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- Director
- Producer
- Actor
Sydney Pollack was an Academy Award-winning director, producer, actor, writer and public figure, who directed and produced over 40 films.
Sydney Irwin Pollack was born July 1, 1934 in Lafayette, Indiana, USA, to Rebecca (Miller), a homemaker, and David Pollack, a professional boxer turned pharmacist. All of his grandparents were Russian Jewish immigrants. His parents divorced when he was young. His mother, an alcoholic, died at age 37, when Sydney was 16. He spent his formative years in Indiana, graduating from his HS in 1952, then moved to New York City.
From 1952-1954 young Pollack studied acting with Sanford Meisner at The Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre in New York. He served two years in the army, and then returned to the Neighborhood Playhouse and taught acting. In 1958, Pollack married his former student Claire Griswold. They had three children. Their son, Steven Pollack, died in a plane crash on November 26, 1993, in Santa Monica, California. Their daughter, Rebecca Pollack, served as vice president of film production at United Artists during the 1990s. Their youngest daughter, Rachel Pollack, was born in 1969.
Pollack began his acting career on stage, then made his name as television director in the early 1960s. He made his big screen acting debut in War Hunt (1962), where he met fellow actor Robert Redford, and the two co-stars established a life-long friendship. Pollack called on his good friend Redford to play opposite Natalie Wood in This Property Is Condemned (1966). Pollack and Redford worked together on six more films over the years. His biggest success came with Out of Africa (1985), starring Robert Redford and Meryl Streep. The movie earned eleven Academy Award nominations in all and seven wins, including Pollack's two Oscars: one for Best Direction and one for Best Picture.
Pollack showed his best as a comedy director and actor in Tootsie (1982), where he brought feminist issues to public awareness using his remarkable wit and wisdom, and created a highly entertaining film, which was nominated for ten Academy Awards. Pollack's directing revealed Dustin Hoffman's range and nuanced acting in gender switching from a dominant boyfriend to a nurse in drag, a brilliant collaboration of director and actor that broadened public perception about sex roles. Pollack also made success in producing such films as The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999), The Quiet American (2002) and Cold Mountain (2003). Pollack returned to the director's chair in 2004, when he directed The Interpreter (2005), the first film ever shot on location at the United Nations Headquarters and within the General Assembly in New York City.
In 2000, Sydney Pollack was honored with the John Huston Award from the Directors Guild of America as a "defender of artists' rights." He died from cancer on May 26, 2008, at his home in the Los Angeles suburb of Pacific Palisades, California.- Composer
- Music Department
- Actor
Earle Hagen was born on 9 July 1919 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was a composer and actor, known for I Spy (1965), Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) and Tango & Cash (1989). He was married to Laura Roberts (Gunn) and Lou Sidwell. He died on 26 May 2008 in Rancho Mirage, California, USA.- Producer
- Additional Crew
Jhamu Sughand was a producer, known for Kalpurush (2005), Astitva (2000) and Indian (1996). Jhamu died on 26 May 2008 in Juhu, Mumbai, India.- Lauren Nicole Zussman was born on 31 January 1982. She died on 26 May 2008 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Rudolf Kazík was born on 18 January 1931 in Topolcianky, Czechoslovakia [now Slovakia]. Rudolf was a writer, known for Zivy bic (1966), Divný Janko (1975) and Lesk a bieda (1968). Rudolf died on 26 May 2008 in Topolcianky, Slovakia.
- George Garrett was born on 11 June 1929 in Orlando, Florida, USA. He was a writer, known for Frankenstein Meets the Spacemonster (1965), The Young Lovers (1964) and The Playground (1965). He died on 26 May 2008 in Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Additional Crew
- Production Manager
Kelly Schroeder was born on 31 August 1956 in Medford, Oregon, USA. Kelly was an assistant director and production manager, known for Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers (1989), Almost Dead (1994) and Club Life (1986). Kelly died on 26 May 2008 in Santa Monica, California, USA.- Christine Fersen was born on 5 March 1944 in Paris, France. She was an actress, known for Fables de La Fontaine (2006), Le troisième cri (1974) and Kisss..... (1971). She died on 26 May 2008 in Paris, France.
- Additional Crew
Russell T. Butterbach was born on 29 January 1920 in Joliet, Illinois, USA. He is known for Zodiac (2007) and This Is the Zodiac Speaking (2008). He died on 26 May 2008 in Vallejo, California, USA.