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
1032010s
3 titles · average score 78
2000s
26 titles · average score 65
63
Producer
53
Executive Producer
78
as Marty Bach
73
Director of Photography, Executive Producer
69
as Jay Pettigrew (uncredited)
as Narrator (voice)
72
TV show · as Sydney Pollack
72
Producer
74
as Stephen Delano
as Narrator (voice)
56
Executive Producer
1990s
40 titles · average score 67
74
as Victor Ziegler
36
as Carl Broman
74
Executive Producer
92
TV show · as Warren Feldman
65
Producer
60
Director, Producer
81
Executive Producer
63
Producer, Director
85
TV show · as Holden Thorpe (voice)
76
as Jack
43
Director, Producer
74
Producer
1980s
9 titles · average score 65
85
Executive Producer
54
Producer
46
Thanks
69
Producer, Director
67
Producer
83
as George Fields
70
Director, Producer
61
Executive Producer
1970s
7 titles · average score 68
76
as Man Who Makes Pass at Alice (uncredited)
45
Director, Producer
75
Producer, Director
60
Producer, Director
68
Director
70
as Narrator (voice)
83
Director
1960s
9 titles · average score 66
49
Director
65
Director
74
Co-Director
70
Director
57
as Sgt. Owen Van Horn
66
Dialect Coach
TV show · as Austin Rogers / Bert Masters
1950s
9 titles · average score 80
91
TV show · as Arthur Willis
66
TV show · as Harry
Dialogue Coach
as Andres
as Capt. Stein
78
TV show · as Joe Culp
79
TV show · as Andres
as Pvt. Shuber
85
TV show · as Bernie Samuelson