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 u…
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Filmography
Acting (2)
Crew (110)
Movies (89)
Natchez
2026Executive Producer
Tutu
2026Director
Tutu
2026Director
The Perfect Neighbor
2025Executive Producer
I Was Born This Way
2025Director
Teaching America
2025Executive Producer
Black Table
2024Executive Producer
Ol' Dirty Bastard: A Tale of Two Dirtys
2024Director
Ol' Dirty Bastard: A Tale of Two Dirtys
2024Producer
Ol' Dirty Bastard: A Tale of Two Dirtys
2024Supervising Editor
Keeper
2024Executive Producer
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
2023Director
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
2023Producer
The League
2023Director
LIFT
2023Executive Producer
Carlos
2023Producer
South to Black Power
2023Director
The Harvest: Integrating Mississippi's Schools
2023Director
The Harvest: Integrating Mississippi's Schools
2023Producer
The Picture Taker
2022Editorial Consultant
Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power
2022Director
Outta the Muck
2022Executive Producer
Rise and Rebuild: A Tale of Three Cities
2022Director
Citizen Ashe
2021Director
Civil War (Or, Who Do We Think We Are)
2021Executive Producer
A Crime on the Bayou
2021Consulting Producer
Black Art: In the Absence of Light
2021Director
Black Art: In the Absence of Light
2021Producer
Hold Your Fire
2021Consulting Producer
MLK/FBI
2020Director
D. Wade: Life Unexpected
2020Producer
Shared Legacies: The African-American Jewish Civil Rights Alliance
2020Consulting Producer
Wrestle
2018Consulting Producer
Mr. SOUL!
2018Director
Acorn and the Firestorm
2017Director
Acorn and the Firestorm
2017Producer
Acorn and the Firestorm
2017Writer
The Talk: Race in America
2017Director
Maynard
2017Director
Maynard
2017Writer
Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me
2017Director
Two Trains Runnin'
2016Director
August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand
2015Director
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
2014Executive Producer
Remote Area Medical
2013Editor
Slavery by Another Name
2012Director
Venus and Serena
2012Editor
Joe Papp in Five Acts
2012Editor
Gerrymandering
2010Editor
Mr. Soul: Ellis Haizlip and the Birth of Black Power TV
2010Director
By the People: The Election of Barack Obama
2009Editor
Chinatown Film Project
2009Director
Love That Movie
2009Director
Love That Movie
2009Writer
Marvin Gaye: What's Going On
2008Director
Marvin Gaye: What's Going On
2008Writer
Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun
2008Director
Pete Seeger: The Power of Song
2007Editor
Lillie & Leander: A Legacy of Violence
2007Editorial Consultant
Inside Man
2006Additional Editing
John Ford/John Wayne: The Filmmaker and the Legend
2006Director
Isn't This a Time! A Tribute Concert for Harold Leventhal
2004Editor
Jim Brown: All-American
2002Co-Producer
The Making of 'Bamboozled'
2001Director
The Making of 'Bamboozled'
2001Producer
The Chinatown Files
2001Consulting Editor
Bamboozled
2000Editor
Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks
2000Editor
4 Little Girls
1997Editor
4 Little Girls
1997Producer
Girl 6
1996Editor
Clockers
1995Editor
Surviving the Game
1994Editor
Goin' Back to T-Town
1993Director
Goin' Back to T-Town
1993Producer
Juice
1992Editor
Jungle Fever
1991Editor
Mo' Better Blues
1990Editor
Langston Hughes: The Dream Keeper
1987Editor
Private Resort
1985Editor
Style Wars
1984Editor
Metropolitan Cats
1983Editor
Body and Soul
1981Editor
Forever Young
1981Editor
Night of the Zombies
1981Editor
The Little Players
1981Editor
The Sound of Philadelphia
Director
Murder in America: The Lynching of Emmett Till
Director
Counting The Ballots
Director
Television (21)
Katrina: Come Hell and High Water
2025Executive Producer
Photographer
2024Director
Bill Russell: Legend
2023Director
Hostages
2022Director
Tiger
2021Executive Producer
Atlanta's Missing and Murdered: The Lost Children
2020Director
Atlanta's Missing and Murdered: The Lost Children
2020Executive Producer
Atlanta's Missing and Murdered: The Lost Children
2020Producer
Why We Hate
2019Director
If God Is Willing and da Creek Don't Rise
2010Editor
If God Is Willing and da Creek Don't Rise
2010Producer
The Blues
2003Producer
The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow
2002Director
The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow
2002Producer
The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow
2002Writer
Independent Lens
1999Director
I'll Make Me a World
1999Director
American Experience
1988Director
Eyes on the Prize
1987Director
Eyes on the Prize
1987Writer
American Masters
1986Director
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