Director Sydney Pollack Dies at 73

Actor, Writer, Producer and Oscar-winning Director Sydney Pollack dies on Monday, May 26, 2008 (Memorial Day) at the age of 73. In 1986, Pollack won an Academy Award for Best Director for Out of Africa, which also won Best Picture. As a producer, Pollack was nominated in 2008 for Best Picture for Michael Clayton.

Pollack was also nominated in 1970 for Best Director for They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? and in 1983 for Tootsie. His directorial legacy also includes: This Property is Condemned (1966), Castle Keep (1969), Jeremiah Johnson (1972), The Way We Were (1973), The Yakuza (1974), Three Days of the Condor (1975), The Electric Horseman (1979), Absence of Malice (1981), The Firm (1993), Random Hearts (1999), and The Interpreter (2005).