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Sydney Pollack

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Sydney Pollack

Born July 1, 1934 in Lafayette, Indiana, USADied May 26, 200822 films

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.

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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).

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Three Days of the Condor posterFirst watchThree Days of the Condor19757.3When bookish CIA researcher Joe Turner finds all his co-workers dead, he, together with a woman he has kidnapped, must work together to outwit those responsible until he determines who he…View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Tootsie poster7.2Tootsie1982Out of Africa poster7.1Out of Africa1985The Firm poster6.7The Firm1993Jeremiah Johnson poster7.3Jeremiah Johnson1972The Interpreter poster6.3The Interpreter2005They Shoot Horses, Don't They? poster7.6They Shoot Horses, Don't They?1969The Way We Were poster7.0The Way We Were1973Sabrina poster6.2Sabrina1995

Filmography

22 films as director
  1. 2018Amazing GraceDirector
  2. 2006Sketches of Frank GehryDirector
  3. 2005The InterpreterDirector
  4. 1999Random HeartsDirector
  5. 1995SabrinaDirector
  6. 1993The FirmDirector
  7. 1990HavanaDirector
  8. 1990Sanford Meisner Master ClassDirector
  9. 1985Out of AfricaDirector
  10. 1982TootsieDirector
  11. 1981Absence of MaliceDirector
  12. 1979The Electric HorsemanDirector
  13. 1977Bobby DeerfieldDirector
  14. 1975Three Days of the CondorDirector
  15. 1974The YakuzaDirector
  16. 1973The Way We WereDirector
  17. 1972Jeremiah JohnsonDirector
  18. 1969They Shoot Horses, Don't They?Director
  19. 1969Castle KeepDirector
  20. 1968The ScalphuntersDirector
  21. 1966This Property Is CondemnedDirector
  22. 1965The Slender ThreadDirector