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Title: Sydney Pollack papers
Date (inclusive): 1956-2008
Date (bulk): 1965-2007
Collection number: 1403
Creator:
Pollack, Sydney
Extent:
118 linear feet of papers.
108 artworks
Repository:
Margaret Herrick Library. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Languages:
English
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Sydney Pollack papers, Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Gift of Claire Pollack and the Estate of Sydney Pollack, 2011
Sydney Pollack was an American director, producer, and actor active in film from 1962 to 2008. He
began his career as an actor, was a television director in the early 1960s, then went on to direct,
produce, and act in dozens of films. Pollack received Academy Awards in the directing and best picture
categories for OUT OF AFRICA (1985).
Collection Scope and Content Summary
The Sydney Pollack papers span the years 1956-2008 and encompass 118 linear feet of manuscripts and
108 artworks. The collection includes production records, scripts, correspondence, posters, set plans,
and photographs. The production files include material on ABSENCE OF MALICE (1981), OUT OF AFRICA (1985),
THE SLENDER THREAD (1965), THEY SHOOT HORSES, DONӔ THEY? (1969), TOOTSIE (1982), and THE WAY WE WERE
(1973).
Arrangement
Arranged in the following series: 1. Production files, subseries A-B as follows: A. Produced; B.
Unproduced; 2. Television files, subseries A-B as follows: A. Produced; B. Unproduced; 3. Story files; 4.
Subject files; 5. Books; 6. Periodicals; 7. Oversize; 8. Graphic Arts.
Pollack, Sydney , 1934-2008--Archives.
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