The Resume

(July 1, 1934-May 26, 2008)
Best Director Academy Award for 'Out of Africa' (1985)
Directed 'Jeremiah Johnson,' 'The Way We Were,' 'Bobby Deerfield,' 'Tootsie,' 'The Firm,' 'Sabrina' and 'Random Hearts'

Why he might be annoying:

He looked like the former Iraqi Information Minister Mohammed Saeed Al-Sahhaf.
When Tom Cruise presented him with the 2000 John Huston Award, he described Pollack as a 'defender of artists' rights... a warrior.'
He filed a lawsuit against Danish television for screening 'Three Days of the Condor' in pan-and-scan (April 1997). The court decided the pan-and-scan airing was a 'mutilation' of the film and a violation of Pollack's right as an artist. The defendant, however, won on a technicality.

Why he might not be annoying:

He was praised as a first-rate actor.
He met Robert Redford while appearing in 'War Hunt,' where Redford made his screen debut. They became friends and Pollack has directed him in seven films.
He was married to Claire Griswold for 45 years, with three children.

Credit: Nora

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• AFI’s 100 Years … 100 Movies Commentators
• AFI’s 100 Years … 100 Passions Commentators
• AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Movies [Directors] (Ranked: 62)
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents [L-Z]
• Best Director Oscar Winners (Ranked: 1985)
• Cannes Film Festival Jury Members (Ranked: 1973)
• Cannes Film Festival Jury Members (Ranked: 1986)
• Cannes Film Festival Jury Presidents (Ranked: 1986)
• Celebrities Born on the Same Date [July] (Ranked: 7011934)
• Death Becomes Her [1992]
• Entertainment Weekly's 101 Most Influential People [1990] (Ranked: 44)
• Frasier [Call Ins]
• Guest Voices on King of the Hill
• Gun Control Activists
• I am a Hoosier [Indiana]
• I Died in 2008 (Ranked: 73)
• Inside the Actor's Studio
• New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director (Ranked: 1982)
• Next Stop: The Twilight Zone
• Pauline Kael Doesn't Like Me
• Premiere Magazine's 100 Power Ranking [1995] (Ranked: 63)
• Premiere Magazine's 100 Power Ranking [1996] (Ranked: 79)
• Profiles 8001-8250 (Ranked: 8026)
• Stanley Kubrick Films
• Tootsie [1982]

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 11 Votes: 18.18% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 16 Votes: 31.25% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 13 Votes: 46.15% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 19 Votes: 73.68% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 16 Votes: 18.75% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 16 Votes: 37.50% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 14 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 13 Votes: 46.15% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 45 Votes: 24.44% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 70 Votes: 64.29% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 35 Votes: 45.71% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 192 Votes: 33.85% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 79 Votes: 54.43% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 170 Votes: 41.18% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 219 Votes: 42.47% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 260 Votes: 47.69% Annoying
In 2003, Out of 373 Votes: 51.47% Annoying