Sydney Pollack
American filmmaker and actor (1934–2008) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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. Over his forty year career he received numerous accolades including two Academy Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award as well as nominations for three Golden Globe Awards and six BAFTA Awards.
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| Born | Sydney Irwin Pollack (1934-07-01)July 1, 1934 Lafayette, Indiana, U.S. |
| Died | May 26, 2008(2008-05-26) (aged 73) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1955–2008 |
| Spouse |
Claire Bradley Griswold
(m. 1958) |
| Children | 3 |
Pollack won the Academy Award for Best Director and Best Picture for Out of Africa (1985).[1] He was also nominated for Best Director Oscars for They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969), and Tootsie (1982). Pollack's other notable films include Jeremiah Johnson (1972), The Way We Were (1973), Three Days of the Condor (1975), Absence of Malice (1981), The Firm (1993), and Sabrina (1995).
Pollack produced and acted in Michael Clayton (2007), and produced numerous films such as The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989), Sense and Sensibility (1995), The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999), Iris (2001), Cold Mountain (2003) and The Reader (2008). Pollack also acted in Robert Altman's The Player (1992), Woody Allen's Husbands and Wives (1993), and Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut (1999).