Directing
Sydney Pollack
- Titles
- 140movies36TV 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
68/100
- Highest rated
Amazing Grace87/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 81 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical4.2average 2.6
- Nostalgia4.9average 3.6
- Romance5.1average 3.8
- Class & Capitalism4.4average 3.3
- Social Commentary5.9average 4.9
- Wit & Wordplay4.6average 3.7
- Politics3.4average 2.6
- Pathos6.0average 5.2
Rarely in their work
- Fantasy0.6, average 1.8
- Scare1.6, average 2.6
- Violence3.5, average 4.3
- Absurdist Humor1.2, average 2.0
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Character-Driven 8
- Thought-Provoking 6
- Moral Dilemma 4
- Suspenseful 4
- Psychological Thriller 3
- Social Commentary 3
- Psychological Drama 3
- Legal Thriller 3
- Character-Driven Narrative 3
- Classic Crime Drama 3
- Classic TV 3
- Historical 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, Three Days of the Condor, The Way We Were, Jeremiah Johnson, Havana, +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, Havana, Castle Keep
Owen RoizmanCinematographerThree Days of the Condor, Tootsie, Havana, Absence of Malice, The Electric Horseman
Dabney ColemanActorTootsie, The Scalphunters, This Property Is Condemned, The Slender Thread- DDuke CallaghanCinematographerJeremiah Johnson, The Scalphunters, The Yakuza
- SSheldon KahnEditorOut of Africa, Absence of Malice, The Electric Horseman
- 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- KKurt LuedtkeWriterOut of Africa, Random Hearts, Absence of Malice
Movies and TV shows
262000s
26 titles · average score 65
63
The Reader (2008)
Producer
53
Leatherheads (2008)
Executive Producer
70
Recount (2008)
Executive Producer
42
Made of Honor (2008)
as Thomas Sr.
78
Michael Clayton (2007)
as Marty Bach
James Taylor | One Man Band (2007)
Executive Producer
73
Sketches of Frank Gehry (2006)
Director of Photography, Executive Producer
52
Breaking and Entering (2006)
Producer
67
Catch a Fire (2006)
Executive Producer
67
Avenue Montaigne (2006)
as Brian Sobinski
69
The Interpreter (2005)
as Jay Pettigrew (uncredited)
The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz (2005)
as Narrator (voice)
58
Forty Shades of Blue (2005)
Executive Producer
72
Entourage (2004)
TV show · as Sydney Pollack
72
Cold Mountain (2003)
Producer
In the Name of Love (2003)
Executive Producer
74
Changing Lanes (2002)
as Stephen Delano
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller (2002)
as Narrator (voice)
79
The Quiet American (2002)
Executive Producer
70
Heaven (2002)
Executive Producer
56
Birthday Girl (2001)
Executive Producer
83
Iris (2001)
Executive Producer
45
Blow Dry (2001)
Executive Producer
50
The Majestic (2001)
as Studio Executive (voice)
63
Up at the Villa (2000)
Executive Producer