Actor · Producer

Sydney Pollack

Sydney Pollack’s screen credits include Victor Ziegler in Eyes Wide Shut and producer work on The Talented Mr. Ripley.

Born July 1, 1934† May 26, 2008 Lafayette, Indiana, USA2 movies on MoviHero

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Eyes Wide Shut

1999 · 2h 39m · Drama · Mystery

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The Talented Mr. Ripley

1999 · 2h 20m · Crime · Drama

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About Sydney Pollack

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 (1982). Pollack's other notable films include 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). Pollack produced and acted in Michael Clayton (2007), and he produced numerous films including The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989), Sense and Sensibility (1995), The Talented Mr. …

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Ripley (1999), Iris (2001), Cold Mountain (2003) and The Reader (2008). Pollack acted in Robert Altman's The Player (1992), Woody Allen's Husbands and Wives (1993), and Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut (1999).

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John Candy: I Like Me
Self - Director (archive footage)
2020
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
Self (archive footage)
2020
Citizen Jane Fonda
Actor
2018
Amazing Grace
Director · Self - Director (archive footage) (uncredited)
2014
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2014
The Story of The Swimmer
Self (archive footage)
2012
Char·ac·ter
Self
2011
Margaret
Producer
2009
Glanz und Elend in Hollywood: Natalie Wood
Self
2009
A Very Quiet Man
Self
2009
Adapting Austen
Self
2008
The Reader
Producer
2008
Recount
Producer
2008
Made of Honor
Thomas Sr.
2008
Leatherheads
Producer
2008
A Better Man: The Making of 'Tootsie'
Self
2007
James Taylor | One Man Band
Producer
2007
Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange'
Self
2007
Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley Kubrick
Self
2007
Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001
Self
2007
The Visions of Stanley Kubrick
Self
2007
View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'
Self
2007
Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
Self
2007
Michael Clayton
Producer · Marty Bach
2006
Breaking and Entering
Producer
2006
Catch a Fire
Producer
2006
Filmmakers in Action
Self
2006
Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light
Self
2006
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters
Self
2006
Sketches of Frank Gehry
Director · Producer · Self
2006
Avenue Montaigne
Brian Sobinski
2005
Forty Shades of Blue
Producer
2005
The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz
Narrator (voice)
2005
One Six Right
Self
2005
Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
Self
2005
The Last Mogul
Self
2005
The Interpreter
Director · Producer · Jay Pettigrew (uncredited)
2004
Männer im Trenchcoat, Frauen im Pelz
Self
2004
In Free Fall - Tom Tykwer and the Cinema
Self
2004
Something About Sydney Pollack
Self
2004
A Dying Breed: The Making of 'The Leopard'
Self
2004
Barbra Streisand: The Concert - Live at the MGM Grand
Self
2003
Cold Mountain
Producer
2003
Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin
Narrator
2003
A Decade Under the Influence
Self
2003
In the Name of Love
Producer
2003
More About the Condor
Self
2002
The Quiet American
Producer
2002
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
Narrator (voice)
2002
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
Self
2002
Changing Lanes
Stephen Delano
2002
Heaven
Producer
2001
Nobody's Perfect: The Making of Some Like It Hot
Self
2001
The Majestic
Studio Executive (voice)
2001
Iris
Producer
2001
Birthday Girl
Producer
2001
The Story Behind "Absence of Malice"
Self
2001
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbra Streisand
self
2001
Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul
Self
2001
Blow Dry
Producer
2001
Stanley Kubrick - Ein Leben für den Film
Self
2000
Inside 'The Talented Mr. Ripley'
Self
2000
Up at the Villa
Producer
2000
A Song of Africa
Self
2000
Lost Angeles - Eine Stadt zwischen Traum und Trauma
Self
1999
Random Hearts
Director · Producer · Carl Broman
1999
The Last Movie: Stanley Kubrick and 'Eyes Wide Shut'
Self
1999
The Way We Were: Looking Back
Self
1998
A Civil Action
Al Eustis
1998
Poodle Springs
Producer
1998
Sliding Doors
Producer
1998
Independent's Day
Self
1997
The Saga of Jeremiah Johnson
Self
1996
Love in Hollywood
Self
1996
Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach
Self
1995
Sabrina
Director · Producer
1995
Sense and Sensibility
Producer
1995
Red Wind
Producer
1993
Flesh and Bone
Producer
1993
Searching for Bobby Fischer
Producer
1993
The Firm
Director · Producer
1993
Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O
Self
1992
Husbands and Wives
Jack
1992
Death Becomes Her
Hospital Doctor (uncredited)
1992
A Private Matter
Producer
1992
The Player
Dick Mellen
1992
Leaving Normal
Producer
1991
Dead Again
Producer
1991
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
Self
1991
King Ralph
Producer
1990
Havana
Director · Producer
1990
Robert Redford & Sydney Pollack: The Men and Their Movies
Self
1990
White Palace
Producer
1990
Sanford Meisner Master Class
Director
1990
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
Producer · Self
1990
Presumed Innocent
Producer
1989
The Fabulous Baker Boys
Producer
1989
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
Self (voice)

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The Talented Mr. Ripley

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The Talented Mr. Ripley

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The Talented Mr. Ripley

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Actor · Producer

Sydney Pollack

Sydney Pollack’s screen credits include Victor Ziegler in Eyes Wide Shut and producer work on The Talented Mr. Ripley.

Born July 1, 1934† May 26, 2008 Lafayette, Indiana, USA2 movies on MoviHero

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WHERE TO START

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Eyes Wide Shut

1999 · 2h 39m · Drama · Mystery

See the performance as Victor Ziegler.

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The Talented Mr. Ripley

1999 · 2h 20m · Crime · Drama

Producer credit on this crime / drama.

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THE PERSON BEHIND THE ROLES

About Sydney Pollack

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2025
John Candy: I Like Me
Self - Director (archive footage)
2020
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
Self (archive footage)
2020
Citizen Jane Fonda
Actor
2018
Amazing Grace
Director · Self - Director (archive footage) (uncredited)
2014
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2014
The Story of The Swimmer
Self (archive footage)
2012
Char·ac·ter
Self
2011
Margaret
Producer
2009
Glanz und Elend in Hollywood: Natalie Wood
Self
2009
A Very Quiet Man
Self
2009
Adapting Austen
Self
2008
The Reader
Producer
2008
Recount
Producer
2008
Made of Honor
Thomas Sr.
2008
Leatherheads
Producer
2008
A Better Man: The Making of 'Tootsie'
Self
2007
James Taylor | One Man Band
Producer
2007
Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange'
Self
2007
Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley Kubrick
Self
2007
Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001
Self
2007
The Visions of Stanley Kubrick
Self
2007
View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'
Self
2007
Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
Self
2007
Michael Clayton
Producer · Marty Bach
2006
Breaking and Entering
Producer
2006
Catch a Fire
Producer
2006
Filmmakers in Action
Self
2006
Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light
Self
2006
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters
Self
2006
Sketches of Frank Gehry
Director · Producer · Self
2006
Avenue Montaigne
Brian Sobinski
2005
Forty Shades of Blue
Producer
2005
The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz
Narrator (voice)
2005
One Six Right
Self
2005
Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
Self
2005
The Last Mogul
Self
2005
The Interpreter
Director · Producer · Jay Pettigrew (uncredited)
2004
Männer im Trenchcoat, Frauen im Pelz
Self
2004
In Free Fall - Tom Tykwer and the Cinema
Self
2004
Something About Sydney Pollack
Self
2004
A Dying Breed: The Making of 'The Leopard'
Self
2004
Barbra Streisand: The Concert - Live at the MGM Grand
Self
2003
Cold Mountain
Producer
2003
Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin
Narrator
2003
A Decade Under the Influence
Self
2003
In the Name of Love
Producer
2003
More About the Condor
Self
2002
The Quiet American
Producer
2002
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
Narrator (voice)
2002
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
Self
2002
Changing Lanes
Stephen Delano
2002
Heaven
Producer
2001
Nobody's Perfect: The Making of Some Like It Hot
Self
2001
The Majestic
Studio Executive (voice)
2001
Iris
Producer
2001
Birthday Girl
Producer
2001
The Story Behind "Absence of Malice"
Self
2001
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbra Streisand
self
2001
Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul
Self
2001
Blow Dry
Producer
2001
Stanley Kubrick - Ein Leben für den Film
Self
2000
Inside 'The Talented Mr. Ripley'
Self
2000
Up at the Villa
Producer
2000
A Song of Africa
Self
2000
Lost Angeles - Eine Stadt zwischen Traum und Trauma
Self
1999
Random Hearts
Director · Producer · Carl Broman
1999
The Last Movie: Stanley Kubrick and 'Eyes Wide Shut'
Self
1999
The Way We Were: Looking Back
Self
1998
A Civil Action
Al Eustis
1998
Poodle Springs
Producer
1998
Sliding Doors
Producer
1998
Independent's Day
Self
1997
The Saga of Jeremiah Johnson
Self
1996
Love in Hollywood
Self
1996
Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach
Self
1995
Sabrina
Director · Producer
1995
Sense and Sensibility
Producer
1995
Red Wind
Producer
1993
Flesh and Bone
Producer
1993
Searching for Bobby Fischer
Producer
1993
The Firm
Director · Producer
1993
Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O
Self
1992
Husbands and Wives
Jack
1992
Death Becomes Her
Hospital Doctor (uncredited)
1992
A Private Matter
Producer
1992
The Player
Dick Mellen
1992
Leaving Normal
Producer
1991
Dead Again
Producer
1991
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
Self
1991
King Ralph
Producer
1990
Havana
Director · Producer
1990
Robert Redford & Sydney Pollack: The Men and Their Movies
Self
1990
White Palace
Producer
1990
Sanford Meisner Master Class
Director
1990
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
Producer · Self
1990
Presumed Innocent
Producer
1989
The Fabulous Baker Boys
Producer
1989
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
Self (voice)

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Victor Ziegler

Eyes Wide Shut

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Actor

Alan Cumming

1 shared film on MoviHero

Eyes Wide Shut

Director · Writer

Anthony Minghella

1 shared film on MoviHero

The Talented Mr. Ripley

Actor

Cate Blanchett

1 shared film on MoviHero

The Talented Mr. Ripley

Actor

Celia Weston

1 shared film on MoviHero

The Talented Mr. Ripley

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