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Sydney Pollack

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Also known as Sydney Irwin Pollack

American film director, producer and actor (1934-2008)

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Sydney Irwin Pollack was an American film producer, actor, and director. Born in Lafayette, Indiana, in 1934, he worked in the entertainment industry from 1950 until 2008. He was educated at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre and the Stella Adler Studio of Acting. Pollack spoke and wrote in English.

He received the Academy Award for Best Director, the Academy Award for Best Picture, the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama, and the Berlinale Camera. He was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director, the Academy Award for Best Picture, and the European Film Award for Best Film. Pollack died of stomach cancer in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, in 2008. He had three children.

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Lafayette, Indiana, USA

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…

Known for

  • John Candy: I Like Me — Self - Director (archive footage)2025
  • Babenco: Tell Me When I Die — Self (archive footage)2020
  • Citizen Jane Fonda2020
  • 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 — Self2012
  • Glanz und Elend in Hollywood: Natalie Wood — Self2009
  • Adapting Austen — Self2009
  • A Very Quiet Man — Self2009

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Instance of
human
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Lafayette
Place of death
Los Angeles
Occupation
director
Educated at
Stella Adler Studio of Acting
Languages spoken
English language
Native language
English language
Award
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
Notable work
Three Days of the Condor
Student of
Sanford Meisner
Image
Sydney Pollack.jpg
Height
182
Number of children
3
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Sydney Pollack
date of birth
1934-07-01
date of death
2008-05-26
cause of death
stomach cancer
manner of death
natural causes
nominated for
European Film Award for Best Film
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Category:Films directed by Sydney Pollack
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1950-00-00
end of work period
2008-00-00
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Sidney Polak
writing language
English language
birth name
Sydney Irwin Pollack
name in native language
Sydney Pollack
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Sydney Irwin Pollack (July 1, 1934 – May 26, 2008) was an American film director, producer, and actor. Known for directing commercially and critically acclaimed studio films, 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 in a career spanning more than 40 years.

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 This Property Is Condemned (1966), 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).

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