Sydney PollackAwards

Born:
July 1, 1934 in Lafayette, IN
Occupation:
Actor, Co-producer, Director, Executive Producer, Producer
Biography:
Sydney Pollack was born to first generation Russian-Jewish Americans on July 1, 1934. After graduating from his Indiana high school, he went to New York and became a student at the Neighborhood Playhouse, a celebrated Greenwich Village school, where he studied under Sanford Meisner. He served two...Read More

  • Michael Clayton

    Best Picture

    Nominated
    Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
    2007

  • Cold Mountain

    Producer of the Year

    Nominated
    Producers Guild of America
    2003

  • Out of Africa

    Best Director

    Won
    Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
    1985

  • Out of Africa

    Best Picture

    Won
    Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
    1985

  • Out of Africa

    Best Director

    Nominated
    Directors Guild of America
    1985

  • Tootsie

    Best Director

    Won
    New York Film Critics Circle
    1982

  • Tootsie

    Best Director

    Nominated
    Directors Guild of America
    1982

  • Tootsie

    Best Director

    Nominated
    Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
    1982

  • Tootsie

    Best Director

    Nominated
    Hollywood Foreign Press Association
    1982

  • Tootsie

    Best Picture

    Nominated
    Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
    1982

  • They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

    Best Director

    Nominated
    Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
    1969

  • They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

    Best Director

    Nominated
    Directors Guild of America
    1969

  • They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

    Best Director

    Nominated
    Hollywood Foreign Press Association
    1969

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