I have a tendency to confuse him with Sydney Pollack.
The guy who directed 12 Angry Men is ensured a place in the cinematic pantheon.
You mean the guy who directed Prince of the City, his masterpiece.
Glad that his last one (Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead, 2007) was also one of his best.
Well I definitely can't agree with that: he was a great director without any doubt. 12 Angry Men alone is enough for that classification, and further fortified by The Hill and The Pawnbroker. You don't make movie like that by chance. His problem was he loved working too much.