Sydney Pollack

Sydney Pollack

Directing

Born July 1, 1934 · Lafayette, Indiana, USA

35 films as director · Active 1960–2018

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 for…

Known for

The Sopranos

The Sopranos

1999

King of the Hill

King of the Hill

1997

Great Performances

Great Performances

1971

Frasier

Frasier

1993

Golden Globe Awards

Golden Globe Awards

1944

Golden Globe Awards

Golden Globe Awards

1944

The Dick Cavett Show

The Dick Cavett Show

1968

The Twilight Zone

The Twilight Zone

1959

Directed(35)

Amazing Grace

2018Amazing Grace★ 7.2

Sketches of Frank Gehry

2006Sketches of Frank Gehry★ 6.9

The Interpreter

2005The Interpreter★ 6.3

Random Hearts

1999Random Hearts★ 5.6

Sabrina

1995Sabrina★ 6.2

The Firm

1993The Firm★ 6.7

Havana

1990Havana★ 5.8

Sanford Meisner Master Class

1990Sanford Meisner Master Class

Out of Africa

1985Out of Africa★ 7.2

Tootsie

1982Tootsie★ 7.2

Absence of Malice

1981Absence of Malice★ 6.6

The Electric Horseman

1979The Electric Horseman★ 6.1

Bobby Deerfield

1977Bobby Deerfield★ 5.8

Three Days of the Condor

1975Three Days of the Condor★ 7.3

The Yakuza

1974The Yakuza★ 7.1

The Way We Were

1973The Way We Were★ 7.0

Jeremiah Johnson

1972Jeremiah Johnson★ 7.3

They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

1969They Shoot Horses, Don't They?★ 7.6

Castle Keep

1969Castle Keep★ 5.7

The Scalphunters

1968The Scalphunters★ 6.4

The Swimmer

1968The Swimmer★ 7.3

This Property Is Condemned

1966This Property Is Condemned★ 6.5

The Slender Thread

1965The Slender Thread★ 7.1

Acting(101)

2025John Candy: I Like MeSelf - Director (archive footage)

2020Babenco: Tell Me When I DieSelf (archive footage)

2020Citizen Jane Fonda

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2018Amazing GraceSelf - Director (archive footage) (uncredited)

2014Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson WellesSelf - Filmmaker (archive footage)

2014The Story of The SwimmerSelf (archive footage)

2012Char·ac·terSelf

2009Glanz und Elend in Hollywood: Natalie WoodSelf

2009Adapting AustenSelf

2009A Very Quiet ManSelf

2008Elvis Mitchell: Under the InfluenceSelf

2008Made of HonorThomas Sr.

2008A Better Man: The Making of 'Tootsie'Self

2007Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange'Self

2007View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'Self

2007The Visions of Stanley KubrickSelf

2007Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001Self

2007Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley KubrickSelf

2007Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001Self

2007Michael ClaytonMarty Bach

2006Filmmakers in ActionSelf

2006Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to LightSelf

2006Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and BlockbustersSelf

2006Sketches of Frank GehrySelf

2006Avenue MontaigneBrian Sobinski

2005The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to OzNarrator (voice)

2005One Six RightSelf

2005Filmmakers vs. TycoonsSelf

2005The Last MogulSelf

2005The InterpreterJay Pettigrew (uncredited)

2004Männer im Trenchcoat, Frauen im PelzSelf

2004In Free Fall - Tom Tykwer and the CinemaSelf

2004EntourageSydney Pollack

2004Something About Sydney PollackSelf

2004A Dying Breed: The Making of 'The Leopard'Self

2004Barbra Streisand: The Concert - Live at the MGM GrandSelf

2003Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles ChaplinNarrator

2003A Decade Under the InfluenceSelf

2003More About the CondorSelf

2002The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel FullerNarrator (voice)

2002AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love StoriesSelf

2002Changing LanesStephen Delano

2001Nobody's Perfect: The Making of Some Like It HotSelf

2001The MajesticStudio Executive (voice)

2001The Story Behind "Absence of Malice"Self

2001AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbra Streisandself

2001Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie MogulSelf

2001Stanley Kubrick: A Life in PicturesSelf

2000Inside 'The Talented Mr. Ripley'Self

2000A Song of AfricaSelf

2000Lost Angeles - Eine Stadt zwischen Traum und TraumaSelf

1999Random HeartsCarl Broman

1999The Last Movie: Stanley Kubrick and 'Eyes Wide Shut'Self

1999Eyes Wide ShutVictor Ziegler

1999The SopranosWarren Feldman

1999The Way We Were: Looking BackSelf

1999The DirectorsSelf

1998A Civil ActionAl Eustis

1998Will & GraceGeorge Truman

1998Independent's DaySelf

1997The Saga of Jeremiah JohnsonSelf

1997Just Shoot Me!Sydney Pollack

1997King of the HillGrant Trimble (voice)

1996Love in HollywoodSelf

1996Burt Lancaster: Daring to ReachSelf

1994Inside the Actors StudioSelf

1994American CinemaSelf

1993FrasierHolden Thorpe (voice)

1993Willie Nelson: The Big Six-OSelf

1992Mad About YouDr. Sydney Warren

1992Husbands and WivesJack

1992Death Becomes HerHospital Doctor (uncredited)

1992The PlayerDick Mellen

1991Pebble MillSelf

1991Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant StarSelf

1990Robert Redford & Sydney Pollack: The Men and Their MoviesSelf

1990Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept SecretSelf

1989Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group TheatreSelf (voice)

1988Hello Actors StudioSelf

1986Barbra Streisand: One VoiceSelf - Audience Member (uncredited)

1986Putting It Together: The Making of the Broadway AlbumSelf

1982TootsieGeorge Fields

1982Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady

1982The Making of 'Tootsie'Self

1979The Electric HorsemanMan Who Makes Pass at Alice (uncredited)

1975Les Rendez-vous du dimancheSelf

1973The Men Who Made the Movies: King VidorSelf - Narrator (voice)

1973The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard HawksNarrator (voice)

1972Le Grand ÉchiquierSelf

1971Great PerformancesSelf

1968The Dick Cavett ShowSelf - Guest

1962War HuntSgt. Owen Van Horn

1961The New BreedAustin Rogers

1959StartimeHarry

1959The Twilight ZoneArthur Willis

1959For Whom the Bell TollsAndres

1957Have Gun, Will TravelJoe Culp

1956Playhouse 90Andres

1955Alfred Hitchcock PresentsBernie Samuelson

1944Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Nominee

Now Is TomorrowCapt. Stein