Sydney Pollack
Sydney Irwin Pollack( July 1, 1934 – May 26, 2008) was an American film director, producer and actor.
Pollack directed more than 20 films and 10 television shows, acted in over 30 movies or shows and produced over 44 films.
His 1985 film" Out of Africa" won him Academy Awards for directing and producing.
He was also nominated for Best Director Oscars for" They Shoot Horses, Do n't They?"( 1969) and" Tootsie"( 1982) in which he also appeared.
Some of his other best known works include" Jeremiah Johnson"( 1972)," The Way We Were"( 1973)," Three Days of the Condor"( 1975) and" Absence of Malice"( 1981).
His subsequent films included" Havana"( 1990)," The Firm"( 1993)," The Interpreter"( 2005), and he produced and acted in" Michael Clayton"( 2007).
Pollack is probably best known to television viewers for his recurring role playing Will Truman's father on the NBC sitcom" Will& Grace"( 2000 – 2006).
Out of Africa (disambiguation)
Out of Africa may refer to:
Laurence Mark
Laurence Mark( born ca. 1949) is an Academy Award- nominated, Emmy- nominated, Golden Globe- winning American producer of such acclaimed hit films as" Julie& JuliaDreamgirls I, RobotAs Good as It Gets" and" Jerry Maguire".
Jerry Maguire
Jerry Maguire is a 1996 American romantic comedy- drama sports film written, produced, and directed by Cameron Crowe, and stars Tom Cruise, Cuba Gooding Jr. and Renée Zellweger.
Produced in part by long time" Simpsons" producer James L. Brooks, it was inspired by sports agent Leigh Steinberg, who acted as technical consultant on the crew.
It was released in North American theaters on December 13, 1996, produced by Gracie Films and distributed by TriStar Pictures.
The film received critical acclaim, with critics praising its acting and writing.
The film was a financial success, bringing in more than$ 273 million worldwide against its$ 50 million budget.
It was the ninth- highest- grossing film of 1996.
The film was nominated for five Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actor for Tom Cruise, with Cuba Gooding Jr. winning the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
The film was also nominated for three Golden Globes, with Tom Cruise winning for Best Actor- Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, and three Screen Actors Guild Awards, with Cuba Gooding Jr. winning Best Supporting Actor.
Funeral for an Assassin
Funeral for an Assassin is a 1974 South Africa film directed by Ivan Hall that was released in the United States in 1977.
Mr. Right (2009 film)
Mr. Right is a 2009 British film directed by David Morris and Jacqui Morris.
The jointly- made gay- themed film is the debut for both directors.
Gracie Films
Gracie Films is an American independent film and television production company created by James L. Brooks in 1986.
The company is primarily responsible for producing the long- running animated series" The Simpsons", as well as the films" BigBroadcast News", and" Jerry Maguire".
Tom and Jerry: Santa's Little Helpers
Tom and Jerry: Santa's Little Helpers is a 2014 animated Direct- to- DVD special starring Tom and Jerry and the Christmas special of" The Tom and Jerry Show", produced by Warner Bros.
Animation.
It was made available as part of a 2- disc DVD set of the same name, which also contains 29 other" Tom and Jerry" cartoons and episodes from" Tom and Jerry Tales", on October 7, 2014.
Cameron Crowe
Cameron Bruce Crowe( born July 13, 1957) is an American director, producer, screenwriter, journalist, author, and actor.
Before moving into the film industry, Crowe was a contributing editor at" Rolling Stone" magazine, for which he still frequently writes.
Crowe's debut screenwriting effort," Fast Times at Ridgemont High", grew out of a book he wrote while posing for one year undercover as a student at Clairemont High School in San Diego, California.
Later, he wrote and directed one more high school saga," Say Anything ...", followed by" Singles", a story of twentysomethings that was woven together by a soundtrack centering on Seattle's burgeoning grunge music scene.
Crowe landed his biggest hit with" Jerry Maguire".
After this, he was given a green light to go ahead with a pet project, the autobiographical effort" Almost Famous".
Centering on a teenage music journalist on tour with an up- and- coming band, it gave insight to his life as a 15- year- old writer for" Rolling Stone".
For his screenplay, he won an Academy Award.
In late 1999, Crowe's second book was published, a question and answer session with the film director Billy Wilder entitled" Conversations with Wilder".
Out of Africa (film)
Out of Africa is a 1985 American epic romantic drama film directed and produced by Sydney Pollack, and starring Robert Redford and Meryl Streep.
The film is based loosely on the autobiographical book" Out of Africa" written by Isak Dinesen( the pseudonym of Danish author Karen Blixen), which was published in 1937, with additional material from Dinesen's book" Shadows on the Grass" and other sources.
The book was adapted into a screenplay by the writer Kurt Luedtke, and filmed in 1984.
Streep played Karen Blixen, Redford played Denys Finch Hatton, and Klaus Maria Brandauer played Baron Bror Blixen.
Others in the film included Michael Kitchen as Berkeley Cole, Malick Bowens as Farah, Stephen Kinyanjui as the Chief, Michael Gough as Lord Delamere, Suzanna Hamilton as Felicity, and the model and actress Iman as Mariammo.
Despite mixed reviews from critics," Out of Africa" won seven Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Director for Pollack.

Question: Do both directors of films Out Of Africa (Film) and Jerry Maguire share the same nationality?
Answer: yes