Directing
Sydney Pollack
- Titles
- 132movies36TV shows
- Career
Active from 1958 to 2018, with a break from 2008 to 2017, busiest in 1961 with 5 main titles.
- Directed
- 34titles as director
- Average score
67/100
- Highest rated
Amazing Grace87/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 82 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Nostalgia5.3average 3.7
- Historical4.0average 2.6
- Romance4.9average 3.8
- Class & Capitalism4.3average 3.3
- Social Commentary5.8average 4.9
- Politics3.4average 2.6
- Wit & Wordplay4.4average 3.7
- Pathos6.0average 5.2
Rarely in their work
- Fantasy0.6, average 1.7
- Scare1.6, average 2.6
- Violence3.3, average 4.3
- Absurdist Humor1.2, average 2.0
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Character-Driven 6
- Thought-Provoking 5
- Moral Dilemma 4
- Psychological Drama 4
- Character-Driven Narrative 3
- Social Commentary 3
- Legal Thriller 3
- Suspenseful 3
- Historical Drama 3
- Ethical Dilemmas 3
- Historical Setting 3
- Classic Crime Drama 3
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Dave GrusinComposerThe Firm, Random Hearts, Three Days of the Condor, Tootsie, The Yakuza, +4 more
Robert RedfordActorOut of Africa, The Way We Were, Three Days of the Condor, Jeremiah Johnson, This Property Is Condemned, +3 more- FFredric SteinkampEditorThe Firm, Out of Africa, Sabrina, Tootsie, They Shoot Horses, Don't They?, +3 more
- WWilliam SteinkampEditorThe Interpreter, The Firm, Out of Africa, Random Hearts, Tootsie, +1 more
David RayfielWriterThe Firm, Three Days of the Condor, Sabrina, Castle Keep, Havana
Owen RoizmanCinematographerThree Days of the Condor, Tootsie, Absence of Malice, The Electric Horseman, Havana
Dabney ColemanActorTootsie, The Scalphunters, This Property Is Condemned, The Slender Thread- SSheldon KahnEditorOut of Africa, Absence of Malice, The Electric Horseman
- DDuke CallaghanCinematographerJeremiah Johnson, The Yakuza, The Scalphunters
- KKurt LuedtkeWriterOut of Africa, Random Hearts, Absence of Malice
- TThomas StanfordEditorJeremiah Johnson, The Yakuza, The Slender Thread
Richard SchickelWriterCharlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin, The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller, The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks
Movies and TV shows
7Type
1970s
7 titles · average score 65
62
The Electric Horseman (1979)
as Man Who Makes Pass at Alice (uncredited)
39
Bobby Deerfield (1977)
Director, Producer
75
Three Days of the Condor (1975)
Director, Producer
61
The Yakuza (1974)
Producer, Director
68
The Way We Were (1973)
Director
70
The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks (1973)
as Narrator (voice)
80
Jeremiah Johnson (1972)
Director