Directors, The: Sydney Pollack (1997) Rating: Starring: Sydney Pollack Director: Robert J. Emery Category: Special Interest Studio: WinStar Home Video Subtitles: [None] Length: 55 mins     Profiles Of Today's Most Acclaimed Hollywood Directors Sydney Pollack's films have received 46 Academy award nominations, including four for Best Picture.Pollack himself has been nominated three times and was awarded an Oscar for his direction of Out Of Africa.He began his directing career in 1965 and has gone on to direct such blockbusters as They Shoot Horses, Don't They?, The Way We Were, The Electric Horseman, Tootsie and many more.Actors and collaborators who have worked with him and reminisce about Pollack include Paul Newman, Cliff Robertson, Meryl Streep, Sally Field, Harrison Ford, and others.