FILM DIRECTOR

Sydney Pollack

1934 - 2008

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Sydney Irwin Pollack (July 1, 1934 – May 26, 2008) was an American film director, producer, and actor. Pollack is known for directing commercially and critically acclaimed studio films. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sydney Pollack has received more than 4,307,301 page views. His biography is available in 67 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 66 in 2019). Sydney Pollack is the 76th most popular film director (down from 54th in 2019), the 522nd most popular biography from United States (down from 400th in 2019) and the 16th most popular American Film Director.

Sydney Pollack is most famous for his work as a director and producer. His films include "Tootsie" (1982), "Out of Africa" (1985), "The Firm" (1993), "Sabrina" (1995), "The Interpreter" (2005), and "The Reader" (2008).

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 66.63

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 67

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.25

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.85

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Sydney Pollack ranks 76 out of 2,041. Before him are Dziga Vertov, Frank Capra, Christopher Nolan, Ernst Lubitsch, Jean-Jacques Annaud, and Alain Resnais. After him are William Wyler, Elia Kazan, Terry Gilliam, Franco Zeffirelli, Costa-Gavras, and Dario Argento.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Sydney Pollack ranks 29. Before him are Stjepan Mesić, Shirley MacLaine, Empress Michiko, Manuel Noriega, Paul Ekman, and Alan Bates. After him are Alexei Leonov, Niklaus Wirth, Larisa Latynina, Ronald Wayne, Renata Scotto, and Kurt Hamrin. Among people deceased in 2008, Sydney Pollack ranks 19. Before him are Miriam Makeba, Mahmoud Darwish, Hua Guofeng, Willis Lamb, Richard Widmark, and Richard Wright. After him are Harold Pinter, George Habash, Jørn Utzon, Alain Robbe-Grillet, Yma Sumac, and Michael Crichton.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Sydney Pollack ranks 522 out of 20,380. Before him are Robert A. Heinlein (1907), Irving Langmuir (1881), William Holden (1918), Paul Simon (1941), Christopher Reeve (1952), and Carroll Shelby (1923). After him are Charlie Parker (1920), Kip Thorne (1940), Michael Keaton (1951), Farrah Fawcett (1947), Alice Cooper (1948), and Chester A. Arthur (1829).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Sydney Pollack ranks 16. Before him are David Lynch (1946), Oliver Stone (1946), Brian De Palma (1940), Stephen Hillenburg (1961), Robert Zemeckis (1952), and Chuck Jones (1912). After him are Terry Gilliam (1940), Jim Jarmusch (1953), William Friedkin (1935), George Cukor (1899), Sidney Lumet (1924), and Michael Mann (1943).

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Filmography

Tootsie
Director
When struggling, out of work actor Michael Dorsey secretly adopts a female alter ego - Dorothy Michaels - in order to land a part in a daytime drama, he unwittingly becomes a feminist icon and ends up in a romantic pickle.
Dec 17o 19827.219 / 10
The Interpreter
Director
After Silvia Broome, an interpreter at United Nations headquarters, overhears plans of an assassination, an American Secret Service agent is sent to investigate.
Apr 8o 20056.3 / 10
The Firm
Director
Mitch McDeere is a young man with a promising future in Law. About to sit his Bar exam, he is approached by 'The Firm' and made an offer he doesn't refuse. Seduced by the money and gifts showered on him, he is totally oblivious to the more sinister side of his company. Then, two Associates are murdered. The FBI contact him, asking him for information and suddenly his life is ruined. He has a choice - work with the FBI, or stay with the Firm. Either way he will lose his life as he knows it. Mitch figures the only way out is to follow his own plan...
Jun 30o 19936.736 / 10