The legendary Sydney Pollack just past away at the age of 73.
Sydney Pollack is an Academy Award winning director, actor, producer, and writer, who directed and produced over 40 major films. He was born on July 1, 1934, in Lafayette, Indiana, to a family of Russian-Jewish immigrants.
Some of his major directing credits include:
The Interpreter
Random Hearts
Sabrina
The Firm
Havana
Out of Africa
Tootsie
Absence of Malice
The Way We Were, etc.
Some of his major producing credits include:
Recount
Michael Clayton
The Interpreter
Heaven
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Random Hearts
Sabrina
Sense and Sensibility
Searching for Bobby Fischer
The Firm
Havana
Presumed Innocent
The Fabulous Baker Boys
Bright Lights, Big City
Out of Africa
Tootsie
Absence of Malice, and many more.
He also acted in many other major movies.
My favorite movie of his is Out of Africa. A great director and actor.
He produced RainMan too! It won best picture in 1988.It was filmed in Guthrie,OK;El Reno,OK;Hinton,OK and Cogar,OK! R.I.P. Sydney!