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Directing

Sydney Pollack

Career: Active from 1958 to 2018, with a break from 2008 to 2017, busiest in 1961 with 5 main titles.

Average score: 67/100

Highest rated: Amazing Grace
87/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 86 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Sydney Pollack Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Fantasy
0.7, average 1.7
Scare
1.6, average 2.6
Violence
3.2, average 4.1
Physical Comedy
1.4, average 2.4

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Psychological Drama 4
Slow-Burn Tension 4
Moral Ambiguity 4
Ethical Dilemmas 4
Character-Driven Narrative 4
Historical Setting 4
Character-Driven Drama 3
Thought-Provoking 3
Character-Driven 3
Iconic Performances 2
Existential Themes 2
Gritty Realism 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

94

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2010s

3 titles · average score 78

Amazing Grace

87

Director

Silver Linings Playbook

82

Thanks

Margaret

65

Producer

2000s

26 titles · average score 63

The Reader

67

Producer

Michael Clayton

78

as Marty Bach

Sketches of Frank Gehry

64

Executive Producer, Director of Photography

The Interpreter

61

as Jay Pettigrew (uncredited)

Entourage

72

TV show · as Sydney Pollack

Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin

83

as Narrator

Cold Mountain

71

Producer

Changing Lanes

67

as Stephen Delano

The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller

as Narrator (voice)

Heaven

70

Executive Producer

Iris

71

Executive Producer

Birthday Girl

55

Executive Producer

1990s

30 titles · average score 67

Eyes Wide Shut

74

as Victor Ziegler

Random Hearts

37

as Carl Broman

The Talented Mr. Ripley

78

Executive Producer

The Sopranos

92

TV show · as Warren Feldman

Sliding Doors

64

Producer

Sabrina

60

Director, Producer

Sense and Sensibility

85

Executive Producer

The Firm

68

Producer, Director

Frasier

85

TV show · as Holden Thorpe (voice)

Husbands and Wives

80

as Jack

Havana

43

Director, Producer

Presumed Innocent

74

Producer

1980s

9 titles · average score 63

The Fabulous Baker Boys

80

Executive Producer

Bright Lights, Big City

46

Producer

A Tiger's Tale

47

Thanks

Nine 1/2 Weeks

55

Other

Out of Africa

69

Director, Producer

Songwriter

61

Producer

Tootsie

82

as George Fields

Absence of Malice

70

Director, Producer

Honeysuckle Rose

61

Executive Producer

1970s

8 titles · average score 65

The Electric Horseman

62

as Man Who Makes Pass at Alice (uncredited)

The South Bank Show

63

TV show

Bobby Deerfield

39

Director, Producer

Three Days of the Condor

75

Producer, Director

The Yakuza

61

Director, Producer

The Way We Were

68

Director

The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks

70

as Narrator (voice)

Jeremiah Johnson

80

Director

1960s

10 titles · average score 64

They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

79

Director

Castle Keep

49

Director

The Scalphunters

66

Director

The Swimmer

74

Co-Director

This Property Is Condemned

66

Director

The Slender Thread

71

Director

War Hunt

57

as Sgt. Owen Van Horn

Ben Casey

65

TV show · Director

The Young Savages

53

Dialect Coach

The New Breed

TV show · as Austin Rogers / Bert Masters

1950s

8 titles · average score 80

The Twilight Zone

91

TV show · as Arthur Willis

Startime

67

TV show · as Harry

The Turn of the Screw

Dialogue Coach

For Whom the Bell Tolls

as Andres

Now Is Tomorrow

as Capt. Stein

Have Gun, Will Travel

78

TV show · as Joe Culp

Playhouse 90

79

TV show · as Andres

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

86

TV show · as Bernie Samuelson