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Sydney Pollack
Sydney Irwin Pollack was an eminent American film director, producer, and actor who was renowned for directing commercially and critically acclaimed studio films. He was active in his career for over four decades, during which he received countless accolades including two Academy Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, and was nominated for three Golden Globe Awards and six BAFTA Awards. Pollack's glorious directorial spectrum includes some of the greatest films like Out of Africa, They Shoot Horses, Don't They?, Tootsie, Jeremiah Johnson, The Way We Were, Three Days of the Condor, Absence of Malice, The Firm, and Sabrina. He garnered his first Oscar nomination for the film 'They Shoot Horses, Don't They?' and his second for 'Tootsie'. For his masterpiece film 'Out of Africa' starring Meryl Streep and Robert Redford, Pollack was rewarded with Academy Awards for directing and producing.
Outside directing, he produced and acted in films such as Michael Clayton, The Fabulous Baker Boys, Sense and Sensibility, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Iris, Cold Mountain, and The Reader. As an actor, he made appearances in films like The Player, Woody Allen's Husbands and Wives, and Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut. Though Pollack commenced his acting career in the late '90s, he made a significant impact and often portrayed characters that were corrupt or morally conflicted power figures. His final non-documentary directorial film was The Interpreter. Pollack's last role was in the romantic comedy 'Made of Honor', in which he played Patrick Dempsey's father. The movie was playing in theaters when he passed away. As a producer, Pollack launched many films that were successful both critically and commercially, such as The Talented Mr. Ripley, and Michael Clayton.
Biography, Career & Filmography
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Given Name: Sydney Irwin Pollack
Born: Lafayette, Indiana, U.S.
Citizenship: United States
Birthday: July 1, 1934
Occupations: Film director, Producer, Actor
Years Active: 1955-2008
Children: 3
Spouses: Claire Bradley Griswold
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Awards and Nominations Received by Sydney Pollack
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The Interpreter
Sketches of Frank Gehry
The Electric Horseman
Three Days of the Condor
Sabrina
Absence of Malice
Tootsie
Random Hearts
Out of Africa
Jeremiah Johnson
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
The Way We Were
The Firm
Bobby Deerfield
And the Oscar Goes To…
The Story of The Swimmer
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
AFI’s 100 Years… 100 Passions: America’s Greatest Love Stories
A Dying Breed: The Making of ‘The Leopard’
Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin
Filmmakers in Action
Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light
Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz
Barbra Streisand: The Concert - Live at the MGM Grand
One Six Right
Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001
Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making ‘A Clockwork Orange’
Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley Kubrick
The Visions of Stanley Kubrick
View from the Overlook: Crafting ‘The Shining’
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
Putting It Together: The Making of the Broadway Album
Havana
Barbra Streisand: One Voice
Hello Actors Studio
Broadway’s Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
Boffo! Tinseltown’s Bombs and Blockbusters
Havana
The Yakuza
Castle Keep
War Hunt
A Better Man: The Making of ‘Tootsie’
The Way We Were: Looking Back
The Last Movie: Stanley Kubrick and ‘Eyes Wide Shut’
Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach
This Property Is Condemned
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
The Slender Thread
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Career Timeline
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2007
Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001
Self
Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
Self
Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making ‘A Clockwork Orange’
Self
Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley Kubrick
Self
The Visions of Stanley Kubrick
Self
View from the Overlook: Crafting ‘The Shining’
Self
2006
Sketches of Frank Gehry
Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light
Self
Boffo! Tinseltown’s Bombs and Blockbusters
Self
2005
The Interpreter
Filmmakers in Action
Self
Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
Self
The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz
Narrator (voice)
One Six Right
Himself
2004
A Dying Breed: The Making of ‘The Leopard’
Self
Barbra Streisand: The Concert - Live at the MGM Grand
Self
2002
AFI’s 100 Years… 100 Passions: America’s Greatest Love Stories
Self
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
Narrator (voice)
1999
Random Hearts
The Way We Were: Looking Back
Self
The Last Movie: Stanley Kubrick and ‘Eyes Wide Shut’
Self
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