Sydney Pollack
Born July 01, 1934 (Age: 91)
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Lafayette, Indiana, USA
Biography
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.
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.
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Filmography
Glanz und Elend in Hollywood: Natalie Wood
2009
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as Self
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Age: 75
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A Very Quiet Man
2009
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as Self
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Age: 74
No Image
Adapting Austen
2009
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as Self
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Age: 74
Made of Honor
2008
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as Thomas Sr.
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Age: 73
Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001
2007
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as Self
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Age: 73
Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
2007
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as Self
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Age: 73
The Visions of Stanley Kubrick
2007
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as Self
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Age: 73
Michael Clayton
2007
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as Marty Bach
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Age: 73
Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light
2006
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as Self
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Age: 72
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters
2006
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as Self
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Age: 71
The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz
2005
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as Narrator (voice)
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Age: 71
The Interpreter
2005
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as Jay Pettigrew (uncredited)
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Age: 70
No Image
Männer im Trenchcoat, Frauen im Pelz
2004
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as Self
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Age: 70
No Image
In Free Fall - Tom Tykwer and the Cinema
2004
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as Self
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Age: 70
Something About Sydney Pollack
2004
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as Self
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Age: 69
A Dying Breed: The Making of 'The Leopard'
2004
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as Self
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Age: 69
Barbra Streisand: The Concert - Live at the MGM Grand
2004
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as Self
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Age: 69
A Decade Under the Influence
2003
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as Self
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Age: 68
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
2002
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as Narrator (voice)
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Age: 68
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
2002
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as Self
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Age: 67
Changing Lanes
2002
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as Stephen Delano
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Age: 67
The Majestic
2001
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as Studio Executive (voice)
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Age: 67
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbra Streisand
2001
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as self
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Age: 66
Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures
2001
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as Self
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Age: 66
Inside 'The Talented Mr. Ripley'
2000
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as Self
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Age: 65
A Song of Africa
2000
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as Self
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Age: 65
No Image
Lost Angeles - Eine Stadt zwischen Traum und Trauma
2000
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as Self
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Age: 65
Random Hearts
1999
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as Carl Broman
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Age: 65
Eyes Wide Shut
1999
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as Victor Ziegler
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Age: 65
A Civil Action
1998
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as Al Eustis
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Age: 64
Independent's Day
1998
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as Self
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Age: 63
The Saga of Jeremiah Johnson
1997
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as Self
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Age: 63
Love in Hollywood
1996
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as Self
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Age: 62
Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach
1996
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as Self
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Age: 61
Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O
1993
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as Self
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Age: 58
Husbands and Wives
1992
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as Jack
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Age: 58
Death Becomes Her
1992
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as Hospital Doctor (uncredited)
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Age: 58
The Player
1992
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as Dick Mellen
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Age: 57
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
1991
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as Self
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Age: 56
Robert Redford & Sydney Pollack: The Men and Their Movies
1990
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as Self
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Age: 56
No Image
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
1990
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as Self
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Age: 56
Hello Actors Studio
1988
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as Self
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Age: 54
Tootsie
1982
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as George Fields
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Age: 48
The Electric Horseman
1979
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as Man Who Makes Pass at Alice (uncredited)
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Age: 45
The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks
1973
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as Narrator (voice)
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Age: 38
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
1973
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as Self - Narrator (voice)
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Age: 38
War Hunt
1962
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as Sgt. Owen Van Horn
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Age: 27
For Whom the Bell Tolls
1959
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as Andres
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Age: 24