Out of Africa (film) American Film Institute recognition Out of Africa (film) Out of Africa is a 1985 American epic romantic drama film directed and produced by Sydney Pollack, and starring Robert Redford and Meryl Streep. The film is based loosely on the autobiographical book "Out of Africa" written by Isak Dinesen (the pseudonym of Danish author Karen Blixen), which was published in 1937, with additional material from Dinesen's book "Shadows on the Grass" and other sources. The book was adapted into a screenplay by the writer Kurt Luedtke, and directed by the American Sydney Pollack. Streep played Karen Blixen; Redford played Denys Finch
New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director 2009, the critics’ group have agreed with the Academy on six occasions: Steven Soderbergh for "Traffic" (2000), Clint Eastwood for "Million Dollar Baby" (2004), Ang Lee for "Brokeback Mountain" (2005), Martin Scorsese for "The Departed" (2006), Joel Coen and Ethan Coen for "No Country for Old Men" (2007), and Kathryn Bigelow for "The Hurt Locker" (2009). Oscar winner denoted by * New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director The New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director is one of the awards given by the New York Film Critics Circle to honour the finest achievements in filmmaking.