person

Sydney Pollack

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1934-07-01

Place of Birth

Lafayette, Indiana, USA

Sydney Pollack

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).

Also Known For

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Eyes Wide Shut

Jul 16, 1999

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For Whom the Bell Tolls

Mar 12, 1959

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Changing Lanes

Apr 07, 2002

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Avenue Montaigne

Feb 15, 2006

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72

The Player

May 08, 1992

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Made of Honor

Apr 30, 2008

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Michael Clayton

Sep 28, 2007

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War Hunt

May 01, 1962

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A Civil Action

Dec 25, 1998

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Random Hearts

Oct 08, 1999

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Tootsie

Dec 17, 1982

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Lost Angeles - Eine Stadt zwischen Traum und Trauma

Jan 01, 2000

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Glanz und Elend in Hollywood: Natalie Wood

Oct 08, 2009

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Männer im Trenchcoat, Frauen im Pelz

Dec 19, 2004

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70

Husbands and Wives

Sep 18, 1992

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Love in Hollywood

Dec 08, 1996

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One Six Right

Nov 25, 2005

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Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin

May 01, 2003

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60

The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor

Jan 01, 1973

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The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks

Jan 01, 1973

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Inside 'The Talented Mr. Ripley'

Jun 27, 2000

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Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange'

Oct 23, 2007

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Char·ac·ter

Nov 30, 2012

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Hello Actors Studio

Nov 09, 1988

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The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller

Jul 02, 2002

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Death Becomes Her

Jul 30, 1992

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The Electric Horseman

Dec 21, 1979

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Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret

Aug 27, 1990

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Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul

Apr 01, 2001

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81

Barbra Streisand: The Concert - Live at the MGM Grand

Mar 30, 2004

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69

Sketches of Frank Gehry

May 12, 2006

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Barbra Streisand: One Voice

Dec 27, 1986

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View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'

Oct 23, 2007

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The Visions of Stanley Kubrick

Oct 23, 2007

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Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles

Dec 12, 2014

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Something About Sydney Pollack

Jun 20, 2004

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Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star

Mar 10, 1991

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A Decade Under the Influence

Apr 25, 2003

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Independent's Day

Jan 15, 1998

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A Better Man: The Making of 'Tootsie'

Feb 05, 2008

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The Majestic

Dec 21, 2001

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The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz

Oct 25, 2005

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The Last Movie: Stanley Kubrick and 'Eyes Wide Shut'

Sep 05, 1999

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Putting It Together: The Making of the Broadway Album

Jan 11, 1986

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Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures

May 02, 2001

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Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001

Oct 23, 2007

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Filmmakers in Action

Sep 15, 2006

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Filmmakers vs. Tycoons

Jul 17, 2005

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Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley Kubrick

Oct 23, 2007

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Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light

Jul 18, 2006

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A Dying Breed: The Making of 'The Leopard'

Jun 08, 2004

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The Story Behind "Absence of Malice"

Jun 13, 2001

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The Interpreter

Apr 08, 2005

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A Song of Africa

Feb 29, 2000

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Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O

May 22, 1993

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The Way We Were: Looking Back

Jan 02, 1999

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Babenco: Tell Me When I Die

Nov 26, 2020

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Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach

Mar 15, 1996

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The Last Mogul

Jun 24, 2005

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The Story of The Swimmer

Mar 11, 2014

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Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001

Oct 23, 2007

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Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters

Jun 13, 2006

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More About the Condor

Jan 01, 2003

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65

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories

Jun 11, 2002

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Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre

Jun 26, 1989

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Robert Redford & Sydney Pollack: The Men and Their Movies

Dec 09, 1990

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Adapting Austen

Mar 17, 2009

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A Very Quiet Man

Mar 17, 2009

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In Free Fall - Tom Tykwer and the Cinema

Nov 29, 2004

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The Saga of Jeremiah Johnson

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Mad About You

Sep 23, 1992

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Inside the Actors Studio

Aug 14, 1994

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The Sopranos

Jan 10, 1999

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73

King of the Hill

Jan 12, 1997

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Entourage

Jul 18, 2004

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Frasier

Sep 16, 1993

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69

Will & Grace

Sep 21, 1998

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The Twilight Zone

Oct 02, 1959

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66

Just Shoot Me!

Mar 04, 1997

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78

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Oct 02, 1955

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70

The New Breed

Oct 03, 1961

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The Directors

Jan 01, 1999

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Pebble Mill

Oct 14, 1991

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Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence

Jul 07, 2008

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The New Breed

Oct 03, 1961

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Playhouse 90

Oct 04, 1956

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Le Grand Échiquier

Jan 12, 1972

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Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

Jan 12, 1975

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The Dick Cavett Show

Jun 06, 1968

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Great Performances

Jan 28, 1971

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Have Gun, Will Travel

Sep 14, 1957

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Golden Globe Awards

Jan 20, 1944

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Golden Globe Awards

Jan 20, 1944