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Sydney Pollack (1934–2008)

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Sydney Pollack was an Academy Award-winning director, producer, actor, writer and public figure, who directed and produced over 40 films. He was born on July 1, 1934, in Lafayette, Indiana, USA, to a family of Russian-Jewish immigrants. His mother, Rebecca Miller, was a homemaker. His father, David Pollack... See full bio »

Born:

Sydney Irwin Pollack
in Lafayette, Indiana, USA

Died:

(age 73) in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California, USA
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Hide HideDirector (36 titles)
2005 American Masters (TV series documentary)
– Sketches of Frank Gehry (2005)
 
2005 The Interpreter
 
1999 Random Hearts
 
1995 Sabrina
 
1993 The Firm
 
1990/I Havana
 
1985 Out of Africa
 
1982 Tootsie
 
1981 Absence of Malice
 
1979 The Electric Horseman
 
1977 Bobby Deerfield
 
1975 Three Days of the Condor
 
1974 The Yakuza
 
1973 The Way We Were
 
1972 Jeremiah Johnson
 
1969 They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
 
1969 Castle Keep
 
1968 The Swimmer (uncredited)
 
1968 The Scalphunters
 
1966 This Property Is Condemned
 
1965 The Slender Thread
 
1963-1965 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (TV series)
– The Game (1965)
– The Fliers (1965)
– Murder in the First (1964)
– Two Is the Number (1964)
– Something About Lee Wiley (1963)
 
1963-1965 Kraft Suspense Theatre (TV series)
– The Last Clear Chance (1965)
– The Watchman (1964)
– The Name of the Game (1963)
 
1964 Slattery's People (TV series)
– Question: What Became of the White Tortilla? (1964)
 
1964 The Fugitive (TV series)
– Man on a String (1964)
 
1964 Arrest and Trial (TV series)
– An Echo of Conscience (1964) (uncredited)
 
1963 Breaking Point (TV series)
– Solo for B-Flat Clarinet (1963)
 
1962-1963 Ben Casey (TV series)
– For This Relief, Much Thanks (1963)
– Suffer the Little Children (1963)
– A Cardinal Act of Mercy: Part 2 (1963)
– A Cardinal Act of Mercy: Part 1 (1963)
– I'll Be Alright in the Morning (1963)
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1962-1963 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (TV series)
– Diagnosis: Danger (1963)
– The Black Curtain (1962)
 
1963 Wagon Train (TV series)
– The Hollister John Garrison Story (1963)
 
1963 The Defenders (TV series)
– Kill or Be Killed (1963)
 
1961-1962 Frontier Circus (TV series)
– Incident at Pawnee Gun (1962)
– The Inheritance (1962)
– Karina (1961)
 
1962 The Tall Man (TV series)
– Phoebe (1962)
– Rio Doloroso (1962)
 
1962 Target: The Corruptors (TV series)
– The Wrecker (1962)
 
1961 Cain's Hundred (TV series)
– King of the Mountain (1961)
 
1961 Shotgun Slade (TV series)
– Yankee Spy (1961)
 
Show ShowProducer (47 titles)
2011/I Margaret (producer)
 
2008-2009 The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (TV series) (executive producer - 2 episodes)
– The Big Bonanza (2009) (executive producer)
– The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (2008) (executive producer)
 
2008 The Reader (producer)
 
2008 Recount (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
2008 Leatherheads (executive producer)
 
2008 Great Performances (TV series) (executive producer - 1 episode)
– James Taylor: One Man Band (2008) (executive producer)
 
2007 Michael Clayton (producer)
 
2006 Breaking and Entering (producer)
 
2006 Catch a Fire (executive producer)
 
1990-2005 American Masters (TV series documentary) (executive producer - 2 episodes)
– Sketches of Frank Gehry (2005) (executive producer)
– Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret (1990) (executive producer)
 
2005 The Interpreter (executive producer)
 
2005 Forty Shades of Blue (executive producer)
 
2003 In the Name of Love (documentary) (executive producer)
 
2003 Cold Mountain (producer)
 
2002 The Quiet American (executive producer)
 
2002/I Heaven (executive producer)
 
2001/I Iris (executive producer)
 
2001 Birthday Girl (executive producer)
 
2001 Blow Dry (executive producer)
 
2000 Up at the Villa (executive producer)
 
1999 The Talented Mr. Ripley (executive producer)
 
1999 Random Hearts (producer)
 
1998 Poodle Springs (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1998 Sliding Doors (producer)
 
1998 Bronx County (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1995 Sabrina (producer)
 
1995 Sense and Sensibility (executive producer)
 
1993 Flesh and Bone (executive producer)
 
1993 Searching for Bobby Fischer (executive producer)
 
1993 The Firm (producer)
 
1993 Fallen Angels (TV series) (executive producer)
 
1992 A Private Matter (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1992 Leaving Normal (executive producer)
 
1991 Dead Again (executive producer)
 
1991 King Ralph (executive producer)
 
1990/I Havana (producer)
 
1990 White Palace (executive producer)
 
1990 Presumed Innocent (producer)
 
1989 The Fabulous Baker Boys (executive producer)
 
1988 Bright Lights, Big City (producer)
 
1985 Out of Africa (producer)
 
1984 Songwriter (producer)
 
1982 Tootsie (producer)
 
1981 Absence of Malice (producer)
 
1980 Honeysuckle Rose (executive producer)
 
1977 Bobby Deerfield (producer)
 
1974 The Yakuza (producer)
 
Show ShowActor (40 titles)
2008 Made of Honor
Thomas Sr.
 
2007 Michael Clayton
Marty Bach
 
2007 Entourage (TV series)
Sydney Pollack
– No Cannes Do (2007) … Sydney Pollack
 
2007 The Sopranos (TV series)
Warren Feldman
– Stage 5 (2007) … Warren Feldman
 
2006 American Masters (TV series documentary)
Narrator
– John Ford/John Wayne: The Filmmaker and the Legend (2006) … Narrator
 
2000-2006 Will & Grace (TV series)
George Truman
– Blanket Apology (2006) … George Truman
– Cheatin' Trouble Blues (2002) … George Truman
– Cheaters (2001) … George Truman
– Oh Dad, Poor Dad, He's Kept Me in the Closet and I'm So Sad (2000) … George Truman
 
2006 Avenue Montaigne
Brian Sobinsky
 
2005 The Interpreter
Jay Pettigrew (uncredited)
 
2002 Changing Lanes
Stephen Delano
 
2001 The Majestic
Studio Executive (voice)
 
2001 Fling (TV series)
Elizabeth's Husband
– Pilot … Elizabeth's Husband
 
2000 King of the Hill (TV series)
Grant Trimble
– Transnational Amusements Presents: Peggy's Magic Sex Feet (2000) … Grant Trimble (voice)
 
1999 Random Hearts
Carl Broman
 
1999 Eyes Wide Shut
Victor Ziegler
 
1998 A Civil Action
Al Eustis
 
1998 Mad About You (TV series)
Dr. Sydney Warren
– Cheating on Sheila (1998) … Dr. Sydney Warren
 
1994 Frasier (TV series)
Holden Thorpe
– The Candidate (1994) … Holden Thorpe (voice)
 
1992 Husbands and Wives
Jack
 
1992 Death Becomes Her
E.R. Doctor (uncredited)
 
1992 The Player
Dick Mellon
 
1982 Tootsie
George Fields
 
1979 The Electric Horseman
Man who makes pass at Alice (uncredited)
 
1959-1964 Brenner (TV series)
Al / Detective Al Dunn / Detective Dunn
– Point of Law (1964) … Al (as Sidney Pollock)
– Good Friend (1961) … Detective Al Dunn
– Family Man (1959) … Detective Dunn
 
1961-1962 The New Breed (TV series)
Austin Rogers / Bert Masters
– Walk This Street Lightly (1962) … Bert Masters
– The Compulsion to Confess (1961) … Austin Rogers
 
1962 War Hunt
Sgt. Owen Van Horn
 
1962 Ben Casey (TV series)
– Monument to an Aged Hunter (1962)
 
1961 The Asphalt Jungle (TV series)
Louie
– The Professor (1961) … Louie
 
1961 The Deputy (TV series)
Chuck Johnson
– Spoken in Silence (1961) … Chuck Johnson
 
1961 Have Gun - Will Travel (TV series)
Joe Culp
– A Quiet Night in Town: Part 2 (1961) … Joe Culp
– A Quiet Night in Town: Part 1 (1961) … Joe Culp
 
1960 Twilight Zone (TV series)
Arthur Willis
– The Trouble with Templeton (1960) … Arthur Willis
 
1960 Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV series)
Bernie Samuelson
– The Contest for Aaron Gold (1960) … Bernie Samuelson
 
1960 The Robert Herridge Theater (TV series)
Peddler
– The Chrysanthemums (1960) … Peddler
 
1960 Buick-Electra Playhouse (TV series)
– The Fifth Column (1960)
 
1959 Startime (TV series)
Harry
– Something Special (1959) … Harry
 
1959 Armstrong Circle Theatre (TV series)
Albert Rousseau
– 35 Rue Du Marche (1959) … Albert Rousseau
 
1959 The United States Steel Hour (TV series)
Benson
– The Case of Julia Walton (1959) … Benson
 
1959 Playhouse 90 (TV series)
Andres
– For Whom the Bell Tolls: Part 2 (1959) … Andres
– For Whom the Bell Tolls: Part 1 (1959) … Andres
 
1958 Now Is Tomorrow (TV movie)
Capt. Stein
 
1957 The Big Story (TV series)
Sidney
– Widow's Luck (1957) … Sidney
 
1956 The Kaiser Aluminum Hour (TV series)
Pvt. Shuber
– The Army Game (1956) … Pvt. Shuber
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (5 titles)
1986 Nine 1/2 Weeks (consultant)
 
1963 The Leopard (dubbed version supervisor: USA - uncredited)
 
1961 The Young Savages (dialogue coach - uncredited)
 
1959/I The Turn of the Screw (TV movie) (dialogue director)
 
1959 Startime (TV series) (dialogue director - 1 episode)
– The Turn of the Screw (1959) (dialogue director)
 
Show ShowCinematographer (1 title)
2005 American Masters (TV series documentary)
– Sketches of Frank Gehry (2005)
 
Show ShowThanks (14 titles)
2010 Reformed Tramp (short) (thanks)
 
2009 Triage (dedicatee)
 
2009/I The Messenger (special thanks)
 
2008 The Reader (in loving memory of)
 
2008 Killshot (dedicatee, very special thanks)
 
2008 For a Moment, Freedom (thanks - as Sidney Pollack)
 
2008 Recount (TV movie) (dedicated to the memory of)
 
2008 Made of Honor (in memory of)
 
2008 Love You More (short) (thanks)
 
2006 Stephanie Daley (very special thanks)
 
2005 Budd Boetticher: An American Original (video documentary) (special thanks)
 
2005 Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That (TV documentary) (special thanks)
 
2000 A Song of Africa (video documentary) (special thanks)
 
1999 The Way We Were: Looking Back (video documentary) (the producers wish to thank)
 
Show ShowSelf (97 titles)
2009 Char·ac·ter (documentary)
Himself
 
2009 Glanz und Elend in Hollywood: Natalie Wood (documentary)
Himself
 
2008 Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence (TV series)
Himself
– Sydney Pollack (2008) … Himself
 
2008 A Better Man: The Making of Tootsie (video documentary)
Himself/George Fields (also archive footage)
 
2007 Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley Kubrick (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2007 Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001 (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2007 Great Bolshy Yarblockos! Making 'A Clockwork Orange' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2007 The Visions of Stanley Kubrick (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2007 View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2007 Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001 (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2007 Pierre Rissient: Man of Cinema (documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen (TV series documentary)
Quote Reader
– Forward Into the Past (2007) … Quote Reader (voice)
 
2007 AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: 10th Anniversary Edition (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2005-2007 Shootout (TV series)
Himself
– Sydney Pollack/John Lesher/Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu/Abigail Breslin/Michael Arndt/Alan Arkin (2007) … Himself
– Best of 'D' (2006) … Himself
– Episode #3.6 (2005) … Himself
 
2007 Power Networking: How the Biz Does Business (TV movie)
Himself
 
2006 2006 BAFTA/LA Cunard Britannia Awards (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2006 Jour de fête (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 24 October 2006 (2006) … Himself
 
2006 Breakfast with the Arts (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 17 September 2006 (2006) … Himself
 
1995-2006 Charlie Rose (TV series)
Himself - Guest / Himself - Guest Host
– Episode dated 3 July 2006 (2006) … Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 21 April 2005 (2005) … Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 19 July 2002 (2002) … Himself - Guest Host
– Episode dated 15 April 2002 (2002) … Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 22 December 1995 (1995) … Himself - Guest
 
2006 Amazon Fishbowl with Bill Maher (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.4 (2006) … Himself
 
2006 Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters (documentary)
Himself
 
2005 The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz (video documentary short)
Narrator (voice)
 
2005 Filmmakers in Action (documentary)
Himself
 
1996-2005 Biography (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Marlon Brando: The Agony of Genius (2005) … Himself
– The Fondas (2004) … Himself
– Jessica Lange: On Her Own Terms (2001) … Himself
– Robert Redford: Hollywood Outlaw (2000) … Himself
– Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach (1996) … Himself
 
1990-2005 American Masters (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Sketches of Frank Gehry (2005) … Himself
– Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret (1990) … Himself
 
2005 One Six Right (documentary)
Himself
 
1999-2005 Hollywood Greats (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Jane Fonda (2005) … Himself
– Burt Lancaster (2002) … Himself
– Robert Mitchum (1999) … Himself
 
2005 Filmmakers vs. Tycoons (documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Tout le monde en parle (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 28 May 2005 (2005) … Himself
 
2005 HARDtalk Extra (TV series)
Himself
– Sydney Pollack (2005) … Himself
 
1999-2005 HBO First Look (TV series documentary)
Himself
– The Interpreter (2005) … Himself
– The Making of 'Random Hearts' (1999) … Himself
 
2005 The Last Mogul (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
2005 The Needs of Kim Stanley (documentary)
 
2004 Männer im Trenchcoat, Frauen im Pelz (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Im freien Fall - Tom Tykwer und das Kino (documentary)
Himself
 
2004 E! Entertainment Special: Tom Cruise (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Climbing 'Cold Mountain' (video documentary)
Himself
 
2004 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Meryl Streep (TV special)
Himself
 
2004 Something About Sydney Pollack (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2004 A Dying Breed: The Making of 'The Leopard' (video documentary)
Himself
 
2003 The Words and Music of 'Cold Mountain' (TV movie)
Himself
 
2003 A Journey to 'Cold Mountain' (TV documentary short)
Himself
 
2003 Nicole Kidman: An American Cinematheque Tribute (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2003 Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin (documentary)
Narrator
 
2003 The Score (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2003 A Decade Under the Influence (documentary)
Himself
 
2003 More About the Condor (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2002 I Love New York (TV movie)
Himself
 
2002 Bravo Profiles (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Dustin Hoffman (2002) … Himself
 
2002 The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller (TV documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
2002 AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
2002 Anatomy of a Scene (TV series documentary)
Himself - Executive Producer
– The Quiet American (2002) … Himself - Executive Producer
 
2001 Sydney Pollack y la generación del compromiso (TV movie)
Himself
 
2001 The Ray Martin Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.7 (2001) … Himself
 
2001 Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2001 The Essentials (TV series documentary)
Himself
 
2001 Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures (documentary)
Himself
 
2001 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbra Streisand (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
2000 Omnibus (TV series documentary)
Himself
– John Barry: Licence to Thrill (2000) … Himself
 
2000 Hollywood, D.C. (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2000 AFI's 100 Years... 100 Laughs: America's Funniest Movies (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
2000 Just Shoot Me! (TV series)
Himself
– A&E Biography: Nina Van Horn (2000) … Himself
 
2000 The Orange British Academy Film Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
2000 A Song of Africa (video documentary)
Himself
 
2000 Lost Angeles - Eine Stadt zwischen Traum und Trauma (documentary)
Himself
 
2000 The Directors (TV series documentary)
Himself
– The Films of Sydney Pollack (2000) … Himself
– The Films of Anthony Minghella … Himself
 
1999 Mundo VIP (TV series)
Himself
– Show nº182 (1999) … Himself
 
1999 Inside 'The Talented Mr. Ripley' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
1999 The Way We Were: Looking Back (video documentary)
Himself - Director
 
1998 Independent's Day (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1998 Intimate Portrait (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Jessica Lange (1998) … Himself
 
1997 Directors on Directors (TV series documentary)
Himself - Interviewee
 
1995 Barbra: The Concert (TV special documentary)
Himself - Concert Attendee (uncredited)
 
1995 American Cinema (TV series documentary)
Himself
– The Hollywood Style … Himself
 
1995 Le club (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Sydney Pollack … Himself
 
1994 Inside the Actors Studio (TV series)
Himself
– Sydney Pollack (1994) … Himself
 
1993 Primer plano (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 3 December 1993 (1993) … Himself
 
1993 Today (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 25 June 1993 (1993) … Himself
 
1993 Willie Nelson: The Big Six-0 (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1993 Great Performances (TV series)
Himself
– John Barry: Moviola (1993) … Himself
 
1992 Street Scenes: New York on Film (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1991 Naked Hollywood (TV mini-series)
Himself
 
1988 Hello Actors Studio (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1986 One Voice (TV special documentary)
Himself - Audience Member (uncredited)
 
1986 The 58th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Winner: Best Picture & Best Director
 
1986 The 43rd Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Winner: Best Motion Picture Drama & Nominee: Best Director
 
1985 The 11th Annual People's Choice Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
1985 Putting It Together: The Making of the Broadway Album (video short)
Himself
 
1983 The 55th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Nominee: Best Picture & Best Director
 
1983 The 40th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Winner: Best Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical & Nominee: Best Director
 
1982 The Making of 'Absence of Malice' (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1977 Revista de cine (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 20 November 1977 (1977) … Himself
 
1975 The Irv Kupcinet Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 5 October 1975 (1975) … Himself
 
1973 The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor (TV documentary)
Narrator
 
1973 The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks (TV documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
1972 The Saga of Jeremiah Johnson (documentary short)
Himself
 
1969 The Moviemakers (documentary short)
Himself (director) (uncredited)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (5 titles)
2009 The 81st Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - In Memoriam
 
2009 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Memorial Tribute
 
2008 The 60th Primetime Emmy Awards (TV movie)
Himself - In Memoriam
 
2008 Entertainment Tonight (TV series)
 
2007 Cámara negra. Teatro Victoria Eugenia (TV documentary short)
Himself
 

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Credited as actor, in Barbara Streisand's The Broadway Album, on the song "Putting it Together". See more »

Publicity Listings:

1 Biographical Movie  | 1 Print Biography  | 5 Interviews  | 29 Articles  | See more »

Alternate Names:

Sidney Pollack | Sidney Pollock

Height:

6' (1.83 m)
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[on his favorite area of the filmmaking process] Editing, because I'm alone and there isn't the necessity of having to organize so many people. Editing feels almost like sculpting or a form of continuing the writing process. See more »

Trivia:

Pollack directed (and won an Oscar for) Out of Africa, which is based on a book by Isak Dinesen (Karen Blixen) which starts, "I had a farm in Africa, at the foot of the Ngong Hills". He also executive produced The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, which is based on a series of books by Alexander McCall Smith, the first of which starts... See more »

Trademark:

Frequently casts Robert Redford See more »

Star Sign:

Cancer