John Candy: I Like Me
2025 · Movie
as Self - Director (archive footage)
Sydney Pollack
1934-07-01
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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.
Filmography
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
2020 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Citizen Jane Fonda
2020 · Movie
Amazing Grace
2018 · Movie
as Self - Director (archive footage) (uncredited)
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
2014 · Movie
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
The Story of The Swimmer
2014 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Char·ac·ter
2012 · Movie
as Self
Glanz und Elend in Hollywood: Natalie Wood
2009 · Movie
as Self
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Adapting Austen
2009 · Movie
as Self
No image
A Very Quiet Man
2009 · Movie
as Self
Made of Honor
2008 · Movie
as Thomas Sr.
A Better Man: The Making of 'Tootsie'
2008 · Movie
as Self
Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence
2008 · TV Show
as Self
Michael Clayton
2007 · Movie
as Marty Bach
Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange'
2007 · Movie
as Self
View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'
2007 · Movie
as Self
The Visions of Stanley Kubrick
2007 · Movie
as Self
Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
2007 · Movie
as Self
Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley Kubrick
2007 · Movie
as Self
Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001
2007 · Movie
as Self
Avenue Montaigne
2006 · Movie
as Brian Sobinski
Sketches of Frank Gehry
2006 · Movie
as Self
Filmmakers in Action
2006 · Movie
as Self
Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light
2006 · Movie
as Self
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters
2006 · Movie
as Self
One Six Right
2005 · Movie
as Self
The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz
2005 · Movie
as Narrator (voice)
Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
2005 · Movie
as Self
The Interpreter
2005 · Movie
as Jay Pettigrew (uncredited)
The Last Mogul
2005 · Movie
as Self
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Männer im Trenchcoat, Frauen im Pelz
2004 · Movie
as Self
Barbra Streisand: The Concert - Live at the MGM Grand
2004 · Movie
as Self
Something About Sydney Pollack
2004 · Movie
as Self
A Dying Breed: The Making of 'The Leopard'
2004 · Movie
as Self
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In Free Fall - Tom Tykwer and the Cinema
2004 · Movie
as Self
Entourage
2004 · TV Show
as Sydney Pollack
Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin
2003 · Movie
as Narrator
A Decade Under the Influence
2003 · Movie
as Self
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More About the Condor
2003 · Movie
as Self
Changing Lanes
2002 · Movie
as Stephen Delano
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
2002 · Movie
as Narrator (voice)
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
2002 · Movie
as Self
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Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul
2001 · Movie
as Self
The Majestic
2001 · Movie
as Studio Executive (voice)
Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures
2001 · Movie
as Self
The Story Behind "Absence of Malice"
2001 · Movie
as Self
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbra Streisand
2001 · Movie
as self
Nobody's Perfect: The Making of Some Like It Hot
2001 · Movie
as Self
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Lost Angeles - Eine Stadt zwischen Traum und Trauma
2000 · Movie
as Self
Inside 'The Talented Mr. Ripley'
2000 · Movie
as Self
A Song of Africa
2000 · Movie
as Self
Eyes Wide Shut
1999 · Movie
as Victor Ziegler
Random Hearts
1999 · Movie
as Carl Broman
The Last Movie: Stanley Kubrick and 'Eyes Wide Shut'
1999 · Movie
as Self
The Way We Were: Looking Back
1999 · Movie
as Self
The Sopranos
1999 · TV Show
as Warren Feldman
The Directors
1999 · TV Show
as Self
A Civil Action
1998 · Movie
as Al Eustis
Independent's Day
1998 · Movie
as Self
Will & Grace
1998 · TV Show
as George Truman
The Saga of Jeremiah Johnson
1997 · Movie
as Self
King of the Hill
1997 · TV Show
as Grant Trimble (voice)
Just Shoot Me!
1997 · TV Show
as Sydney Pollack
Love in Hollywood
1996 · Movie
as Self
Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach
1996 · Movie
as Self
Inside the Actors Studio
1994 · TV Show
as Self
American Cinema
1994 · TV Show
as Self
Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O
1993 · Movie
as Self
Frasier
1993 · TV Show
as Holden Thorpe (voice)
The Player
1992 · Movie
as Dick Mellen
Husbands and Wives
1992 · Movie
as Jack
Death Becomes Her
1992 · Movie
as Hospital Doctor (uncredited)
Mad About You
1992 · TV Show
as Dr. Sydney Warren
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
1991 · Movie
as Self
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Pebble Mill
1991 · TV Show
as Self
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Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
1990 · Movie
as Self
Robert Redford & Sydney Pollack: The Men and Their Movies
1990 · Movie
as Self
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Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
1989 · Movie
as Self (voice)
Hello Actors Studio
1988 · Movie
as Self
Barbra Streisand: One Voice
1986 · Movie
as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
Putting It Together: The Making of the Broadway Album
1986 · Movie
as Self
Tootsie
1982 · Movie
as George Fields
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
1982 · Movie
The Making of 'Tootsie'
1982 · Movie
as Self
The Electric Horseman
1979 · Movie
as Man Who Makes Pass at Alice (uncredited)
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975 · TV Show
as Self
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
1973 · Movie
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks
1973 · Movie
as Narrator (voice)
Le Grand Échiquier
1972 · TV Show
as Self
Great Performances
1971 · TV Show
as Self
The Dick Cavett Show
1968 · TV Show
as Self - Guest
War Hunt
1962 · Movie
as Sgt. Owen Van Horn
The New Breed
1961 · TV Show
as Austin Rogers, Bert Masters
For Whom the Bell Tolls
1959 · Movie
as Andres
The Twilight Zone
1959 · TV Show
as Arthur Willis
Startime
1959 · TV Show
as Harry
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957 · TV Show
as Joe Culp
Playhouse 90
1956 · TV Show
as Andres
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 · TV Show
as Bernie Samuelson
Golden Globe Awards
1944 · TV Show
as Self - Nominee, Self - Nominee / Nominee
Now Is Tomorrow
· Movie
as Capt. Stein
Crew Credits
Amazing Grace
2018 · Movie
Director
Silver Linings Playbook
2012 · Movie
Thanks
Margaret
2011 · Movie
Producer
Leatherheads
2008 · Movie
Executive Producer
The Reader
2008 · Movie
Producer
Recount
2008 · Movie
Executive Producer
Michael Clayton
2007 · Movie
Producer
James Taylor | One Man Band
2007 · Movie
Executive Producer
Catch a Fire
2006 · Movie
Executive Producer
Sketches of Frank Gehry
2006 · Movie
Director, Director of Photography, Executive Producer
Breaking and Entering
2006 · Movie
Producer
The Interpreter
2005 · Movie
Director, Executive Producer
Forty Shades of Blue
2005 · Movie
Executive Producer
Cold Mountain
2003 · Movie
Producer
In the Name of Love
2003 · Movie
Executive Producer
The Quiet American
2002 · Movie
Executive Producer
Heaven
2002 · Movie
Executive Producer
Birthday Girl
2001 · Movie
Executive Producer
Iris
2001 · Movie
Executive Producer
Blow Dry
2001 · Movie
Executive Producer
Up at the Villa
2000 · Movie
Executive Producer
Random Hearts
1999 · Movie
Director, Producer
The Talented Mr. Ripley
1999 · Movie
Executive Producer
Sliding Doors
1998 · Movie
Producer
Poodle Springs
1998 · Movie
Executive Producer
Sense and Sensibility
1995 · Movie
Executive Producer
Sabrina
1995 · Movie
Director, Producer
Red Wind
1995 · Movie
Executive Producer
The Firm
1993 · Movie
Director, Producer
Searching for Bobby Fischer
1993 · Movie
Executive Producer
Flesh and Bone
1993 · Movie
Executive Producer
Fallen Angels
1993 · TV Show
Executive Producer
A Private Matter
1992 · Movie
Executive Producer
Leaving Normal
1992 · Movie
Executive Producer
King Ralph
1991 · Movie
Executive Producer
Dead Again
1991 · Movie
Executive Producer
Presumed Innocent
1990 · Movie
Producer
Havana
1990 · Movie
Director, Producer
White Palace
1990 · Movie
Executive Producer
Sanford Meisner Master Class
1990 · Movie
Director
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Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
1990 · Movie
Executive Producer, Other
The Fabulous Baker Boys
1989 · Movie
Executive Producer
A Tiger's Tale
1988 · Movie
Thanks
Bright Lights, Big City
1988 · Movie
Producer
Nine 1/2 Weeks
1986 · Movie
Other
Out of Africa
1985 · Movie
Director, Producer
Songwriter
1984 · Movie
Producer
Tootsie
1982 · Movie
Director, Producer
Absence of Malice
1981 · Movie
Director, Producer
Honeysuckle Rose
1980 · Movie
Executive Producer
The Electric Horseman
1979 · Movie
Director
Bobby Deerfield
1977 · Movie
Director, Producer
Three Days of the Condor
1975 · Movie
Director, Producer
The Yakuza
1974 · Movie
Director, Producer
The Way We Were
1973 · Movie
Director
Jeremiah Johnson
1972 · Movie
Director
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
1969 · Movie
Director
Castle Keep
1969 · Movie
Director
The Scalphunters
1968 · Movie
Director
The Swimmer
1968 · Movie
Co-Director
This Property Is Condemned
1966 · Movie
Director
The Slender Thread
1965 · Movie
Director
Slattery's People
1964 · TV Show
Director
The Fugitive
1963 · TV Show
Director
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Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963 · TV Show
Director
Breaking Point
1963 · TV Show
Director
Arrest and Trial
1963 · TV Show
Director
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962 · TV Show
Director
The Young Savages
1961 · Movie
Dialect Coach
Cain's Hundred
1961 · TV Show
Director
Target: The Corruptors!
1961 · TV Show
Director
The Defenders
1961 · TV Show
Director
Ben Casey
1961 · TV Show
Director
Frontier Circus
1961 · TV Show
Director
The Tall Man
1960 · TV Show
Director
The Turn of the Screw
1959 · Movie
Dialogue Coach
Startime
1959 · TV Show
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