Guide Note: Actor, director and producer Sydney Pollack has worked consistently in the entertainment industry since the mid-1960s.

He has produced over 40 films, 21 of which he directed, including the cross-dressing comedy Tootsie and Out of Africa, for which he won an Oscar for Best Director.

As an actor, he has recently appeared in Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut and Michael Clayton, which he also co-produced. He can currently be seen hosting the series "The Essentials" on Turner Classic Movies.

He died of cancer on May 26, 2008. Fast Facts:

Born July 1, 1934 in Lafayette, Indiana
Died: May 26, 2008, cancer, aged 73
Studied and taught at The Neighborhood Playhouse School of Theater in New York City
Academy Awards: 2
Spouse: Claire Griswold
Has made guest appearances on the HBO series The Sopranos and Entourage
Directed 12 actors in Oscar-nominated performances

Career Background

After appearing in a number of stage productions in New York, and teaching theater in the late 1950s, Pollack started a career as a TV director, helming episodes of the series The Fugitive and Alfred Hitchcock Presents. He first met life-long friend and frequent collaborator Robert Redford while filming his big screen acting debut in 1962's War Hunt.

His first feature as a director was the 1965 Sidney Poitier film The Slender Thread, followed the next year with This Property Is Condemned, which features a script co-written by Francis Ford Coppola. Other notable films directed by Pollack include They Shoot Horses, Don't They?, Jeremiah Johnson, The Way We Were, Three Days of the Condor, Absence of Malice, The Firm and The Interpreter.

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LA Times: Sydney Pollack dead at 73, Director, Out of Africa, The Way We Were, Tootsie (May 26, 2008)
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Note: The majority of the links in this timeline are to IMDb, which has pop-ups.
July 1, 1934: Born
1965: The Slender Thread
1966: This Property Is Condemned
1968: The Scalphunters
1969: They Shoot Horses Don't They?
1969: Castle Keep
1972: Jeremiah Johnson
1973: The Way We Were
1975: Three Days of the Concord
1977: Bobby Deerfield
1979: The Electric Horseman
1981: Absence of Malice
1982: Tootsie
1985: Out of Africa
1990: Havana
1992: The Player
1992: Husbands and Wives
1993: Searching for Bobby Fischer
1993: The Firm
1995: Sense and Sensibility
1995: Sabrina
1998: Sliding Doors
1998: A Civil Action
1998: Will & Grace
1999: Eyes Wide Shut
1999: Random Hearts
1999: The Talented Mr. Ripley
2002: Changing Lanes
2003: Cold Mountain
2005: The Interpreter
2005: Sketches of Frank Gehry
2007: Michael Clayton

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