Known For
Directing
Born
Apr 20, 1945
Place of Birth
Harlem, New York, USA
Credits
98 titles
Sam Pollard
Biography
Samuel D. Pollard (born 20 April, 1945; Harlem) is an American documentary director, producer and editor. His films have garnered numerous awards such as Peabodys, Emmys, and an Academy Award nomination. In 2020, the International Documentary Association gave him a career achievement award. Spike Lee, whose films Pollard has edited and produced, described him as being "a master filmmaker." Henry Louis Gates Jr. characterizes his work in this way: "When I think about his documentaries, they add up to a corpus — a way of telling African-American history in its various dimensions."
Known For
Filmography
Crime and Punishment in America
Executive Producer
Full Circle: The First All Black Everest Ascent
Executive Producer
The Lorraine
Director
Tutu
Director
Natchez
Executive Producer
Teaching America
Executive Producer
The Perfect Neighbor
Executive Producer
This Is Not a Drill
Consulting Producer
Katrina: Come Hell and High Water
Executive Producer
I Was Born This Way
Director
Keeper
Executive Producer
Ol' Dirty Bastard: A Tale of Two Dirtys
Director
Black Table
Executive Producer
Photographer
Director
South to Black Power
Director
Carlos
Producer
LIFT
Executive Producer
The Harvest: Integrating Mississippi's Schools
Director
The League
Director
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
Producer
Subject
Self
Bill Russell: Legend
Director
Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power
Director
The Picture Taker
Editorial Consultant
Rise and Rebuild: A Tale of Three Cities
Director
Hostages
Director
Outta the Muck
Executive Producer
Citizen Ashe
Director
Hold Your Fire
Consulting Producer
A Crime on the Bayou
Consulting Producer
Civil War (Or, Who Do We Think We Are)
Executive Producer
Black Art: In the Absence of Light
Director
Tiger
Executive Producer
MLK/FBI
Director
Atlanta's Missing and Murdered: The Lost Children
Director
D. Wade: Life Unexpected
Producer
Shared Legacies: The African-American Jewish Civil Rights Alliance
Consulting Producer
Why We Hate
Director
Mr. SOUL!
Director
Wrestle
Consulting Producer
Maynard
Director
Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me
Director
Acorn and the Firestorm
Producer
The Talk: Race in America
Director
Two Trains Runnin'
Director
August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand
Director
Style Wars In The Cutting Room
Himself / Editor of Style Wars
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
Executive Producer
Remote Area Medical
Editor
Venus and Serena
Editor