Directing
Sydney Pollack
1934-07-01 · 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.
Known for
Silver Linings Playbook
Eyes Wide Shut
The Talented Mr. Ripley
The Sopranos
The Reader
Death Becomes Her
The Firm
Michael Clayton
Cold Mountain
Tootsie
Sense and Sensibility
Made of Honor
The Interpreter
Out of Africa
Sliding Doors
Three Days of the Condor
Movie credits · 133
John Candy: I Like Me
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
Citizen Jane Fonda
Amazing Grace
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
The Story of The Swimmer
Char·ac·ter
Silver Linings Playbook
Margaret
Glanz und Elend in Hollywood: Natalie Wood
Adapting Austen
A Very Quiet Man
The Reader
Recount
Made of Honor
Leatherheads
A Better Man: The Making of 'Tootsie'
James Taylor | One Man Band
Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange'
View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'
The Visions of Stanley Kubrick
Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley Kubrick
Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001
Michael Clayton
Breaking and Entering
Catch a Fire
Filmmakers in Action
Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters
Sketches of Frank Gehry
Avenue Montaigne
Forty Shades of Blue
The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz
One Six Right
Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
The Last Mogul
The Interpreter
Männer im Trenchcoat, Frauen im Pelz
In Free Fall - Tom Tykwer and the Cinema
TV credits · 37
Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence
Entourage
The Sopranos
The Directors
Will & Grace
Just Shoot Me!
King of the Hill
Inside the Actors Studio
American Cinema
Frasier
Fallen Angels
Mad About You
Pebble Mill
The South Bank Show
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Le Grand Échiquier
Great Performances
The Dick Cavett Show
Slattery's People
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
The Fugitive
Breaking Point
Arrest and Trial
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Frontier Circus
The New Breed
Ben Casey
Target: The Corruptors!
Cain's Hundred
The Defenders
The Tall Man
Startime
The Twilight Zone
Have Gun, Will Travel
Playhouse 90
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Golden Globe Awards
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