The director of Tootsie, Three Days of the Condor and They Shoot Horses, Don't They? had been suffering from cancer.

His agent said Pollack died at his home in Pacific Palisades, CA, with his family at his side.

1. Born July 1, 1934 in Lafayette, Indiana
2. Died: May 26, 2008, cancer, aged 73 in Pacific Palisades, CA

1. Academy Awards: 2
2. Directed 12 actors in Oscar-nominated performances
3. Has made guest appearances on the HBO series The Sopranos and Entourage
4. Late 1950s: started as a TV director on episodes of the The Fugitive and Alfred Hitchcock Presents.
5. 1962: Met frequent collaborator Robert Redford while filming War Hunt
6. 1965: First feature as a director, Sidney Poitier film The Slender Thread,
7. Notable films directed by Pollack include: They Shoot Horses, Don't They?, The Way We Were, Three Days of the Condor, The Firm

Pollack was diagnosed with cancer about nine months before his death and died surrounded by his family at his home in the Los Angeles community of Pacific Palisades.

Pollack was preceded in death by his son Steven Pollack, who died in a plane crash in 1993, and is survived by wife Claire Griswold, a brother, Bernie Pollack, two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel and six grandchildren.