Sam Pollard

Directing·Apr 20, 1945·Harlem, New York, USA

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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."

Film	Credit
TThe Lorraine2026 · Director	Director
Tutu2026 · Director	Director
I Was Born This Way2025 · Director	Director
Ol' Dirty Bastard: A Tale of Two Dirtys2024 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
South to Black Power2023 · Director	Director
Carlos2023 · Producer	Producer
TThe Harvest: Integrating Mississippi's Schools2023 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
The League2023 · Director	Director
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes2023 · Producer, Director	Producer, Director
Subject2023 · Self	Self
Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power2022 · Director	Director
RRise and Rebuild: A Tale of Three Cities2022 · Director	Director
Citizen Ashe2021 · Director	Director
Black Art: In the Absence of Light2021 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
MLK/FBI2020 · Director	Director
D. Wade: Life Unexpected2020 · Producer	Producer
Mr. SOUL!2018 · Director	Director
Maynard2017 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me2017 · Director	Director
Acorn and the Firestorm2017 · Producer, Director, Writer	Producer, Director, Writer
The Talk: Race in America2017 · Director	Director
Two Trains Runnin'2016 · Director	Director
August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand2015 · Director	Director
SStyle Wars In The Cutting Room2014 · Himself / Editor of Style Wars	Himself / Editor of Style Wars
Slavery by Another Name2012 · Director	Director
MMr. Soul: Ellis Haizlip and the Birth of Black Power TV2010 · Director	Director
CChinatown Film Project2009 · Director	Director
LLove That Movie2009 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun2008 · Director	Director
Marvin Gaye: What's Going On2008 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
John Ford/John Wayne: The Filmmaker and the Legend2006 · Director	Director
The Making of 'Bamboozled'2001 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
4 Little Girls1997 · Producer	Producer
Goin' Back to T-Town1993 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
MMurder in America: The Lynching of Emmett TillDirector	Director
CCounting The BallotsDirector	Director
TThe Sound of PhiladelphiaDirector	Director