Directing
Sam Pollard
EN cinema · 82 credits
Born
20 April 1945 (age 81)
Birthplace
Harlem, New York, USA
Also known as Samuel D. Pollard · Samuel Pollard
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
Natchez
Executive Producer
Tutu
Director
The Lorraine
Director
Full Circle: The First All Black Everest Ascent
Executive Producer
I Was Born This Way
Director
The Perfect Neighbor
Executive Producer
Teaching America
Executive Producer
This Is Not a Drill
Consulting Producer
Ol' Dirty Bastard: A Tale of Two Dirtys
Director, Producer, Supervising Editor
Black Table
Executive Producer
Keeper
Executive Producer
Subject
as Self
LIFT
Executive Producer
The Harvest: Integrating Mississippi's Schools
2023
The Harvest: Integrating Mississippi's Schools
Director, Producer
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
Producer, Director
The League
Director
Carlos
Producer
South to Black Power
Director
Outta the Muck
Executive Producer
The Picture Taker
Editorial Consultant
A Crime on the Bayou
Consulting Producer
Civil War (Or, Who Do We Think We Are)
Executive Producer
Citizen Ashe
Director
Hold Your Fire
Consulting Producer
Black Art: In the Absence of Light
Director, Producer
Shared Legacies: The African-American Jewish Civil Rights Alliance
Consulting Producer
MLK/FBI
Director
Mr. SOUL!
Director
Wrestle
Consulting Producer
Acorn and the Firestorm
Producer, Director, Writer
Maynard
Director, Writer
Two Trains Runnin'
Director
Style Wars In The Cutting Room
2014
Style Wars In The Cutting Room
as Himself / Editor of Style Wars
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
Executive Producer
Love That Movie
2009
Love That Movie
Director, Writer
Lillie & Leander: A Legacy of Violence
Editorial Consultant
Inside Man
Additional Editing
Jim Brown: All-American
Co-Producer
The Chinatown Files
Consulting Editor
The Making of 'Bamboozled'
Director, Producer
Bamboozled
Editor
4 Little Girls
Editor, Producer
Girl 6
Editor
Clockers
Editor
Goin' Back to T-Town
Producer, Director
Juice
Editor
Jungle Fever
Editor
Style Wars
Editor
Ganja & Hess
Assistant Editor