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 3.6
- 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
- Moral Dilemma 4
- Psychological Drama 4
- Character-Driven Narrative 3
- Social Commentary 3
- Legal Thriller 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, 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, 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
Owen RoizmanCinematographerThree Days of the Condor, Tootsie, Absence of Malice, The Electric Horseman, Havana
David RayfielWriterThe Firm, Three Days of the Condor, Sabrina, Havana, Castle Keep
Dabney ColemanActorTootsie, This Property Is Condemned, The Scalphunters, The Slender Thread- TThomas StanfordEditorJeremiah Johnson, The Yakuza, The Slender Thread
- DDuke CallaghanCinematographerJeremiah Johnson, The Yakuza, The Scalphunters
- SSheldon KahnEditorOut of Africa, Absence of Malice, The Electric Horseman
- 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
Movies and TV shows
662020s
2 titles · average score 64
80
John Candy: I Like Me (2025)
Self - Director (archive footage)
47
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die (2020)
Self (archive footage)
2010s
4 titles · average score 76
87
Amazing Grace (2018)
Director
The Story of The Swimmer (2014)
Self (archive footage)
65
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles (2014)
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2000s
34 titles · average score 71
64
Sketches of Frank Gehry (2006)
Director of Photography, Director
1990s
14 titles · average score 78
68
The Directors (1999)
TV show · Self
86
Inside the Actors Studio (1994)
TV show · Self
80
American Cinema (1994)
TV show · Self
Pebble Mill (1991)
TV show · Self
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret (1990)
Executive Producer, Other
1980s
6 titles · average score 80
80
Barbra Streisand: One Voice (1986)
Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
1970s
4 titles · average score 69
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche (1975)
TV show · Self
69
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor (1973)
Self - Narrator (voice)
Le Grand Échiquier (1972)
TV show · Self
70
Great Performances (1971)
TV show · Self
1960s
1 title · average score 75
75
The Dick Cavett Show (1968)
TV show · Self - Guest
1940s
1 title
Golden Globe Awards (1944)
TV show · Self - Nominee