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Sydney Pollack

Born 1934-07-01

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.

Known for

Eyes Wide Shut 1999 · 7.5 The Reader 2008 · 7.6 The Talented Mr. Ripley 1999 · 7.4 Michael Clayton 2007 · 7.2 Cold Mountain 2003 · 7.2 The Firm 1993 · 6.9 Sense and Sensibility 1995 · 7.7 Tootsie 1982 · 7.4 The Interpreter 2005 · 6.4 Out of Africa 1985 · 7.1 Made of Honor 2008 · 5.9 Changing Lanes 2002 · 6.5 Sliding Doors 1998 · 6.7 The Player 1992 · 7.5 Three Days of the Condor 1975 · 7.4 Presumed Innocent 1990 · 6.9 Sabrina 1995 · 6.3 Searching for Bobby Fischer 1993 · 7.4 Jeremiah Johnson 1972 · 7.6 Leatherheads 2008 · 6.0 Husbands and Wives 1992 · 7.5 Dead Again 1991 · 6.8 The Quiet American 2002 · 7.0 The Way We Were 1973 · 7.0 Birthday Girl 2001 · 6.0 Heaven 2002 · 6.9 The Fabulous Baker Boys 1989 · 6.9 Random Hearts 1999 · 5.4 Breaking and Entering 2006 · 6.5 They Shoot Horses, Don't They? 1969 · 7.8 Iris 2001 · 7.0 Margaret 2011 · 6.5 Recount 2008 · 7.3 Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures 2001 · 8.0 Catch a Fire 2006 · 6.7 The Electric Horseman 1979 · 6.4 White Palace 1990 · 6.5 Blow Dry 2001 · 6.2 Bright Lights, Big City 1988 · 5.7 Havana 1990 · 6.1 Flesh and Bone 1993 · 6.2 This Property Is Condemned 1966 · 7.0 Amazing Grace 2018 · 7.5 The Scalphunters 1968 · 6.7 Bobby Deerfield 1977 · 5.8 The Slender Thread 1965 · 7.0 Leaving Normal 1992 · 6.5 Songwriter 1984 · 6.2 One Six Right 2005 · 7.9