Director
Sydney Pollack
92 years · Lafayette, Indiana, USA · 93 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. 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.
Best known for
Filmography 93
John Candy: I Like Me
2025 · Self - Director (archive footage)
On Amazon Prime Video
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
2020 · Self (archive footage)
On Criterion Channel
Citizen Jane Fonda
2020 · Self (archive footage)
On Tubi TV
Amazing Grace
2018 · Self - Director (archive footage) (uncredited), Director
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
2014 · Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
On Kanopy
The Story of The Swimmer
2014 · Self (archive footage)
Char·ac·ter
2012 · Self
On Plex
Margaret
2011 · Producer
On Hoopla
Glanz und Elend in Hollywood: Natalie Wood
2009 · Self
The Reader
2008 · Producer
On Kanopy
Made of Honor
2008 · Thomas Sr.
On Netflix
A Better Man: The Making of 'Tootsie'
2008 · Self
Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange'
2007 · Self
View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'
2007 · Self
The Visions of Stanley Kubrick
2007 · Self
Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
2007 · Self
Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley Kubrick
2007 · Self
Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001
2007 · Self
Michael Clayton
2007 · Marty Bach, Producer
Breaking and Entering
2006 · Producer
On Plex
Filmmakers in Action
2006 · Self
Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light
2006 · Self
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters
2006 · Self
Sketches of Frank Gehry
2006 · Self, Director