Sydney Pollack

Also known as Sydney Irwin Pollack

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

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Sydney Pollack was an American film director, producer, and actor who worked in Hollywood from the 1960s until his death in 2008. He is considered an important figure in cinema history, known for directing and producing influential films across several decades.

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Person · Open Library

Born: 1934
Died: 2008
Works: 4

Top works

Out of Africa
3 days of the Condor
They shoot horses, don't they?
Out of Africa

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Film & TV

Directing · 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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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Gender: Male
Country: United States
Active from: 1934
Active to: 2008

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 537
Total plays: 1,312

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

Reproducible, interactive, scalable and extensible microbiome data science using QIIME 2
· 2019 · cited 19,953x
Molecular portraits of human breast tumours
· 2000 · cited 12,603x
A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
· 2012 · cited 9,222x
Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 291 diseases and injuries in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
· 2012 · cited 6,785x
Observation of a new boson at a mass of 125 GeV with the CMS experiment at the LHC
· 2012 · cited 6,597x

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Wikidata facts

Image: Sydney Pollack.jpg
Height: 182
Number of children: 3

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Commons category: Sydney Pollack
date of birth: 1934-07-01
date of death: 2008-05-26
start of work period: 1950-00-00
end of work period: 2008-00-00
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).