

Sydney Pollack
Acting
July 1, 1934
Lafayette, Indiana, USA
May 26, 2008
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).
The Filmography


Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley Kubrick

Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001

The Visions of Stanley Kubrick

View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'

Michael Clayton

Sketches of Frank Gehry

Avenue Montaigne

The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz

The Last Mogul

The Interpreter

Barbra Streisand: The Concert - Live at the MGM Grand

Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin

A Decade Under the Influence

The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller

Changing Lanes

The Story Behind "Absence of Malice"

Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures

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