Sydney Pollack
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.
Filmography (46)
Silver Linings Playbook
Margaret
Made of Honor
The Reader
Leatherheads
Michael Clayton
Breaking and Entering
Catch a Fire
The Interpreter
Cold Mountain
Changing Lanes
The Quiet American
Heaven
The Majestic
Blow Dry
Birthday Girl
Iris
Eyes Wide Shut
Random Hearts
The Talented Mr. Ripley
A Civil Action
Sliding Doors
Poodle Springs
Sense and Sensibility
Sabrina
The Firm
Searching for Bobby Fischer
Flesh and Bone
The Player
Death Becomes Her
Husbands and Wives
King Ralph
Dead Again
Presumed Innocent
White Palace
The Fabulous Baker Boys
Bright Lights, Big City
Nine 1/2 Weeks
Out of Africa
Tootsie
Absence of Malice
Three Days of the Condor
The Yakuza
The Way We Were
Jeremiah Johnson
