack
Have Gun, Will Travel
Joe Culp
The Fugitive
Directing
The Twilight Zone
Arthur Willis
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Directing
Mad About You
Dr. Sydney Warren
Ben Casey
Directing
The Defenders
Directing
Le Grand Échiquier
Self
Just Shoot Me!
Sydney Pollack
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Bernie Samuelson
Arrest and Trial
Directing
Fallen Angels
Production
Cain's Hundred
Directing
The New Breed
Austin Rogers
Playhouse 90
Andres
Eyes Wide Shut
Victor Ziegler
The Tall Man
Directing
Silver Linings Playbook
Crew
The Directors
Self
Target: The Corruptors!
Directing
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Production
Breaking Point
Directing
The Firm
Directing
Sabrina
Production
Death Becomes Her
Hospital Doctor (uncredited)
The Reader
Production
Sense and Sensibility
Production
The Player
Dick Mellen
Cold Mountain
Production
Nine 1/2 Weeks
Crew
Out of Africa
Directing
The Way We Were
Directing
A Civil Action
Al Eustis
The Interpreter
Jay Pettigrew (uncredited)
Three Days of the Condor
Directing
Slattery's People
Directing
John Candy: I Like Me
Self - Director (archive footage)
Jeremiah Johnson
Directing
American Cinema
Self
Presumed Innocent
Production
Tootsie
George Fields
Michael Clayton
Marty Bach
Frontier Circus
Directing
The Majestic
Studio Executive (voice)
Changing Lanes
Stephen Delano
Made of Honor
Thomas Sr.
White Palace
Production
Sliding Doors
Production
Birthday Girl
Production
Leatherheads
Production
Blow Dry
Production
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Directing
Random Hearts
Carl Broman
Recount
Production
Havana
Directing
Searching for Bobby Fischer
Production
Poodle Springs
Production
Iris
Production
Absence of Malice
Directing
King Ralph
Production
The Quiet American
Production
Heaven
Production
The Fabulous Baker Boys
Production
Husbands and Wives
Jack
A Decade Under the Influence
Self
Margaret
Production
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
Self (voice)
This Property Is Condemned
Directing
Bright Lights, Big City
Production
The Yakuza
Directing
Dead Again
Production
The Electric Horseman
Man Who Makes Pass at Alice (uncredited)
Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures
Self
Bobby Deerfield
Directing
Flesh and Bone
Production
The Scalphunters
Directing
Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin
Narrator
Leaving Normal
Production
Honeysuckle Rose
Production
Breaking and Entering
Production
War Hunt
Sgt. Owen Van Horn
Catch a Fire
Production
Barbra Streisand: One Voice
Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
Self
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
Self
Red Wind
Production
Songwriter
Production
The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks
Narrator (voice)
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
Self
Avenue Montaigne
Brian Sobinski
A Private Matter
Production
The Young Savages
Crew
Up at the Villa
Production
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters
Self
The Slender Thread
Directing
Char·ac·ter
Self
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
Self (archive footage)
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
Narrator (voice)
Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light
Self
Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul
Self
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
The Visions of Stanley Kubrick
Self
The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz
Narrator (voice)
Castle Keep
Directing
Filmmakers in Action
Self
Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley Kubrick
Self
Citizen Jane Fonda
Hello Actors Studio
Self
The Last Movie: Stanley Kubrick and 'Eyes Wide Shut'
Self
Barbra Streisand: The Concert - Live at the MGM Grand
Self
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
Self - Narrator (voice)
Männer im Trenchcoat, Frauen im Pelz
Self
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
Self
A Tiger's Tale
Crew
Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
Self
Glanz und Elend in Hollywood: Natalie Wood
Self
Independent's Day
Self
The Story Behind "Absence of Malice"
Self
Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach
Self
Inside 'The Talented Mr. Ripley'
Self
Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001
Self
The Turn of the Screw
Crew
A Better Man: The Making of 'Tootsie'
Self
Adapting Austen
Self
Sketches of Frank Gehry
Self
James Taylor | One Man Band
Production
Forty Shades of Blue
Production
Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange'
Self
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Andres
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O
Self
View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'
Self
Love in Hollywood
Self
Now Is Tomorrow
Capt. Stein
The Way We Were: Looking Back
Self
A Very Quiet Man
Self
A Song of Africa
Self
The Story of The Swimmer
Self (archive footage)
The Last Mogul
Self
Lost Angeles - Eine Stadt zwischen Traum und Trauma
Self
Putting It Together: The Making of the Broadway Album
Self
One Six Right
Self
More About the Condor
Self
The Saga of Jeremiah Johnson
Self
A Dying Breed: The Making of 'The Leopard'
Self
Sanford Meisner Master Class
Directing
Robert Redford & Sydney Pollack: The Men and Their Movies
Self
Something About Sydney Pollack
Self
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbra Streisand
self
In the Name of Love
Production
In Free Fall - Tom Tykwer and the Cinema
Self