Sydney Pollack Remembered

Actor, director and producer Sydney Pollack passed away on Monday in his Pacific Palisades home. The 73-year-old Oscar-winning director lost his battle to cancer, passing away with his family by his side, according to his publicist.

Upon hearing of his death, George Clooney released a statement. The actor worked with Pollack in Michael Clayton and said of the late Pollack, "Sydney made the world a little better, movies a little better and even dinner a little better." He went on to say, "A tip of the hat to a class act. He'll be missed terribly."

Pollack received six Oscar nominations during his extensive career, with a filmography consisting of The Way We Were, Out of Africa (for which he won Oscars) and Tootsie. It's possibly the film starring Dustin Hoffman as a struggling actor who puts on a dress to become an unlikely soap opera star for which Pollack is most fondly remembered, with the film on the American Film Institute's list of top 100 best U.S.-made movies.