Pollack was known to the world as the director of iconic films like Tootsie and Out of Africa. But to the members of the DGA, he was also a champion of artists’ rights, an involved member of the Guild ...

LOS ANGELES, CA — Sydney Pollack was a champion of artists rights throughout his successful career as a director. He was the recipient of the DGA Honors John Huston Award for Artists Rights in 2000 ...

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NEW YORK -- Whether his movies break box-office records or flop worse than "Ishtar," Sydney Pollack has the same feelings about making them: fear and misery. For the 70-year-old film producer, ...

Sydney Pollack, the prolific director, producer and actor whose films tackled a variety of social issues while garnering critical acclaim and earning boffo numbers at the box office, died of cancer ...

If Sydney Pollack is not necessarily a household name to the general public, chances are his face and films are quite familiar. Pollack’s death Monday, May 26, at age 73 represents the passing of a ...

The last time I saw Sydney Pollack he was doing me a gallant favor. He had become, in recent years, my narrator of choice for the documentaries I produce and write. He had done the voice-over for one ...

Trained as an actor, Pollack enjoyed an unusually long and prolific career as a producer and director distinguished by his uncanny knack for delivering high quality, commercial films in just about any ...

On Monday, Turner Classic Movies will pay tribute to the late director-actor-producer Sydney Pollack by airing four of his films. The schedule: "The Slender Thread" (1965) at 8 p.m.; "Three Days of ...

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