Sydney Pollack
Birthday: July 1st, 1934 Date of Death: May 26th, 2008 Place of Birth: Lafayette, Indiana, USA
Sydney Irwin Pollack (July 1, 1934 – May 26, 2008) was an American film director, producer and actor. For his film Out of Africa (1985), Pollack won the Academy Award for Best Director and Best Picture. He was also nominated for Best Director Oscars for They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969) and Tootsie (1982).
Some of his other best-known works include Jeremiah Johnson (1972), The Way We Were (1973), Three Days of the Condor (1975) and Absence of Malice (1981). His subsequent films included Havana (1990), The Firm (1993), The Interpreter (2005), and he produced and acted in Michael Clayton (2007). Pollack also made appearances in Robert Altman's Hollywood mystery The Player (1992), Woody Allen's relationship drama Husbands and Wives (1993), and Stanley Kubrick's erotic psychological drama Eyes Wide Shut (1999).
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Cast Credits
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Amazing Grace (2018) -
Made of Honor (2008) -
A Better Man: The Making of Tootsie (2008)A Better Man: The Making of Tootsie (2008) -
View From the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining' (2007) -
Michael Clayton (2007) -
Avenue Montaigne (2006)Avenue Montaigne (2006)
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A Decade Under the Influence (2003) -
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller (2002)The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller (2002)
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Changing Lanes (2002) -
The Story Behind "Absence of Malice" (2001) -
Random Hearts (1999) -
Eyes Wide Shut (1999) -
The Way We Were: Looking Back (1999) -
Death Becomes Her (1992) -
The Player (1992) -
Tootsie (1982)
