🎬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).

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Recent movies

#	Name	Character	Rating
1	Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles (2014)	Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)	-	-
2	Made of Honor (2008)	Thomas Sr.		6
3	View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining' (2007)	Self	-	-
4	The Visions of Stanley Kubrick (2007)	Self	-	-
5	Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange' (2007)	Self		9
6	Michael Clayton (2007) Oscars 2008	Marty Bach		7.1
7	Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light (2006)	Self	-	-
8	Avenue Montaigne (2006)	Brian Sobinski	-	-
9	The Interpreter (2005)	Director / Writer		6.7
10	Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin (2003)	Narrator		8
11	Changing Lanes (2002)	Stephen Delano		6.5
12	Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures (2001)	Self		7
13	The Majestic (2001)	Studio Executive (voice)		6.9
14	Inside 'The Talented Mr. Ripley' (2000)	Self	-	-
15	The Last Movie: Stanley Kubrick and 'Eyes Wide Shut' (1999)	Self	-	-
16	Random Hearts (1999)	Director / Writer		5.4
17	Eyes Wide Shut (1999)	Victor Ziegler		7.1
18	A Civil Action (1998) Oscars 1999	Al Eustis		5.5
19	Sabrina (1995)	Director / Writer		6.8
20	The Firm (1993)	Director / Writer		6.6
21	Husbands and Wives (1992)	Jack		7.6
22	Death Becomes Her (1992)	Hospital Doctor (uncredited)		7
23	The Player (1992)	Dick Mellen		6.9
24	Havana (1990)	Director / Writer		5
25	Out of Africa (1985)	Director / Writer		6.9
26	Tootsie (1982)	Director / Writer		6.8
27	Absence of Malice (1981)	Director / Writer		8.5
28	The Electric Horseman (1979)	Director / Writer		4
29	Bobby Deerfield (1977)	Director / Writer		8
30	Three Days of the Condor (1975)	Director / Writer		7.2
31	The Yakuza (1974)	Director / Writer		7
32	The Way We Were (1973)	Director / Writer		8
33	The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks (1973)	Narrator (voice)		6
34	Jeremiah Johnson (1972)	Director / Writer		6.4
35	They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969)	Director / Writer		8
36	The Scalphunters (1968)	Director / Writer		8
37	This Property Is Condemned (1966)	Director / Writer		6
38	The Slender Thread (1965)	Director / Writer	-	-