Sydney Pollack
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).
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| Known For | Directing |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.394 |
| Birthday | 1934-07-01 |
| Place of Birth | Lafayette, Indiana, USA |
| Also Known As | Sidney Pollack, |
1999
Eyes Wide Shut
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Avenue Montaigne
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The Player
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2008
Made of Honor
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2007
Michael Clayton
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War Hunt
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Random Hearts
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1982
Tootsie
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Lost Angeles - Eine Stadt zwischen Traum und Trauma
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Husbands and Wives
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Love in Hollywood
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One Six Right
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Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin
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Char·ac·ter
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Hello Actors Studio
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2002
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
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Death Becomes Her
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The Electric Horseman
6.1/149
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1990
Robert Redford & Sydney Pollack: The Men and Their Movies
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Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul
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Barbra Streisand: The Concert - Live at the MGM Grand
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View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'
7.4/7
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The Visions of Stanley Kubrick
6.9/11
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Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
6.7/34
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The Army Game
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Something About Sydney Pollack
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Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
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A Decade Under the Influence
8/40
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Independent's Day
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A Better Man: The Making of 'Tootsie'
6/3
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2001
The Majestic
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2005
The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz
7/1
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1999
The Last Movie: Stanley Kubrick and 'Eyes Wide Shut'
7.7/7
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Putting it Together: The Making of the Broadway Album
10/1
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2001
Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures
7.4/192
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2007
Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
6/3
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2005
Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
6.2/5
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2006
Filmmakers in Action
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Amazing Grace
7.211/102
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2007
Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley Kubrick
6.9/16
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Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light
7.1/14
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2004
A Dying Breed: The Making of 'The Leopard'
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2001
The Story Behind "Absence of Malice"
6/1
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2014
And the Oscar Goes To...
7/53
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2005
The Interpreter
6.303/1457
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2000
A Song of Africa
8/1
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1993
Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O
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Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O
1999
The Way We Were: Looking Back
9.4/5
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2020
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
7/15
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1996
Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach
7/1
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2005
The Last Mogul
5.1/11
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2014
The Story of The Swimmer
0/0
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2007
Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001
6/6
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2006
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters
6.5/2
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2003
More About the Condor
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2002
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
7/1
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1989
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
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