Sydney Pollack
Directing • AGE 73
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...
Filmography
John Candy: I Like Me
Self - Director (archive footage)
2025
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
Self (archive footage)
2020
Citizen Jane Fonda
2020
Amazing Grace
Self - Director (archive footage) (uncredited)
2018
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2014
The Story of The Swimmer
Self (archive footage)
2014
Char·ac·ter
Self
2012
Silver Linings Playbook
Thanks
2012
Margaret
Producer
2011
Glanz und Elend in Hollywood: Natalie Wood
Self
2009
The Reader
Producer
2008
Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence
Self
2008
Recount
Executive Producer
2008
Made of Honor
Thomas Sr.
2008
Leatherheads
Executive Producer
2008
A Better Man: The Making of 'Tootsie'
Self
2008
James Taylor | One Man Band
Executive Producer
2007
Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange'
Self
2007
View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'
Self
2007
The Visions of Stanley Kubrick
Self
2007
Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
Self
2007
Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley Kubrick
Self
2007
Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001
Self
2007
Michael Clayton
Marty Bach
2007
Breaking and Entering
Producer
2006
Catch a Fire
Executive Producer
2006
Filmmakers in Action
Self
2006
Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light
Self
2006
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters
Self
2006
Sketches of Frank Gehry
Self
2006
Avenue Montaigne
Brian Sobinski
2006
Forty Shades of Blue
Executive Producer
2005
The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz
Narrator (voice)
2005
One Six Right
Self
2005
Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
Self
2005
The Last Mogul
Self
2005
The Interpreter
Jay Pettigrew (uncredited)
2005
Entourage
Sydney Pollack
2004
Something About Sydney Pollack
Self
2004
A Dying Breed: The Making of 'The Leopard'
Self
2004
Barbra Streisand: The Concert - Live at the MGM Grand
Self
2004
Cold Mountain
Producer
2003
Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin
Narrator
2003
A Decade Under the Influence
Self
2003
In the Name of Love
Executive Producer
2003
The Quiet American
Executive Producer
2002
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
Narrator (voice)
2002
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
Self
2002
Changing Lanes
Stephen Delano
2002
Heaven
Executive Producer
2002
The Majestic
Studio Executive (voice)
2001
Iris
Executive Producer
2001
Birthday Girl
Executive Producer
2001
The Story Behind "Absence of Malice"
Self
2001
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbra Streisand
self
2001
Blow Dry
Executive Producer
2001
Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures
Self
2001
Inside 'The Talented Mr. Ripley'
Self
2000
Up at the Villa
Executive Producer
2000
A Song of Africa
Self
2000
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Executive Producer
1999
Random Hearts
Carl Broman
1999
The Last Movie: Stanley Kubrick and 'Eyes Wide Shut'
Self
1999
Eyes Wide Shut
Victor Ziegler
1999
The Sopranos
Warren Feldman
1999
The Way We Were: Looking Back
Self
1999
The Directors
Self
1999
A Civil Action
Al Eustis
1998
Will & Grace
George Truman
1998
Poodle Springs
Executive Producer
1998
Sliding Doors
Producer
1998
Independent's Day
Self
1998
The Saga of Jeremiah Johnson
Self
1997
Just Shoot Me!
Sydney Pollack
1997
King of the Hill
Grant Trimble (voice)
1997
Love in Hollywood
Self
1996
Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach
Self
1996
Sabrina
Director
1995
Sense and Sensibility
Executive Producer
1995
Red Wind
Executive Producer
1995
Inside the Actors Studio
Self
1994
American Cinema
Self
1994
Flesh and Bone
Executive Producer
1993
Frasier
Holden Thorpe (voice)
1993
Searching for Bobby Fischer
Executive Producer
1993
Fallen Angels
Executive Producer
1993
The Firm
Director
1993
Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O
Self
1993
Mad About You
Dr. Sydney Warren
1992
Husbands and Wives
Jack
1992
Death Becomes Her
Hospital Doctor (uncredited)
1992
A Private Matter
Executive Producer
1992
The Player
Dick Mellen
1992
Leaving Normal
Executive Producer
1992
Dead Again
Executive Producer
1991
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
Self
1991
King Ralph
Executive Producer
1991
Havana
Director
1990
Robert Redford & Sydney Pollack: The Men and Their Movies
Self
1990
White Palace
Executive Producer
1990
Sanford Meisner Master Class
Director
1990
Presumed Innocent
Producer
1990
The Fabulous Baker Boys
Executive Producer
1989
Hello Actors Studio
Self
1988
Bright Lights, Big City
Producer
1988
A Tiger's Tale
Thanks
1988
Barbra Streisand: One Voice
Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
1986
Nine 1/2 Weeks
Other
1986
Putting It Together: The Making of the Broadway Album
Self
1986
Out of Africa
Producer
1985
Songwriter
Producer
1984
Tootsie
George Fields
1982
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
1982
The Making of 'Tootsie'
Self
1982
Absence of Malice
Director
1981
Honeysuckle Rose
Executive Producer
1980
The Electric Horseman
Man Who Makes Pass at Alice (uncredited)
1979
Bobby Deerfield
Director
1977
Three Days of the Condor
Director
1975
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self
1975
The Yakuza
Director
1974
The Way We Were
Director
1973
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
Self - Narrator (voice)
1973
The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks
Narrator (voice)
1973
Jeremiah Johnson
Director
1972
Le Grand Échiquier
Self
1972
Great Performances
Self
1971
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Director
1969
Castle Keep
Director
1969
The Swimmer
Co-Director
1968
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
1968
The Scalphunters
Director
1968
This Property Is Condemned
Director
1966
The Slender Thread
Director
1965
Slattery's People
Director
1964
The Fugitive
Director
1963
Breaking Point
Director
1963
Arrest and Trial
Director
1963
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Director
1962
War Hunt
Sgt. Owen Van Horn
1962
Frontier Circus
Director
1961
The New Breed
Austin Rogers
1961
Ben Casey
Director
1961
Target: The Corruptors!
Director
1961
Cain's Hundred
Director
1961
The Defenders
Director
1961
The Young Savages
Dialect Coach
1961
The Tall Man
Director
1960
The Turn of the Screw
Dialogue Coach
1959
Startime
Harry
1959
The Twilight Zone
Arthur Willis
1959
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Andres
1959
Have Gun, Will Travel
Joe Culp
1957
Playhouse 90
Andres
1956
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Bernie Samuelson
1955
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
1944
Now Is Tomorrow
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