Sydney Pollack
Sydney Pollack is known for Eyes Wide Shut (1999), The Reader (2008), Death Becomes Her (1992).
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).
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Questions about Sydney Pollack
How many Sydney Pollack films are in the catalogue?
The CineQuiz catalogue has 96 films with Sydney Pollack, from 1959 to 2025.
What is the best rated Sydney Pollack film?
The best rated Sydney Pollack film in the catalogue is John Candy: I Like Me (2025), rated 7.9.
What was the first Sydney Pollack film?
The first Sydney Pollack film in the catalogue is The Slender Thread, from 1965.
Who has Sydney Pollack worked with the most?
In the catalogue, Sydney Pollack shares the most credits with Dave Grusin (9 films), Fredric Steinkamp (8 films) and Robert Redford (8 films).
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- Awards
- Academy Award for Best Picture (1986) · Academy Award for Best Director (1986) · Berlinale Camera (1986) · Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama (1985) · Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series (1966) · National Board of Review Award for Best Film
- Nominations
- European Film Award for Best Film (2009) · Academy Award for Best Director (1986) · Academy Award for Best Picture
Known for
Trivia
- Also works as
- film producer · television director · film director · aircraft pilot · character actor · director
- Studied at
- Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre · Stella Adler Studio of Acting
- Notable works
- Out of Africa · Tootsie · Three Days of the Condor
- Position held
- President of the Jury at the Cannes Festival
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Full filmography
101 films — 96 in the catalogue
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7.9 John Candy: I Like Me
2025 · Self - Director (archive footage)
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7.1 Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
2020 · Self (archive footage)
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7.2 Citizen Jane Fonda
2020
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7.2 Amazing Grace
2018 · Self - Director (archive footage) (uncredited)
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6.5 Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
2014 · Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
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The Story of The Swimmer
2014 · Self (archive footage)
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4.0 Char·ac·ter
2012 · Self
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Glanz und Elend in Hollywood: Natalie Wood
2009 · Self
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Adapting Austen
2009 · Self
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A Very Quiet Man
2009 · Self
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6.5 Made of Honor
2008 · Thomas Sr.
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6.0 A Better Man: The Making of 'Tootsie'
2008 · Self
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6.1 Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange'
2007 · Self
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7.4 View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'
2007 · Self
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6.9 The Visions of Stanley Kubrick
2007 · Self
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6.0 Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
2007 · Self
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6.6 Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley Kubrick
2007 · Self
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6.2 Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001
2007 · Self
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6.8 Michael Clayton
2007 · Marty Bach
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7.2 Filmmakers in Action
2006 · Self
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7.1 Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light
2006 · Self
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6.5 Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters
2006 · Self
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6.9 Sketches of Frank Gehry
2006 · Self
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6.1 Avenue Montaigne
2006 · Brian Sobinski
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5.3 The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz
2005 · Narrator (voice)
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8.0 One Six Right
2005 · Self
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6.8 Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
2005 · Self
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5.5 The Last Mogul
2005 · Self
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6.3 The Interpreter
2005 · Jay Pettigrew (uncredited)
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9.0
Männer im Trenchcoat, Frauen im Pelz
2004 · Self
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In Free Fall - Tom Tykwer and the Cinema
2004 · Self
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8.0 Something About Sydney Pollack
2004 · Self
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9.0 A Dying Breed: The Making of 'The Leopard'
2004 · Self
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8.1 Barbra Streisand: The Concert - Live at the MGM Grand
2004 · Self
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6.9 Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin
2003 · Narrator
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7.9 A Decade Under the Influence
2003 · Self
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7.0
More About the Condor
2003 · Self
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5.8 The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
2002 · Narrator (voice)
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7.7 AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
2002 · Self
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6.3 Changing Lanes
2002 · Stephen Delano
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7.0 Nobody's Perfect: The Making of Some Like It Hot
2001 · Self
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6.8 The Majestic
2001 · Studio Executive (voice)
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6.0 The Story Behind "Absence of Malice"
2001 · Self
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9.0 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbra Streisand
2001 · self
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6.3
Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul
2001 · Self
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7.4 Stanley Kubrick - Ein Leben für den Film
2001 · Self
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6.2 Inside 'The Talented Mr. Ripley'
2000 · Self
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8.5 A Song of Africa
2000 · Self
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8.0
Lost Angeles - Eine Stadt zwischen Traum und Trauma
2000 · Self
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5.6 Random Hearts
1999 · Carl Broman
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7.7 The Last Movie: Stanley Kubrick and 'Eyes Wide Shut'
1999 · Self
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7.5 Eyes Wide Shut
1999 · Victor Ziegler
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9.2 The Way We Were: Looking Back
1999 · Self
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6.5 A Civil Action
1998 · Al Eustis
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6.0 Independent's Day
1998 · Self
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9.0 The Saga of Jeremiah Johnson
1997 · Self
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10.0 Love in Hollywood
1996 · Self
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7.7 Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach
1996 · Self
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8.0 Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O
1993 · Self
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7.0 Husbands and Wives
1992 · Jack
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6.8 Death Becomes Her
1992 · Hospital Doctor (uncredited)
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7.2 The Player
1992 · Dick Mellen
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7.5 Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
1991 · Self
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Robert Redford & Sydney Pollack: The Men and Their Movies
1990 · Self
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Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
1990 · Self
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Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
1989 · Self (voice)
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6.7 Hello Actors Studio
1988 · Self
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7.6 Barbra Streisand: One Voice
1986 · Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
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9.0 Putting It Together: The Making of the Broadway Album
1986 · Self
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7.2 Tootsie
1982 · George Fields
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6.0 Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
1982
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6.0 The Making of 'Tootsie'
1982 · Self
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6.1 The Electric Horseman
1979 · Man Who Makes Pass at Alice (uncredited)
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6.5 The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
1973 · Self - Narrator (voice)
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6.8 The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks
1973 · Narrator (voice)
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6.4 War Hunt
1962 · Sgt. Owen Van Horn
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For Whom the Bell Tolls
1959 · Andres
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7.5 Now Is Tomorrow
no date · Capt. Stein
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6.4 Margaret
2011
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7.5 The Reader
2008
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6.1 Breaking and Entering
2006
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6.9 Cold Mountain
2003
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6.6 Sliding Doors
1998
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6.2 Sabrina
1995
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6.7 The Firm
1993
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5.8 Havana
1990
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6.8 Presumed Innocent
1990
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5.7 Bright Lights, Big City
1988
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7.2 Out of Africa
1985
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5.5 Songwriter
1984
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6.6 Absence of Malice
1981
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5.8 Bobby Deerfield
1977
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7.3 Three Days of the Condor
1975
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7.1 The Yakuza
1974
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7.0 The Way We Were
1973
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7.3 Jeremiah Johnson
1972
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7.6 They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
1969
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5.7 Castle Keep
1969
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6.4 The Scalphunters
1968
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6.4 This Property Is Condemned
1966
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7.1 The Slender Thread
1965
Series and TV shows
15 titles
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7.4
Entourage
2004 · Sydney Pollack
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8.7
The Sopranos
1999 · Warren Feldman
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6.9
Will & Grace
1998 · George Truman · 5 ep.
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6.6
Just Shoot Me!
1997 · Sydney Pollack
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7.4
King of the Hill
1997 · Grant Trimble (voice)
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7.7
Frasier
1993 · Holden Thorpe (voice)
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6.8
Mad About You
1992 · Dr. Sydney Warren
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6.1
Great Performances
1971 · Appearance
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6.8
The Dick Cavett Show
1968 · Guest
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7.3
The Fugitive
1963 · Director
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7.9
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962 · Director · 2 ep.
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8.5
The Twilight Zone
1959 · Arthur Willis
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7.3
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957 · Joe Culp · 2 ep.
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7.8
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 · Bernie Samuelson
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7.0
Golden Globe Awards
1944 · Nominee
People data: TMDb.
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