Sydney Pollack
July 1, 1934 (90 years old) in Lafayette, Indiana, USA
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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Sydney Pollack, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- 2020 · Babenco: Tell Me When I Die as Self (archive footage)
- 2018 · Amazing Grace as Self - Director (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2014 · Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
- 2014 · The Story of The Swimmer as Self (archive footage)
- 2014 · And the Oscar Goes To... as Self (archive footage)
- 2012 · Char·ac·ter as Self
- 2009 · Glanz und Elend in Hollywood: Natalie Wood as Self
- 2008 · Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence as Self
- 2008 · Made of Honor as Thomas Sr.
- 2008 · A Better Man: The Making of 'Tootsie' as Self
- 2007 · Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley Kubrick as Self
- 2007 · Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange' as Self
- 2007 · Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001 as Self
- 2007 · View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining' as Self
- 2007 · The Visions of Stanley Kubrick as Self
- 2007 · Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001 as Self
- 2007 · Michael Clayton as Marty Bach
- 2006 · Filmmakers in Action as Self
- 2006 · Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light as Self
- 2006 · Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters as Self
- 2006 · Sketches of Frank Gehry as Self
- 2006 · Avenue Montaigne as Brian Sobinski
- 2005 · One Six Right as Himself
- 2005 · The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz as Narrator (voice)
- 2005 · Filmmakers vs. Tycoons as Self
- 2005 · The Last Mogul as Self
- 2005 · The Interpreter as Jay Pettigrew (uncredited)
- 2004 · Männer im Trenchcoat, Frauen im Pelz as Self
- 2004 · Entourage as Sydney Pollack
- 2004 · Something About Sydney Pollack as Self
- 2004 · A Dying Breed: The Making of 'The Leopard' as Self
- 2004 · Barbra Streisand: The Concert - Live at the MGM Grand as Self
- 2003 · Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin as Narrator
- 2003 · A Decade Under the Influence as Self
- 2003 · More About the Condor as
- 2002 · The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller as Narrator (voice)
- 2002 · Changing Lanes as Stephen Delano
- 2001 · The Majestic as Studio Executive (voice)
- 2001 · The Story Behind "Absence of Malice" as Self
- 2001 · Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures as Self
- 2001 · Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul as Self
- 2000 · Inside 'The Talented Mr. Ripley' as Self
- 2000 · A Song of Africa as Self
- 2000 · Lost Angeles - Eine Stadt zwischen Traum und Trauma as Self
- 1999 · Random Hearts as Carl Broman
- 1999 · The Last Movie: Stanley Kubrick and 'Eyes Wide Shut' as Self
- 1999 · Eyes Wide Shut as Victor Ziegler
- 1999 · The Sopranos as Warren Feldman
- 1999 · The Way We Were: Looking Back as Self
- 1999 · The Directors as Self
- 1998 · A Civil Action as Al Eustis
- 1998 · Will & Grace as George Truman
- 1998 · Independent's Day as Self
- 1997 · Just Shoot Me! as Sydney Pollack
- 1997 · King of the Hill as Grant Trimble (voice)
- 1996 · Love in Hollywood as Self
- 1996 · Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach as Self
- 1994 · Inside the Actors Studio as Self
- 1993 · Frasier as Holden Thorpe (voice)
- 1993 · Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O as Self
- 1992 · Mad About You as Dr. Sydney Warren
- 1992 · Husbands and Wives as Jack
- 1992 · Death Becomes Her as Hospital Doctor (uncredited)
- 1992 · The Player as Dick Mellen
- 1991 · Pebble Mill as Self
- 1991 · Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star as Self
- 1990 · Robert Redford & Sydney Pollack: The Men and Their Movies as Self
- 1990 · Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret as Self
- 1988 · Hello Actors Studio as Self
- 1986 · Barbra Streisand: One Voice as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
- 1986 · Putting it Together: The Making of the Broadway Album as Himself
- 1982 · Tootsie as George Fields
- 1979 · The Electric Horseman as Man Who Makes Pass at Alice (uncredited)
- 1975 · Les Rendez-vous du dimanche as Self
- 1973 · The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks as Narrator (voice)
- 1973 · The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 1972 · Le Grand Échiquier as Self
- 1971 · Great Performances as Self
- 1968 · The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest
- 1962 · War Hunt as Sgt. Owen Van Horn
- 1961 · The New Breed as Austin Rogers
- 1961 · The New Breed as Bert Masters
- 1959 · The Twilight Zone as Arthur Willis
- 1959 · For Whom the Bell Tolls as Andres
- 1957 · Have Gun, Will Travel as Joe Culp
- 1956 · Playhouse 90 as Andres
- 1956 · The Army Game as Pvt. Shuber
- 1955 · Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Bernie Samuelson
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Winner