Sam Pollard
Known For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
Apr 20, 1945 (81 years old)
Place of Birth
Harlem, New York, USA
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
| 2023 | SubjectSelf | |
| 2014 | Style Wars In The Cutting RoomHimself / Editor of Style Wars |
| 2026 | NatchezExecutive Producer | |
| 2025 | The Perfect NeighborExecutive Producer | |
| 2025 | Teaching AmericaExecutive Producer | |
| 2025 | Katrina: Come Hell and High WaterExecutive Producer | |
| 2024 | Ol' Dirty Bastard: A Tale of Two DirtysProducer | |
| 2024 | Black TableExecutive Producer | |
| 2024 | KeeperExecutive Producer | |
| 2023 | LIFTExecutive Producer | |
| 2023 | The Harvest: Integrating Mississippi's SchoolsProducer | |
| 2023 | Max Roach: The Drum Also WaltzesProducer | |
| 2023 | CarlosProducer | |
| 2022 | Outta the MuckExecutive Producer | |
| 2021 | A Crime on the BayouConsulting Producer | |
| 2021 | Civil War (Or, Who Do We Think We Are)Executive Producer | |
| 2021 | Hold Your FireConsulting Producer | |
| 2021 | Black Art: In the Absence of LightProducer | |
| 2021 | TigerExecutive Producer | |
| 2020 | Shared Legacies: The African-American Jewish Civil Rights AllianceConsulting Producer | |
| 2020 | D. Wade: Life UnexpectedProducer | |
| 2020 | Atlanta's Missing and Murdered: The Lost ChildrenExecutive Producer | |
| 2018 | WrestleConsulting Producer | |
| 2017 | Acorn and the FirestormProducer | |
| 2014 | Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel WomenExecutive Producer | |
| 2010 | If God Is Willing and da Creek Don't RiseProducer | |
| 2003 | The BluesProducer | |
| 2002 | Jim Brown: All-AmericanCo-Producer | |
| 2002 | The Rise and Fall of Jim CrowProducer | |
| 2001 | The Making of 'Bamboozled'Producer | |
| 1997 | 4 Little GirlsProducer | |
| 1993 | Goin' Back to T-TownProducer |
| 2026 | TutuDirector | |
| 2026 | TutuDirector | |
| 2025 | I Was Born This WayDirector | |
| 2024 | Ol' Dirty Bastard: A Tale of Two DirtysDirector | |
| 2024 | PhotographerDirector | |
| 2023 | The Harvest: Integrating Mississippi's SchoolsDirector | |
| 2023 | Max Roach: The Drum Also WaltzesDirector | |
| 2023 | The LeagueDirector | |
| 2023 | South to Black PowerDirector | |
| 2023 | Bill Russell: LegendDirector | |
| 2022 | Lowndes County and the Road to Black PowerDirector | |
| 2022 | Rise and Rebuild: A Tale of Three CitiesDirector | |
| 2022 | HostagesDirector | |
| 2021 | Citizen AsheDirector | |
| 2021 | Black Art: In the Absence of LightDirector | |
| 2020 | MLK/FBIDirector | |
| 2020 | Atlanta's Missing and Murdered: The Lost ChildrenDirector | |
| 2019 | Why We HateDirector | |
| 2018 | Mr. SOUL!Director | |
| 2017 | The Talk: Race in AmericaDirector | |
| 2017 | Acorn and the FirestormDirector | |
| 2017 | Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be MeDirector | |
| 2017 | MaynardDirector | |
| 2016 | Two Trains Runnin'Director | |
| 2015 | August Wilson: The Ground on Which I StandDirector | |
| 2012 | Slavery by Another NameDirector | |
| 2010 | Mr. Soul: Ellis Haizlip and the Birth of Black Power TVDirector | |
| 2009 | Love That MovieDirector | |
| 2009 | Chinatown Film ProjectDirector | |
| 2008 | Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the SunDirector | |
| 2008 | Marvin Gaye: What's Going OnDirector | |
| 2006 | John Ford/John Wayne: The Filmmaker and the LegendDirector | |
| 2002 | The Rise and Fall of Jim CrowDirector | |
| 2001 | The Making of 'Bamboozled'Director | |
| 1999 | Independent LensDirector | |
| 1999 | I'll Make Me a WorldDirector | |
| 1993 | Goin' Back to T-TownDirector | |
| 1988 | American ExperienceDirector | |
| 1987 | Eyes on the PrizeDirector | |
| 1986 | American MastersDirector | |
| - | Murder in America: The Lynching of Emmett TillDirector | |
| - | Counting The BallotsDirector | |
| - | The Sound of PhiladelphiaDirector |
| 2017 | MaynardWriter | |
| 2017 | Acorn and the FirestormWriter | |
| 2009 | Love That MovieWriter | |
| 2008 | Marvin Gaye: What's Going OnWriter | |
| 2002 | The Rise and Fall of Jim CrowWriter | |
| 1987 | Eyes on the PrizeWriter |