Sydney Pollack is not always given the respect that he deserves as being one of the greatest filmmakers in history, and that may be because he has worked with such a diverse number of genres. Between a Best Picture-winning historical epic (Out of Africa), a haunting paranoia thriller (Three Days of the Condor), a classic adventure romance (The Electric Horseman), an all-time great comedy (Tootsie), and a brilliant courtroom thriller (Absence of Malice), Pollack was able to dip his toes into a variety of different filmmaking styles. Although it may be a challenge to identify recurring motifs within his work, Pollack’s filmography was distinguished by his frequent collaborations with Robert Redford. Pollack directed Redford to bring out one of his best performances ever in the survival thriller Jeremiah Johnson, which doubled as a subversive Western adventure.