Directing
Sydney Pollack
- Titles
- 133movies36TV 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 3.6
- Historical4.0average 2.6
- Romance4.9average 3.8
- Class & Capitalism4.3average 3.3
- Social Commentary5.8average 4.9
- Politics3.4average 2.6
- Pathos6.0average 5.2
- Wit & Wordplay4.4average 3.7
Rarely in their work
- Fantasy0.6, average 1.8
- 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
- Psychological Drama 4
- Moral Dilemma 4
- Social Commentary 3
- Legal Thriller 3
- Character-Driven Narrative 3
- Historical Setting 3
- Historical Drama 3
- Suspenseful 3
- Classic Crime Drama 3
- Ethical Dilemmas 3
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Dave GrusinComposerThe Firm, Three Days of the Condor, Tootsie, Random Hearts, The Yakuza, +4 more
Robert RedfordActorOut of Africa, Three Days of the Condor, The Way We Were, Jeremiah Johnson, The Electric Horseman, +3 more- FFredric SteinkampEditorThe Firm, Out of Africa, Tootsie, Sabrina, They Shoot Horses, Don't They?, +3 more
- WWilliam SteinkampEditorThe Interpreter, The Firm, Out of Africa, Tootsie, Random Hearts, +1 more
David RayfielWriterThe Firm, Three Days of the Condor, Sabrina, Havana, Castle Keep
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
- TThomas StanfordEditorJeremiah Johnson, The Yakuza, The Slender Thread
- KKurt LuedtkeWriterOut of Africa, Random Hearts, Absence of Malice
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- DDuke CallaghanCinematographerJeremiah Johnson, The Yakuza, The Scalphunters
Movies and TV shows
93Excellent
Score 90 to 100
2 titles
Excellent
Score 90 to 100
92
TV show · as Warren Feldman
91
TV show · as Arthur Willis
Great
Score 80 to 89
12 titles
Great
Score 80 to 89
87
Director
85
TV show · as Bernie Samuelson
85
Executive Producer
85
TV show · as Holden Thorpe (voice)
84
as Dick Mellen
84
Executive Producer
83
as George Fields
80
as Jack
80
Director
80
Executive Producer
Good
Score 70 to 79
22 titles
Good
Score 70 to 79
78
TV show · as Grant Trimble (voice)
78
as Marty Bach
77
Executive Producer
75
Producer, Director
74
as Victor Ziegler
74
Producer
72
TV show · as Sydney Pollack
72
Producer
71
Director
70
Director, Producer
70
as Narrator (voice)
Decent
Score 60 to 69
22 titles
Decent
Score 60 to 69
69
Producer, Director
68
Director
68
Producer
67
Producer, Director
67
as Stephen Delano
66
Director
64
Director of Photography, Director
62
as Man Who Makes Pass at Alice (uncredited)
61
Producer, Director
61
as Jay Pettigrew (uncredited)
60
Director, Producer
Bad to mediocre
Score 30 to 59
23 titles
Bad to mediocre
Score 30 to 59
57
as Sgt. Owen Van Horn
55
Executive Producer
53
Executive Producer
53
Executive Producer
52
Producer
49
Director
46
Producer
43
Director, Producer
39
Director, Producer
37
Executive Producer
36
as Carl Broman
Not rated yet
12 titles
Not rated yet
as Narrator (voice)
as Narrator (voice)
as Capt. Stein
Executive Producer, Other
Dialogue Coach
TV show · as Austin Rogers / Bert Masters
Executive Producer
Executive Producer
Executive Producer
as Andres
as Pvt. Shuber