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 | Himself - Director (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2018-12-07 |
Movie | And the Oscar Goes To... | Self (archive footage) | 2014-02-01 |
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 | Made of Honor | Thomas Sr. | 2008-04-30 |
Movie | A Better Man: The Making of Tootsie | Interviewee | 2008-02-05 |
Series | Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence | Self | 2008-07-07 |
Movie | Michael Clayton | Marty Bach | 2007-09-28 |
Movie | Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley Kubrick | Self | 2007-10-23 |
Movie | Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001 | 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 | Avenue Montaigne | Brian Sobinski | 2006-02-15 |
Movie | Sketches of Frank Gehry | Self | 2006-05-12 |
Movie | Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters | Self | 2006-06-13 |
Movie | Filmmakers in Action | Self | 2006-09-15 |
Movie | Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light | Self | 2006-07-18 |
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 | Barbra Streisand: The Concert - Live at the MGM Grand | Himself | 2004-03-30 |
Movie | A Dying Breed: The Making of 'The Leopard' | Self | 2004-06-08 |
Series | Entourage | Unknown | 2004-07-18 |
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 | Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures | Self | 2001-05-02 |
Movie | The Majestic | Studio Executive (voice) | 2001-12-21 |
Movie | A Song of Africa | Self | 2000-02-29 |
Movie | The Way We Were: Looking Back | Self | 1999-01-02 |
Series | The Directors | Unknown | 1999-01-01 |
Series | The Sopranos | Unknown | 1999-01-10 |
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 |
Movie | Independent's Day | Self | 1998-01-15 |
Movie | A Civil Action | Al Eustis | 1998-12-25 |
Series | Will & Grace | George Truman | 1998-09-21 |
Series | King of the Hill | Unknown | 1997-01-12 |
Series | Just Shoot Me! | Unknown | 1997-03-04 |
Series | Inside the Actors Studio | Unknown | 1994-08-14 |
Series | Frasier | Guest Caller - Holden Thorpe | 1993-09-16 |
Movie | The Player | Dick Mellen | 1992-04-03 |
Movie | Death Becomes Her | Hospital Doctor (uncredited) | 1992-07-30 |
Series | Mad About You | Unknown | 1992-09-23 |
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 | Barbra Streisand: One Voice | Self - Audience Member (uncredited) | 1986-12-27 |
Movie | Putting it Together: The Making of the Broadway Album | Himself | 1985-01-01 |
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 |
Series | Have Gun, Will Travel | Unknown | 1957-09-14 |
Series | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Unknown | 1955-10-02 |