As Actor
Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange'
2007
6.0
Sydney Pollack
Acting
Birth date
July 1, 1934
Birth place
Lafayette, Indiana, USA
Death date
May 26, 2008
Biography
Sydney Irwin Pollack (July 1, 1934 – May 26, 2008) was an American film director, producer and actor. For his film Out of Africa (1985), Pollack won the Academy Award for Best Director and Best Picture. He was also nominated for Best Director Oscars for They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969) and Tootsie (1982). Some of his other best-known works include Jeremiah Johnson (1972), The Way We Were (1973), Three Days of the Condor (1975) and Absence of Malice (1981). His subsequent films included Havana (1990), The Firm (1993), The Interpreter (2005), and he produced and acted in Michael Clayton (2007). Pollack also made appearances in Robert Altman's Hollywood mystery The Player (1992), Woody Allen's relationship drama Husbands and Wives (1993), and Stanley Kubrick's erotic psychological drama Eyes Wide Shut (1999).
Featured in
As Actor
Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley Kubrick
2007
6.9
As Actor
Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001
2007
6.1
As Actor
The Visions of Stanley Kubrick
2007
6.9
As Actor
View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'
2007
7.4
As Actor
Michael Clayton
2007
6.8
As Actor, As Director
Sketches of Frank Gehry
2006
6.9
As Actor
Avenue Montaigne
2006
6.2
As Actor
The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz
2005
7.0
As Actor
The Last Mogul
2005
5.3
As Director
The Interpreter
2005
6.3
As Actor
Barbra Streisand: The Concert - Live at the MGM Grand
2004
8.1
As Actor
Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin
2003
6.9
As Actor
A Decade Under the Influence
2003
8.0
As Actor
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
2002
5.8
As Actor
Changing Lanes
2002
6.3
As Actor
The Story Behind "Absence of Malice"
2001
6.0
As Actor
Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures
2001
7.4
As Actor, As Director
Random Hearts
1999
5.5
As Actor
The Last Movie: Stanley Kubrick and 'Eyes Wide Shut'
1999
7.7