Sydney Pollack
Known for: Directing
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
Series
The Sopranos
Warren Feldman
1999
Series
Frasier
Holden Thorpe (voice)
1993
Series
King of the Hill
Grant Trimble (voice)
1997
Series
Great Performances
Self
1971
Series
Will & Grace
George Truman
1998
Series
The South Bank Show
1978
Series
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
1968
Series
Entourage
Sydney Pollack
2004
Series
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
1944
Series
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee / Nominee
1944
Series
Mad About You
Dr. Sydney Warren
1992
Series
Have Gun, Will Travel
Joe Culp
1957
Series
The Twilight Zone
Arthur Willis
1959
Pebble Mill
Self
1991
Series
Ben Casey
1961
Series
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self
1975
Series
Just Shoot Me!
Sydney Pollack
1997
Series
Le Grand Échiquier
Self
1972
Film
Eyes Wide Shut
Victor Ziegler
1999
Series
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Bernie Samuelson
1955
Series
Playhouse 90
Andres
1956
Series
Startime
Harry
1959
Series
The New Breed
Austin Rogers
1961
Series
The New Breed
Bert Masters
1961
Film
Death Becomes Her
Hospital Doctor (uncredited)
1992
Series
The Directors
Self
1999
Film
The Player
Dick Mellen
1992
Film
Tootsie
George Fields
1982
Film
Michael Clayton
Marty Bach
2007
Film
Random Hearts
Carl Broman
1999
Film
The Interpreter
Jay Pettigrew (uncredited)
2005
Film
Made of Honor
Thomas Sr.
2008
Film
The Majestic
Studio Executive (voice)
2001
Film
Changing Lanes
Stephen Delano
2002
Film
A Civil Action
Al Eustis
1998
Film
John Candy: I Like Me
Self - Director (archive footage)
2025
Series
American Cinema
Self
1994
Series
Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence
Self
2008
Film
Husbands and Wives
Jack
1992
Film
Stanley Kubrick - Ein Leben für den Film
Self
2001
Series
Inside the Actors Studio
Self
1994
Film
The Electric Horseman
Man Who Makes Pass at Alice (uncredited)
1979
Film
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2014
Film
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
Narrator (voice)
2002
Film
A Decade Under the Influence
Self
2003
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
Self (voice)
1989
Film
War Hunt
Sgt. Owen Van Horn
1962
Film
Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001
Self
2007
Film
Avenue Montaigne
Brian Sobinski
2006
Film
Amazing Grace
Self - Director (archive footage) (uncredited)
2018
Film
Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin
Narrator
2003
Film
Barbra Streisand: The Concert - Live at the MGM Grand
Self
2004
Film
Barbra Streisand: One Voice
Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
1986
Film
Putting It Together: The Making of the Broadway Album
Self
1986
Film
Citizen Jane Fonda
Self (archive footage)
2020
Film
Hello Actors Studio
Self
1988
Film
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
Self
1982
Film
Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
Self
2007
Film
The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks
Narrator (voice)
1973
Film
Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light
Self
2006
Film
A Dying Breed: The Making of 'The Leopard'
Self
2004
Film
Sketches of Frank Gehry
Self
2006
Film
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
Self
2002
Film
Robert Redford & Sydney Pollack: The Men and Their Movies
Self
1990
A Very Quiet Man
Self
2009
Film
Filmmakers in Action
Self
2006
Film
The Making of 'Tootsie'
Self
1982
Film
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
Self (archive footage)
2020
Film
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters
Self
2006
Film
Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley Kubrick
Self
2007
Film
Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach
Self
1996
Film
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
Self - Narrator (voice)
1973
Film
The Last Movie: Stanley Kubrick and 'Eyes Wide Shut'
Self
1999
Film
The Story Behind "Absence of Malice"
Self
2001
Film
The Visions of Stanley Kubrick
Self
2007
Film
Inside 'The Talented Mr. Ripley'
Self
2000
Film
The Last Mogul
Self
2005
Film
Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O
Self
1993
Film
A Song of Africa
Self
2000
Adapting Austen
Self
2009
Film
View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'
Self
2007
Film
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
Self
1991
Film
The Story of The Swimmer
Self (archive footage)
2014
Film
Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange'
Self
2007
Film
Independent's Day
Self
1998
Film
The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz
Narrator (voice)
2005
Film
Nobody's Perfect: The Making of Some Like It Hot
Self
2001
Film
Char·ac·ter
Self
2012
Film
Glanz und Elend in Hollywood: Natalie Wood
Self
2009
Film
The Saga of Jeremiah Johnson
Self
1997
Film
Something About Sydney Pollack
Self
2004
Film
A Better Man: The Making of 'Tootsie'
Self
2008
Film
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbra Streisand
self
2001
Film
Now Is Tomorrow
Capt. Stein
1958
Film
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Andres
1959
Film
One Six Right
Self
2005
Film
Love in Hollywood
Self
1996
Männer im Trenchcoat, Frauen im Pelz
Self
2004
In Free Fall - Tom Tykwer and the Cinema
Self
2004
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
Self
1990
Film
The Way We Were: Looking Back
Self
1999
Film
Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
Self
2005
Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul
Self
2001
Lost Angeles - Eine Stadt zwischen Traum und Trauma
Self
2000
More About the Condor
Self
2003