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Sydney Pollack

21 films directed 6 Awards 3 Nominations

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).

Most directed genres

Recurring actors

Awards and nominations

  • 2009 European Film Award for Best Film Nominated
  • 1986 Academy Award for Best Picture
  • 1986 Academy Award for Best Director
  • 1986 Berlinale Camera
  • 1986 Academy Award for Best Director Nominated
  • 1985 Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama
  • 1966 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
  • — National Board of Review Award for Best Film
  • — Academy Award for Best Picture Nominated

The career in numbers

  • US$ 392 mi Total budget from 15 film(s) with data
  • US$ 1.2 bi Total box office from 15 film(s) with data
  • US$ 26 mi Average budget from 15 film(s) with data
  • US$ 82 mi Average box office from 15 film(s) with data
  • 6.6 Average rating from 20 film(s) with data
  • 3.1× Return on investment from 15 film(s) with data

Budget and box office do not exist for every film in our records. Averages are computed over the films that carry the figure, and the count beside each one says how many.

Films directed

Film Year Budget Box office Rating
Amazing Grace poster Amazing Grace 2018 — — 7.1
Sketches of Frank Gehry poster Sketches of Frank Gehry 2006 — — 6.9
The Interpreter poster The Interpreter 2005 US$ 80 mi US$ 163 mi 6.3
Random Hearts poster Random Hearts 1999 US$ 64 mi US$ 75 mi 5.6
Sabrina poster Sabrina 1995 US$ 58 mi US$ 54 mi 6.2
The Firm poster The Firm 1993 US$ 42 mi US$ 270 mi 6.7
Havana poster Havana 1990 US$ 40 mi US$ 9 mi 5.8
Out of Africa poster Out of Africa 1985 US$ 31 mi US$ 228 mi 7.2
Tootsie poster Tootsie 1982 US$ 21 mi US$ 177 mi 7.2
Absence of Malice poster Absence of Malice 1981 US$ 12 mi US$ 41 mi 6.6
The Electric Horseman poster The Electric Horseman 1979 US$ 13 mi US$ 62 mi 6.1
Bobby Deerfield poster Bobby Deerfield 1977 US$ 6 mi US$ 9 mi 5.8
Three Days of the Condor poster Three Days of the Condor 1975 US$ 8 mi US$ 42 mi 7.3
The Yakuza poster The Yakuza 1974 US$ 5 mi US$ 2 mi 7.1
The Way We Were poster The Way We Were 1973 US$ 5 mi US$ 50 mi 7.0
Jeremiah Johnson poster Jeremiah Johnson 1972 US$ 3 mi US$ 45 mi 7.3
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? poster They Shoot Horses, Don't They? 1969 — — 7.6
Castle Keep poster Castle Keep 1969 — — 5.7
The Scalphunters poster The Scalphunters 1968 — — 6.4
This Property Is Condemned poster This Property Is Condemned 1966 US$ 5 mi US$ 3 mi 6.4
The Slender Thread poster The Slender Thread 1965 — — 7.1

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