Jackson Pollock a Violent Grave," a collection of reminiscences by Pollock's friends. Streisand was to play the role of Lee Krasner, and De Niro was to portray Pollock. A second was to be based on "Love Affair" (1974), a memoir by Ruth Kligman, who was Pollock's lover in the six months before his death. This was to be directed by Harold Becker, with Al Pacino playing Pollock. In 2000, the biographical film "Pollock", based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning biography, "", directed by and starring Ed Harris, was released. Marcia Gay Harden won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal
Jon Pollock Jon Pollock Jon Pollock (born 11 May 1977) is a British wheelchair basketball player. He was selected to train with the British wheelchair basketball squad in 1992. Pollock has played at four Paralympic games: the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing and the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London. He won a bronze medal at the 2004 Paralympics and the 2008 Paralympic Games. Pollock was born on 11 May 1977 in Liverpool, England with spina bifida, a developmental congenital disorder caused by the incomplete closing of the embryonic neural tube.