He was given a standing ovation.
Jolie thanked him for all his Hollywood contributions, stating "we are in your debt". Poitier gave a brief acceptance speech, telling his peers to "keep up the wonderful work" to warm applause. Poitier directed several films, the most successful being the Richard Pryor - Gene Wilder comedy Stir Crazy , which for many years was the highest-grossing film directed by a person of African descent. Poitier replaced the original director, Joseph Sargent. Poitier directed the first popular dance battle movie, Fast Forward , in Poitier recorded an album with the composer Fred Katz called Poitier Meets Plato , in which Poitier recites passages from Plato 's writings.
In April , Poitier was appointed ambassador of the Bahamas to Japan , a position he held until Poitier was first married to Juanita Hardy from April 29, , until In , Poitier began a nine-year affair with actress Diahann Carroll. He has four daughters with his first wife and two with his second: In addition to his six daughters, Poitier has eight grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
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Poitier is also the subject of the biography Sidney Poitier: Man, Actor, Icon by historian Aram Goudsouzian. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. For his daughter, see Sydney Tamiia Poitier. Miami , Florida , U. Retrieved July 23, However, Poitier employs the title only in connection with his former official ambassadorial duties.
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