Sydney Pollack
Born July 01, 1934 (Age: 91)
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Lafayette, Indiana, USA
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 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.
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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Filmography
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A Very Quiet Man
2009
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as Self
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Age: 74
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Adapting Austen
2009
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as Self
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Age: 74
Made of Honor
2008
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as Thomas Sr.
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Age: 73
Michael Clayton
2007
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as Marty Bach
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Age: 73
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters
2006
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as Self
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Age: 71
The Interpreter
2005
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as Jay Pettigrew (uncredited)
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Age: 70
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In Free Fall - Tom Tykwer and the Cinema
2004
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as Self
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Age: 70
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
2002
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as Self
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Age: 67
Changing Lanes
2002
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as Stephen Delano
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Age: 67
The Majestic
2001
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as Studio Executive (voice)
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Age: 67
Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures
2001
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as Self
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Age: 66
Inside 'The Talented Mr. Ripley'
2000
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as Self
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Age: 65
A Song of Africa
2000
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as Self
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Age: 65
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Lost Angeles - Eine Stadt zwischen Traum und Trauma
2000
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as Self
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Age: 65
Random Hearts
1999
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as Carl Broman
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Age: 65
Eyes Wide Shut
1999
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as Victor Ziegler
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Age: 65
A Civil Action
1998
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as Al Eustis
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Age: 64
The Saga of Jeremiah Johnson
1997
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as Self
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Age: 63
Love in Hollywood
1996
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as Self
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Age: 62
Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach
1996
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as Self
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Age: 61
Death Becomes Her
1992
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as Hospital Doctor (uncredited)
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Age: 58
The Player
1992
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as Dick Mellen
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Age: 57
Robert Redford & Sydney Pollack: The Men and Their Movies
1990
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as Self
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Age: 56
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Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
1990
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as Self
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Age: 56
Tootsie
1982
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as George Fields
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Age: 48
The Electric Horseman
1979
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as Man Who Makes Pass at Alice (uncredited)
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Age: 45
For Whom the Bell Tolls
1959
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as Andres
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Age: 24