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
ARY Film Award for Best Director Jury ARY Film Award for Best Director Jury The ARY Film Award for Best Director Jury is one of the ARY Film Awards of Merit presented annually by the ARY Digital Network and Entertainment Channel to directors working in the film industry and is the only category in which every member is eligible to submit a nomination. Best Film Director Jury is considered the most important of the ARY Film Awards, as it represents all the directing, acting, music composing, writing, editing and other efforts put forth into a drama. This award is one of the two Best Director awards in