Which of the following directors won an Academy Award for his 1985 film "Out of Africa": Jim Sharman or Sydney Pollack?
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Jim Sharman James David Sharman (born 12 March 1945), the son of boxing tent entrepreneur Jimmy Sharman, is an Australian director and writer for film and stage with more than 70 productions to his credit. He is renowned in Australia for his work as a theatre director from the 1960s to the present, and is best known internationally as the director of the 1973 theatrical hit "The Rocky Horror Show", its film adaptation "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" (1975) and the film's follow-up "Shock Treatment" (1981).
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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 films 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, Don't They?" (1969) and "Tootsie" (1982), in the latter of which he also appeared.
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The Interpreter The Interpreter is a 2005 political thriller film directed by Sydney Pollack, starring Nicole Kidman, Sean Penn, Catherine Keener, and Jesper Christensen.
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Castle Keep Castle Keep is a "firmly pro- and anti-war" 1969 American Technicolor war film combining surrealism with tragic realism filmed in Panavision. It was directed by Sydney Pollack and starred Burt Lancaster, Patrick O'Neal, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Bruce Dern, and Peter Falk. The movie appeared in the summer of 1969, a few months before the arrival of Pollack's smash hit "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?".
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Out of It (film) Out of It is a 1969 American comedy-drama film directed by Paul Williams. It was entered into the 20th Berlin International Film Festival.
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Yash Chopra Yash Raj Chopra (27 September 1932 – 21 October 2012) was an Indian film director and film producer, predominantly working in Hindi cinema. Yash Chopra began his career as an assistant director to I. S. Johar and elder brother, B.R. Chopra. He made his directorial debut with "Dhool Ka Phool" in 1959, a melodrama about illegitimacy, and followed it with the social drama "Dharmputra" (1961).
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War and Love (1985 film) War and Love is a 1985 American drama film directed by Moshé Mizrahi and written by Abby Mann. The film stars Sebastian Keneas, Kyra Sedgwick, David Spielberg, Cheryl Gianini, Eda Reiss Merin and Brita Youngblood. The film was released on September 13, 1985, by The Cannon Group, Inc..
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Kevin Costner Kevin Michael Costner (born January 18, 1955) is an American actor, director, producer, and musician. His accolades include two Academy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, and one Emmy Award.
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Paul Sylbert Paul Sylbert (April 16, 1928 – November 19, 2016) was an American Academy Award-winning production designer, art director, and set designer who directed on occasion.
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John Alcott John Alcott, BSC (1931 – 28 July 1986) was an English cinematographer best known for his four collaborations with director Stanley Kubrick; these are "" (1968), for which he took over as lighting cameraman from Geoffrey Unsworth in mid-shoot, "A Clockwork Orange" (1971), "Barry Lyndon" (1975), the film for which he won his Oscar, and "The Shining" (1980). Alcott died from a heart attack in Cannes, France in July 1986; he was 55. He received a tribute at the end of his last film "No Way Out" starring Kevin Costner.
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Off the Wall (1981 film) Off the Wall is a 1981 Canadian documentary film directed by Derek May and funded and produced by National Film Board of Canada. The film is an anthology of the Toronto art scene, circa 1980-1. Subjects in the film include art dealer and gallery owner Jack Pollack, artist Mendelson Joe and the art collective General Idea.
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Jim Poynter Jim Poynter (born October 13, 1943) is an American set decorator. He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Art Direction for the film "The Right Stuff".
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Hugh A. Robertson Hugh A. Robertson (May 28, 1932 – January 10, 1988) was an African-American film director and editor, born in Brooklyn, of Jamaican parents. While Robertson was credited as an editor for only three films, "Midnight Cowboy" (directed by John Schlesinger-1969) earned him the BAFTA Award for Best Editing and a nomination for the Academy Award for Film Editing for the same film.
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Bernhard Pollack Bernhard Pollack (14 August 1865 – 3 March 1928 in Berlin) was a German neuroanatomist and ophthalmologist practicing in Berlin. He held the post of Professor of Ophthalmology at the Friedrich Wilhelm University in Berlin. In addition to medical practice, he was a pupil of Moritz Moszkowski and a renowned pianist, having performed with Fritz Kreisler and with the violinist Joseph Szigeti.
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Ishtar (film) Ishtar is a 1987 American action-adventure-comedy film written and directed by Elaine May and produced by Warren Beatty, who co-starred with Dustin Hoffman. The story revolves around a duo of incredibly untalented American songwriters who travel to a booking in Morocco and stumble into a four-party Cold War standoff.
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Bertrand Blier Bertrand Blier (born 14 March 1939) is a French film director and writer. His 1978 film "Get Out Your Handkerchiefs" won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 51st Academy Awards.
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Jim Sarbh Jim Sarbh (born 27 August 1987) is an Indian theatre actor/director and film actor based in Mumbai. His first commercially released film was Neerja, directed by Ram Madhvani, starring Sonam Kapoor in the lead. For his contribution to Indian theatre, he was selected for the Forbes India 30 under 30 list in early 2015.
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John Pollack John Pollack (born c. 1965) is an American originally from Ann Arbor, Michigan whose past occupations include Presidential Speechwriter, foreign correspondent, and strolling violinist. Currently a writer and consultant, Pollack is a noted authority on analogy, wordplay and creativity.
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Stanley Donen Stanley Donen ( ; born April 13, 1924) is an American film director and choreographer whose most celebrated works are "Singin' in the Rain" and "On the Town", both of which he co-directed with actor and dancer Gene Kelly. His other noteworthy films include "Royal Wedding", "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers", "Funny Face", "Indiscreet", "Damn Yankees!", "Charade", and "Two for the Road". He received an Honorary Academy Award in 1998 for his body of work and a Career Golden Lion from the Venice Film Festival in 2004. He was hailed by film critic David Quinlan as "the King of the Hollywood musicals". Donen married five times and had three children. His current long term partner is film director and comedian Elaine May.
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Outside Out Outside Out is the first full-length feature film from Phish bassist Mike Gordon. It premiered in theaters in early 2001 and starred Jimi Stout, Col. Bruce Hampton, Ashley Scott Shamp, Gordon, and others.
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Taylor Hackford Taylor Edwin Hackford (born December 31, 1944) is an American film director and former president of the Directors Guild of America. He won the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film for "Teenage Father" (1979). Hackford went on to direct a number of highly regarded feature films, most notably "An Officer and a Gentleman" (1982) and "Ray" (2004), the latter of which saw him nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director and Academy Award for Best Picture.
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Philip H. Lathrop Philip H. Lathrop, A.S.C. (October 22, 1912 – April 12, 1995) was an American cinematographer noted for his skills with wide screen technology and detailed approach to lighting and camera placement. He spent most of his life in movie studios. Lathrop was known for such films as "Touch of Evil" (1958), "Lonely Are the Brave" (1962), "The Americanization of Emily" (1964), "The Cincinnati Kid" (1965), "Point Blank" (1967), "Finian's Rainbow" (1968), "The Traveling Executioner" (1970), "Portnoy's Complaint" (1972), "Earthquake" (1974), "Swashbuckler (1976)", "The Driver" (1978), "Moment by Moment" (1978), "A Change of Seasons" (1980), "Foolin' Around" (1980), "Loving Couples" (1980), and "Deadly Friend" (1986).