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Sydney Pollack
Sydney Irwin Pollack (July 1, 1934 – May 26, 2008) was an American film director, producer and actor. For his film Out of Africa (1985), Pollack won the Academy Award for Best Director and Best Picture. He was also nominated for Best Director Oscars for They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969) and Tootsie (1982). Some of his other best-known works include Jeremiah Johnson (1972), The Way We Were (1973), Three Days of the Condor (1975) and Absence of Malice (1981). His subsequent films included Havana (1990), The Firm (1993), The Interpreter (2005), and he produced and acted in Michael Clayton (2007). Pollack also made appearances in Robert Altman's Hollywood mystery The Player (1992), Woody Allen's relationship drama Husbands and Wives (1993), and Stanley Kubrick's erotic psychological drama Eyes Wide Shut (1999). Description above from the Wikipedia article Sydney Pollack, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Eyes Wide Shut
as Victor Ziegler
Death Becomes Her
as Hospital Doctor (uncredited)
Made of Honor
as Thomas Sr.
The Player
as Dick Mellen
The Interpreter
as Jay Pettigrew (uncredited)
Michael Clayton
as Marty Bach
A Civil Action
as Al Eustis
Tootsie
as George Fields
Changing Lanes
as Stephen Delano
Random Hearts
as Carl Broman
