07/01/1934
Lafayette, Indiana, USA:
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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Silver Linings Playbook (2012) Thanks |
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Margaret (2011) Producer |
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The Reader (2008) Producer |
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Recount (2008) Executive Producer |
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Leatherheads (2008) Executive Producer |
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James Taylor | One Man Band (2007) Executive Producer |
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Michael Clayton (2007) Producer |
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Breaking and Entering (2006) Producer |
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Catch a Fire (2006) Executive Producer |
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Sketches of Frank Gehry (2006) Director |
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Sketches of Frank Gehry (2006) Director of Photography |
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Sketches of Frank Gehry (2006) Executive Producer |
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Forty Shades of Blue (2005) Executive Producer |
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The Interpreter (2005) Director |
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The Interpreter (2005) Executive Producer |
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Cold Mountain (2003) Producer |
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In the Name of Love (2003) Executive Producer |
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The Quiet American (2002) Executive Producer |
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Heaven (2002) Executive Producer |
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Iris (2001) Executive Producer |
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Birthday Girl (2001) Executive Producer |
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Blow Dry (2001) Executive Producer |
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Up at the Villa (2000) Executive Producer |
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The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999) Executive Producer |
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Random Hearts (1999) Director |
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Random Hearts (1999) Producer |
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Poodle Springs (1998) Executive Producer |
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Sliding Doors (1998) Producer |
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Sabrina (1995) Director |
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Sabrina (1995) Producer |
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Sense and Sensibility (1995) Executive Producer |
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Red Wind (1995) Executive Producer |
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Flesh and Bone (1993) Executive Producer |
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Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993) Executive Producer |
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The Firm (1993) Director |
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The Firm (1993) Producer |
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A Private Matter (1992) Executive Producer |
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Leaving Normal (1992) Executive Producer |
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Dead Again (1991) Executive Producer |
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King Ralph (1991) Executive Producer |
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Havana (1990) Director |
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Havana (1990) Producer |
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White Palace (1990) Executive Producer |
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Sanford Meisner Master Class (1990) Director |
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Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret (1990) Executive Producer |
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Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret (1990) Other |
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Presumed Innocent (1990) Producer |
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The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989) Executive Producer |
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Bright Lights, Big City (1988) Producer |
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A Tiger's Tale (1988) Thanks |
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Nine 1/2 Weeks (1986) Other |
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Out of Africa (1985) Director |
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Out of Africa (1985) Producer |
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Songwriter (1984) Producer |
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Tootsie (1982) Director |
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Tootsie (1982) Producer |
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Absence of Malice (1981) Director |
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Absence of Malice (1981) Producer |
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Honeysuckle Rose (1980) Executive Producer |
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The Electric Horseman (1979) Director |
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Bobby Deerfield (1977) Director |
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Bobby Deerfield (1977) Producer |
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Three Days of the Condor (1975) Director |
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Three Days of the Condor (1975) Producer |
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The Yakuza (1974) Director |
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The Yakuza (1974) Producer |
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The Way We Were (1973) Director |
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Jeremiah Johnson (1972) Director |
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They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969) Director |
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Castle Keep (1969) Director |
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The Scalphunters (1968) Director |
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This Property Is Condemned (1966) Director |
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The Slender Thread (1965) Director |
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The Young Savages (1961) Dialect Coach |
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The Turn of the Screw (1959) Dialogue Coach |