The actor and director Sydney Pollack has died at age 73, says The New York Times. According to a representative of the family, el cineasta ha muerto en su casa de Los Ángeles a causa de un cáncer. Sydne y Pollack era uno de los miembros más destacados del start system de Hollywood, sobre todo en las décadas de los 70 y 80 cuando dirigió películas tan conocidas como Tootsie, protagonizada por Dustin Hoffman y Tal como éramos. Pollack también era conocido por su faceta de actor en cintas como Eyes Wide Shut, dirigida por otro de los directores míticos de Hollywood, Stanley Kubrick y La intérprete, protagonizada por Nicole Kidman. Además de los dos Oscar que recibió en 1985, mejor película y mejor director, por África Mía, Sydney Pollack estuvo nominado in 2007 by Michael Clayton, best film, and Tony Gilroy, Best Director, two times in 1982 for Tootsie, best director and film, and in 1969 as best director for Dance, Dance, damn
Biography Born in Lafayette, Indiana, where he moved to New York to pursue her theatrical career. From 1954 to 1960 he studied and taught interpretation and appeared in several Broadway productions. From 1960 to 1965 he directed over 80 television shows and ga not several Emmy awards.
After an irregular start as a film director, was nominated for an Oscar in 1969 for "Dance, Dance, damn," also premiered at the Cannes, Brussels and Belgrade. He made several movies starring Robert Redford, including The Adventures of Jeremiah Johnson (1972), which won a critical acclaim that would be repeated in the film The Way We Were (1973).
In the 1980's noted for Absence of Malice (1981), with Paul Newman, and Tootsie (1982), with Dustin Hoffman, movie received 10 Oscar nominations. In 1985 he won the award for the memory address Africa, starring Robert Redford and Meryl Streep. Other films of his films are Yakuza (1974), The Electric Horseman (1979), The Firm (1993) and Random Hearts (1999). As an actor has acted in numerous productions, including his own Tootsie, Husbands and Wives (1992, Woody Allen) or Eyes Wide Shut (1999, Stanley Kubrick).
After directing for television drama programs, began his film career with The Slender Thread in 1966. Was launched to stardom with They Shoot Horses, Do not They? (1969 and among his most prominent are: As we were (1973), Tootsie (1982), Out of Africa (1985), Havana (1990), The Firm (1993), Sabrina (and loves) Random Hearts (1999). (1995)
selected filmography
- Michael Clayton (Michael Clayton) (2007) executive producer and actor
- The interpreter (The Interpreter) (2005) director, producer executive and actor
- Sketches of Frank Gehry (2005) director
- Cold Mountain (2003) producer
- The Quiet American (2002) executive producer
- Iris (2001) executive producer
- The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999) executive producer
- Eyes Wide Shut (1999) actor
- Random Hearts (1999) director
- Sliding Doors (1998) producer
- Sabrina (1995) director / producer
- Sense and Sensibility (1995) executive producer
- The Firm (1993) director / producer
- Husbands and Wives (1992) actor
- Havana (1990) director / co-producer
- The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989) executive producer
- Out of Africa (1985) director / producer
- Tootsie (1982) director / producer / actor
- Absence of Malice (1981) director / producer
- The Electric Horseman (1979) director / actor
- Bobby Deerfield (1977) director / producer
- The Yakuza (1975) director / producer
- Three Days of the Condor (1975) director
- Way We Were (1973) director
- Jeremiah Johnson (1972) director
- They Shoot Horses, Do not They? (1969) director / writer / producer
- Castle Keep (1969) director
- The Swimmer (1968) co-director
- The Scalphunters '(1968) director
- Property Is Condemned (1966) director
- The Slender Thread (1965) director
Oscars
| Year | Category | Movie | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Oscar for best picture | Michael Clayton | Nomination |
| 2007 | Oscar for best director | Tony Gilroy | Nomination |
| 1985 | Oscar for best picture | of Africa | Winner |
| 1985 | Oscar Best Director | of Africa | Winner |
| 1982 | Oscar for best picture | Tootsie | Nomination |
| 1982 | Oscar for best director | Tootsie | Nomination |
| 1969 Oscar Best Director | Dance, dance, damn | Nomination |
0 comments:
Post a Comment