Academy Award-winning director Sydney Pollack passed away on Monday. Mr. Pollack had been battling cancer, and unfortunately lost the fight in his Pacific Palisades home.
The director, producer, and actor was widely know for his work in critically acclaimed movies such as “Out of Africa,” “Tootsie,” and of course, “The Way We Were.” The Indiana native’s renowned work ethic and vast experience earned him the title of an “actor’s director.”
Mr. Pollack was born in 1934 to a Pharmacist in Lafayette, Indiana. He later moved his family to South Bend and spoke of living there as a “cultural desert” that he looked back upon with “great sadness” due to the anti-Semetic attitudes.
Sydney Pollack also made numerous appearances in blockbusters like Woody Allen’s “Husband’s and Wives”, “Eyes Wide Shut,” and the more recent Oscar nominated film “Michael Clayton.”
He will be greatly missed.