Sydney Irwin Pollack July 1 1934 May 26 2008 was an American film director producer and actor For his film Out of Africa 1985 Pollack won the Academy Award for Best Director and Best Picture He was also nominated for Best Director Oscars for They Shoot Horses Dont They 1969 and Tootsie 1982 Some of his other bestknown works include Jeremiah Johnson 1972 The Way We Were 1973 Three Days of the Condor 1975 and Absence of Malice 1981 His subsequent films included Havana 1990 The Firm 1993 The Interpreter 2005 and he produced and acted in Michael Clayton 2007 Pollack also made appearances in Robert Altmans Hollywood mystery The Player 1992 Woody Allens relationship drama Husbands and Wives 1993 and Stanley Kubricks erotic psychological drama Eyes Wide Shut 1999 Description above from the Wikipedia article Sydney Pollack licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia