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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...
Highest rated appearances
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Amazing Grace
as Self - Director (archive footage) (uncredited)

Glanz und Elend in Hollywood: Natalie Wood
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Adapting Austen
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A Very Quiet Man
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Made of Honor
as Thomas Sr.

A Better Man: The Making of 'Tootsie'
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Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange'
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View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'
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The Visions of Stanley Kubrick
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Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
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Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley Kubrick
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Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001
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Michael Clayton
as Marty Bach

Filmmakers in Action
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Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light
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Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters
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Sketches of Frank Gehry
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Avenue Montaigne
as Brian Sobinski

The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz
as Narrator (voice)

One Six Right
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Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
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The Last Mogul
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The Interpreter
as Jay Pettigrew (uncredited)
Männer im Trenchcoat, Frauen im Pelz
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In Free Fall - Tom Tykwer and the Cinema
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Something About Sydney Pollack
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A Dying Breed: The Making of 'The Leopard'
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Barbra Streisand: The Concert - Live at the MGM Grand
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Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin
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A Decade Under the Influence
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More About the Condor
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The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
as Narrator (voice)

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
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Changing Lanes
as Stephen Delano

Nobody's Perfect: The Making of Some Like It Hot
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The Majestic
as Studio Executive (voice)

The Story Behind "Absence of Malice"
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AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbra Streisand
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Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul
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Stanley Kubrick - Ein Leben für den Film
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Inside 'The Talented Mr. Ripley'
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A Song of Africa
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Lost Angeles - Eine Stadt zwischen Traum und Trauma
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Random Hearts
as Carl Broman

The Last Movie: Stanley Kubrick and 'Eyes Wide Shut'
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Eyes Wide Shut
as Victor Ziegler

The Way We Were: Looking Back
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A Civil Action
as Al Eustis

Independent's Day
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The Saga of Jeremiah Johnson
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Love in Hollywood
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Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach
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Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O
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Husbands and Wives
as Jack

Death Becomes Her
as Hospital Doctor (uncredited)

The Player
as Dick Mellen

Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
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Robert Redford & Sydney Pollack: The Men and Their Movies
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Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
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Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
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Hello Actors Studio
as Self

Barbra Streisand: One Voice
as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)

Putting It Together: The Making of the Broadway Album
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Tootsie
as George Fields

Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady

The Making of 'Tootsie'
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