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Sydney Pollack, a polymath of the American film industry, navigated the realms of direction, production, and acting with equal dexterity over four decades. Directing films like "Out of Africa," for which he won Oscars for Best Director and Best Picture, and "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?" and "Tootsie," which earned him nominations, Pollack crafted a legacy of commercially and critically acclaimed studio productions. His extensive résumé includes notable films such as "Jeremiah Johnson," "The Way We Were," and "The Firm," alongside producing ventures like "Sense and Sensibility" and "The Reader." Acting in the works of Altman, Allen, and Kubrick, Pollack's multifaceted career left an indelible mark on cinema.
The roles that explain the career.
80 credits across 3 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Amazing Grace | Self - Director (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film |
| 2018 | Amazing Grace | Director | Film |
| 2011 | Margaret | Producer | Film |
| 2008 | Made of Honor | Thomas Sr. | Film |
| 2008 | Recount | Executive Producer | Film |
| 2008 | Leatherheads | Executive Producer | Film |
| 2008 | The Reader | Producer | Film |
| 2007 | Michael Clayton | Marty Bach | Film |
| 2007 | Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange' | Self | Film |
| 2007 | Michael Clayton | Producer | Film |
| 2007 | James Taylor | One Man Band | Executive Producer | Film |
| 2006 | Sketches of Frank Gehry | Self | Film |
| 2006 | Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters | Self | Film |
| 2006 | Avenue Montaigne | Brian Sobinski | Film |
| 2006 | Sketches of Frank Gehry | Director | Film |
| 2006 | Sketches of Frank Gehry | Executive Producer | Film |
| 2006 | Breaking and Entering | Producer | Film |
| 2006 | Catch a Fire | Executive Producer | Film |
| 2005 | Filmmakers vs. Tycoons | Self | Film |
| 2005 | One Six Right | Self | Film |
| 2005 | The Last Mogul | Self | Film |
| 2005 | The Interpreter | Director | Film |
| 2005 | The Interpreter | Executive Producer | Film |
| 2005 | Forty Shades of Blue | Executive Producer | Film |
| 2004 | Barbra Streisand: The Concert - Live at the MGM Grand | Self | Film |
| 2003 | Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin | Narrator | Film |
| 2003 | A Decade Under the Influence | Self | Film |
| 2003 | Cold Mountain | Producer | Film |
| 2002 | Changing Lanes | Stephen Delano | Film |
| 2002 | The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller | Narrator (voice) | Film |
| 2002 | Heaven | Executive Producer | Film |
| 2002 | The Quiet American | Executive Producer | Film |
| 2001 | The Majestic | Studio Executive (voice) | Film |
| 2001 | Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures | Self | Film |
| 2001 | Nobody's Perfect: The Making of Some Like It Hot | Self | Film |
| 2001 | Birthday Girl | Executive Producer | Film |
| 2001 | Blow Dry | Executive Producer | Film |
| 2001 | Iris | Executive Producer | Film |
| 2000 | Up at the Villa | Executive Producer | Film |
| 1999 | Random Hearts | Carl Broman | Film |
| 1999 | Eyes Wide Shut | Victor Ziegler | Film |
| 1999 | Random Hearts | Director | Film |
| 1999 | The Talented Mr. Ripley | Executive Producer | Film |
| 1999 | Random Hearts | Producer | Film |
| 1998 | A Civil Action | Al Eustis | Film |
| 1998 | Poodle Springs | Executive Producer | Film |
| 1998 | Sliding Doors | Producer | Film |
| 1996 | Love in Hollywood | Self | Film |
| 1995 | Sabrina | Director | Film |
| 1995 | Sabrina | Producer | Film |
| 1995 | Sense and Sensibility | Executive Producer | Film |
| 1993 | The Firm | Director | Film |
| 1993 | Fallen Angels | Executive Producer | TV |
| 1993 | Flesh and Bone | Executive Producer | Film |
| 1993 | Searching for Bobby Fischer | Executive Producer | Film |
| 1993 | The Firm | Producer | Film |
| 1992 | Husbands and Wives | Jack | Film |
| 1992 | The Player | Dick Mellen | Film |
| 1992 | Leaving Normal | Executive Producer | Film |
| 1992 | A Private Matter | Executive Producer | Film |
| 1991 | King Ralph | Executive Producer | Film |
| 1990 | Havana | Director | Film |
| 1986 | Barbra Streisand: One Voice | Self - Audience Member (uncredited) | Film |
| 1985 | Out of Africa | Director | Film |
| 1982 | Tootsie | George Fields | Film |
| 1982 | Tootsie | Director | Film |
| 1981 | Absence of Malice | Director | Film |
| 1979 | The Electric Horseman | Director | Film |
| 1977 | Bobby Deerfield | Director | Film |
| 1975 | Three Days of the Condor | Director | Film |
| 1974 | The Yakuza | Director | Film |
| 1973 | The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks | Narrator (voice) | Film |
| 1973 | The Way We Were | Director | Film |
| 1972 | Jeremiah Johnson | Director | Film |
| 1969 | Castle Keep | Director | Film |
| 1969 | They Shoot Horses, Don't They? | Director | Film |
| 1968 | The Scalphunters | Director | Film |
| 1966 | This Property Is Condemned | Director | Film |
| 1965 | The Slender Thread | Director | Film |
| 1962 | War Hunt | Sgt. Owen Van Horn | Film |
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