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Sydney Pollack
Lafayette, Indiana, USA
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…
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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.
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2025
John Candy: I Like Me
Movie Self - Director (archive footage)
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2020
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2020
Citizen Jane Fonda
Movie
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2018
Amazing Grace
Movie Self - Director (archive footage) (uncredited)
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2014
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
Movie Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
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2014
The Story of The Swimmer
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2012
Char·ac·ter
Movie Self
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2012
Silver Linings Playbook
Movie Thanks
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2011
Margaret
Movie Producer
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2009
Glanz und Elend in Hollywood: Natalie Wood
Movie Self
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2009
A Very Quiet Man
Movie Self
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2009
Adapting Austen
Movie Self
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2008
The Reader
Movie Producer
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2008
Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence
TV show Self
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2008
Recount
Movie Executive Producer
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2008
Made of Honor
Movie Thomas Sr.
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2008
Leatherheads
Movie Executive Producer
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2008
A Better Man: The Making of 'Tootsie'
Movie Self
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2007
James Taylor | One Man Band
Movie Executive Producer
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2007
The Visions of Stanley Kubrick
Movie Self
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2007
Michael Clayton
Movie Marty Bach
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2006
Breaking and Entering
Movie Producer
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2006
Catch a Fire
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2006
Filmmakers in Action
Movie Self
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2006
Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light
Movie Self
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2006
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters
Movie Self
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2006
Sketches of Frank Gehry
Movie Self
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2006
Avenue Montaigne
Movie Brian Sobinski
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2005
Forty Shades of Blue
Movie Executive Producer
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2005
The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz
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2005
One Six Right
Movie Self
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2005
Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
Movie Self
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2005
The Last Mogul
Movie Self
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2005
The Interpreter
Movie Jay Pettigrew (uncredited)
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2004
Männer im Trenchcoat, Frauen im Pelz
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