Sydney Irwin Pollack was an American film director, producer and actor. Pollack studied with Sanford Meisner at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York City, where he later taught acting. He began directing television shows in the 1960s before moving to films. Pollack directed more than 21 films and 10 television shows, acted in over 30 films or shows, and produced over 44 films. Some of his best known works include Jeremiah Johnson (1972), The Way We Were (1973), Three Days of the Condor (1975) and Absence of Malice (1981). His 1985 film Out of Africa won him Academy Awards for directing and producing; he was also nominated for Best Director Oscars for They Shoot Horses, Don't They? and Tootsie, in the latter of which he also appeared. His later films included Havana (1990), The Firm (1993), Sabrina (1995), The Interpreter (2005), and as producer for and actor in Michael Clayton (2007).
Movie | Babenco: Tell Me When I Die | Self (archive footage) | 2020-11-26 |
Movie | Amazing Grace | Self - Director (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2018-12-07 |
Movie | And the Oscar Goes To... | Self (archive footage) | 2014-02-01 |
Movie | The Story of The Swimmer | Self (archive footage) | 2014-03-11 |
Movie | Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles | Self - Filmmaker (archive footage) | 2014-12-12 |
Movie | Char·ac·ter | Self | 2012-11-30 |
Movie | Glanz und Elend in Hollywood: Natalie Wood | Self | 2009-10-08 |
Movie | A Better Man: The Making of 'Tootsie' | Self | 2008-02-05 |
Movie | Made of Honor | Thomas Sr. | 2008-04-30 |
Series | Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence | Self | 2008-07-07 |
Movie | Michael Clayton | Marty Bach | 2007-09-28 |
Movie | Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange' | Self | 2007-10-23 |
Movie | Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley Kubrick | Self | 2007-10-23 |
Movie | View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining' | Self | 2007-10-23 |
Movie | The Visions of Stanley Kubrick | Self | 2007-10-23 |
Movie | Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001 | Self | 2007-10-23 |
Movie | Avenue Montaigne | Brian Sobinski | 2006-02-15 |
Movie | Sketches of Frank Gehry | Self | 2006-05-12 |
Movie | Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light | Self | 2006-07-18 |
Movie | Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters | Self | 2006-06-13 |
Movie | Filmmakers in Action | Self | 2006-09-15 |
Movie | The Interpreter | Jay Pettigrew (uncredited) | 2005-04-08 |
Movie | The Last Mogul | Self | 2005-06-24 |
Movie | Filmmakers vs. Tycoons | Self | 2005-07-17 |
Movie | One Six Right | Himself | 2005-11-25 |
Movie | The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz | Narrator (voice) | 2005-10-25 |
Movie | A Dying Breed: The Making of 'The Leopard' | Self | 2004-06-08 |
Movie | Barbra Streisand: The Concert - Live at the MGM Grand | Self | 2004-03-30 |
Series | Entourage | Unknown | 2004-07-18 |
Movie | Männer im Trenchcoat, Frauen im Pelz | Self | 2004-12-19 |
Movie | Something About Sydney Pollack | Self | 2004-06-20 |
Movie | A Decade Under the Influence | Self | 2003-04-25 |
Movie | Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin | Narrator | 2003-05-01 |
Movie | Changing Lanes | Stephen Delano | 2002-04-07 |
Movie | The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller | Narrator (voice) | 2002-07-02 |
Movie | Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul | Self | 2001-04-01 |
Movie | Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures | Self | 2001-05-02 |
Movie | The Majestic | Studio Executive (voice) | 2001-12-21 |
Movie | Lost Angeles - Eine Stadt zwischen Traum und Trauma | Self | 2000-01-01 |
Movie | A Song of Africa | Self | 2000-02-29 |
Movie | The Way We Were: Looking Back | Self | 1999-01-02 |
Series | The Sopranos | Unknown | 1999-01-10 |
Series | The Directors | Unknown | 1999-01-01 |
Movie | Eyes Wide Shut | Victor Ziegler | 1999-07-16 |
Movie | Random Hearts | Carl Broman | 1999-10-08 |
Movie | The Last Movie: Stanley Kubrick and 'Eyes Wide Shut' | Self | 1999-09-05 |
Series | Will & Grace | George Truman | 1998-09-21 |
Movie | Independent's Day | Self | 1998-01-15 |
Movie | A Civil Action | Al Eustis | 1998-12-25 |
Series | King of the Hill | Unknown | 1997-01-12 |
Series | Just Shoot Me! | Unknown | 1997-03-04 |
Movie | Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach | Self | 1996-03-15 |
Movie | Love in Hollywood | Self | 1996-12-08 |
Series | Inside the Actors Studio | Unknown | 1994-08-14 |
Movie | Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O | Self | 1993-05-22 |
Series | Frasier | Guest Caller - Holden Thorpe | 1993-09-16 |
Series | Mad About You | Unknown | 1992-09-23 |
Movie | Death Becomes Her | Hospital Doctor (uncredited) | 1992-07-30 |
Movie | The Player | Dick Mellen | 1992-04-03 |
Movie | Husbands and Wives | Jack | 1992-09-18 |
Movie | Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star | Self | 1991-03-10 |
Series | Pebble Mill | Unknown | 1991-10-14 |
Movie | Putting it Together: The Making of the Broadway Album | Himself | 1986-01-11 |
Movie | Barbra Streisand: One Voice | Self - Audience Member (uncredited) | 1986-12-27 |
Movie | Tootsie | George Fields | 1982-12-17 |
Movie | The Electric Horseman | Man Who Makes Pass at Alice (uncredited) | 1979-12-21 |
Movie | The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks | Narrator (voice) | 1973-01-01 |
Movie | War Hunt | Sgt. Owen Van Horn | 1962-05-01 |
Series | The New Breed | Unknown | 1961-10-03 |
Series | The Twilight Zone | Arthur Willis | 1959-10-02 |
Movie | For Whom the Bell Tolls | Andres | 1959-03-12 |
Series | Have Gun, Will Travel | Unknown | 1957-09-14 |
Series | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Unknown | 1955-10-02 |