Sam Pollard

Known for directing

Born April 20, 1945 (age 81) · Harlem, New York, USA

About

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."

American ExperienceDirector

Independent LensDirector

American MastersDirector

The BluesProducer

Bill Russell: LegendDirector

PhotographerDirector

The Perfect NeighborExecutive Producer

Atlanta's Missing and Murdered: The Lost ChildrenDirector

Why We HateDirector

Eyes on the PrizeDirector

Katrina: Come Hell and High WaterExecutive Producer

Crime and Punishment in AmericaExecutive Producer

TigerExecutive Producer

The Rise and Fall of Jim CrowDirector

HostagesDirector

I'll Make Me a World

I'll Make Me a WorldDirector

If God Is Willing and da Creek Don't RiseProducer

MaynardDirector

Full Circle: The First All Black Everest AscentExecutive Producer

I Was Born This WayDirector

4 Little GirlsProducer

TutuDirector

Black Art: In the Absence of LightDirector

WrestleConsulting Producer

Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be MeDirector

Mr. SOUL!Director

LIFTExecutive Producer

Outta the MuckExecutive Producer

CarlosProducer

The LorraineDirector

Acorn and the FirestormDirector

D. Wade: Life UnexpectedProducer

MLK/FBIDirector

Two Trains Runnin'Director

Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel WomenExecutive Producer

South to Black PowerDirector

Civil War (Or, Who Do We Think We Are)Executive Producer

Hold Your FireConsulting Producer

Ol' Dirty Bastard: A Tale of Two DirtysDirector

Jim Brown: All-AmericanCo-Producer

Murder in America: The Lynching of Emmett Till

Murder in America: The Lynching of Emmett TillDirector

August Wilson: The Ground on Which I StandDirector

Goin' Back to T-TownDirector

The LeagueDirector

Lowndes County and the Road to Black PowerDirector

Citizen AsheDirector

NatchezExecutive Producer

A Crime on the BayouConsulting Producer

Max Roach: The Drum Also WaltzesProducer

This Is Not a DrillConsulting Producer

Shared Legacies: The African-American Jewish Civil Rights AllianceConsulting Producer

John Ford/John Wayne: The Filmmaker and the LegendDirector

Slavery by Another NameDirector

The Making of 'Bamboozled'Director

The Talk: Race in AmericaDirector

Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the SunDirector

Teaching AmericaExecutive Producer

Marvin Gaye: What's Going On

Marvin Gaye: What's Going OnWriter

KeeperExecutive Producer

The Sound of Philadelphia

The Sound of PhiladelphiaDirector

The Harvest: Integrating Mississippi's Schools

The Harvest: Integrating Mississippi's SchoolsDirector

Chinatown Film Project

Chinatown Film ProjectDirector

Rise and Rebuild: A Tale of Three Cities

Rise and Rebuild: A Tale of Three CitiesDirector

Black TableExecutive Producer

Love That Movie

Love That MovieDirector

Mr. Soul: Ellis Haizlip and the Birth of Black Power TV

Mr. Soul: Ellis Haizlip and the Birth of Black Power TVDirector

Counting The Ballots

Counting The BallotsDirector

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