Sydney Pollack
Directing
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Acting Credits
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Directed
Biography
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 nominate...
Known For
Filmography
John Candy: I Like Me
2025
as Self - Director (archive footage)
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
2020
as Self (archive footage)
Citizen Jane Fonda
2020
Amazing Grace
2018
as Self - Director (archive footage) (uncredited)
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
2014
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
The Story of The Swimmer
2014
as Self (archive footage)
Char·ac·ter
2012
as Self
Glanz und Elend in Hollywood: Natalie Wood
2009
as Self
Adapting Austen
2009
as Self
A Very Quiet Man
2009
as Self
Made of Honor
2008
as Thomas Sr.
A Better Man: The Making of 'Tootsie'
2008
as Self
Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence
2008
as Self
Michael Clayton
2007
as Marty Bach
Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange'
2007
as Self
View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'
2007
as Self
The Visions of Stanley Kubrick
2007
as Self
Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
2007
as Self
Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley Kubrick
2007
as Self
Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001
2007
as Self
Avenue Montaigne
2006
as Brian Sobinski
Sketches of Frank Gehry
2006
as Self
Filmmakers in Action
2006
as Self
Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light
2006
as Self
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters
2006
as Self
One Six Right
2005
as Self
The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz
2005
as Narrator (voice)
Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
2005
as Self
The Interpreter
2005
as Jay Pettigrew (uncredited)
The Last Mogul
2005
as Self
Männer im Trenchcoat, Frauen im Pelz
2004
as Self
Barbra Streisand: The Concert - Live at the MGM Grand
2004
as Self
Something About Sydney Pollack
2004
as Self
A Dying Breed: The Making of 'The Leopard'
2004
as Self
In Free Fall - Tom Tykwer and the Cinema
2004
as Self
Entourage
2004
as Sydney Pollack
Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin
2003
as Narrator
A Decade Under the Influence
2003
as Self
More About the Condor
2003
as Self
Changing Lanes
2002
as Stephen Delano
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
2002
as Narrator (voice)
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
2002
as Self
Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul
2001
as Self
The Majestic
2001
as Studio Executive (voice)
Stanley Kubrick - Ein Leben für den Film
2001
as Self
The Story Behind "Absence of Malice"
2001
as Self
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbra Streisand
2001
as self
Nobody's Perfect: The Making of Some Like It Hot
2001
as Self
Lost Angeles - Eine Stadt zwischen Traum und Trauma
2000
as Self
Inside 'The Talented Mr. Ripley'
2000
as Self
A Song of Africa
2000
as Self
Eyes Wide Shut
1999
as Victor Ziegler
Random Hearts
1999
as Carl Broman
The Last Movie: Stanley Kubrick and 'Eyes Wide Shut'
1999
as Self
The Way We Were: Looking Back
1999
as Self
The Sopranos
1999
as Warren Feldman
The Directors
1999
as Self
A Civil Action
1998
as Al Eustis
Independent's Day
1998
as Self
Will & Grace
1998
as George Truman
The Saga of Jeremiah Johnson
1997
as Self
King of the Hill
1997
as Grant Trimble (voice)
Just Shoot Me!
1997
as Sydney Pollack
Love in Hollywood
1996
as Self
Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach
1996
as Self
Inside the Actors Studio
1994
as Self
American Cinema
1994
as Self
Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O
1993
as Self
Frasier
1993
as Holden Thorpe (voice)
The Player
1992
as Dick Mellen
Husbands and Wives
1992
as Jack
Death Becomes Her
1992
as Hospital Doctor (uncredited)
Mad About You
1992
as Dr. Sydney Warren
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
1991
as Self
Pebble Mill
1991
as Self
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
1990
as Self
Robert Redford & Sydney Pollack: The Men and Their Movies
1990
as Self
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
1989
as Self (voice)
Hello Actors Studio
1988
as Self
Barbra Streisand: One Voice
1986
as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
Putting It Together: The Making of the Broadway Album
1986
as Self
Tootsie
1982
as George Fields
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
1982
as Self
The Making of 'Tootsie'
1982
as Self
The Electric Horseman
1979
as Man Who Makes Pass at Alice (uncredited)
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
as Self
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
1973
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks
1973
as Narrator (voice)
Le Grand Échiquier
1972
as Self
Great Performances
1971
as Self
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest
War Hunt
1962
as Sgt. Owen Van Horn
The New Breed
1961
as Austin Rogers
The New Breed
1961
as Bert Masters
For Whom the Bell Tolls
1959
as Andres
The Twilight Zone
1959
as Arthur Willis
Startime
1959
as Harry
Now Is Tomorrow
1958
as Capt. Stein
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
as Joe Culp
Playhouse 90
1956
as Andres
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Bernie Samuelson
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee / Nominee