About

Known credits:
95
Birthday:
1945-04-20
Place of birth:
Harlem, New York, USA
Website:
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Sam Pollard

Overview

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

Acting
2023 Subject Actor Self 59
Average
2014 Style Wars In The Cutting Room Actor Himself / Editor of Style Wars N/A
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Directing
2024 Ol' Dirty Bastard: A Tale of Two Dirtys Directing Director 58
Average
2023 South to Black Power Directing Director 58
Average
2023 The Harvest: Integrating Mississippi's Schools Directing Director 59
Average
2023 The League Directing Director 59
Average
2023 Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes Directing Director N/A
N/A
2023 Bill Russell: Legend Directing Director 69
Fair
2022 Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power Directing Director 59
Average
2021 Citizen Ashe Directing Director 58
Average
2021 Black Art: In the Absence of Light Directing Director 59
Average
2020 MLK/FBI Directing Director 59
Average
2019 Why We Hate Directing Director 69
Fair
2018 Mr. SOUL! Directing Director 59
Average
2017 Maynard Directing Director 59
Average
2017 Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me Directing Director 59
Average
2017 Acorn and the Firestorm Directing Director 59
Average
2017 The Talk: Race in America Directing Director 58
Average
2016 Two Trains Runnin' Directing Director 59
Average
2015 August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand Directing Director N/A
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2012 Slavery by Another Name Directing Director 59
Average
2010 Mr. Soul: Ellis Haizlip and the Birth of Black Power TV Directing Director N/A
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2009 Chinatown Film Project Directing Director N/A
N/A
2009 Love That Movie Directing Director N/A
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2008 Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun Directing Director 58
Average
2008 Marvin Gaye: What's Going On Directing Director N/A
N/A
2006 John Ford/John Wayne: The Filmmaker and the Legend Directing Director N/A
N/A
2002 The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow Directing Director N/A
N/A
2001 The Making of 'Bamboozled' Directing Director 59
Average
1999 I'll Make Me a World Directing Director N/A
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1993 Goin' Back to T-Town Directing Director N/A
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Murder in America: The Lynching of Emmett Till Directing Director N/A
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Counting The Ballots Directing Director N/A
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I Was Born This Way Directing Director N/A
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The Sound of Philadelphia Directing Director N/A
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Writing
2017 Maynard Writing Writer 59
Average
2017 Acorn and the Firestorm Writing Writer 59
Average
2009 Love That Movie Writing Writer N/A
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2008 Marvin Gaye: What's Going On Writing Writer N/A
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2002 The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow Writing Writer N/A
N/A

Production
2025 The Perfect Neighbor Production Executive Producer N/A
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2024 Keeper Production Executive Producer N/A
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2024 Ol' Dirty Bastard: A Tale of Two Dirtys Production Producer 58
Average
2024 Black Table Production Executive Producer 58
Average
2023 Carlos Production Producer 59
Average
2023 Lift Production Executive Producer 58
Average
2023 The Harvest: Integrating Mississippi's Schools Production Producer 59
Average
2023 Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes Production Producer N/A
N/A
2022 Outta the Muck Production Executive Producer N/A
N/A
2021 Hold Your Fire Production Consulting Producer 59
Average
2021 A Crime on the Bayou Production Consulting Producer 59
Average
2021 Civil War (Or, Who Do We Think We Are) Production Executive Producer 59
Average
2021 Black Art: In the Absence of Light Production Producer 59
Average
2021 Tiger Production Executive Producer 68
Fair
2020 Atlanta's Missing and Murdered: The Lost Children Production Producer 69
Fair
2020 D. Wade: Life Unexpected Production Producer 59
Average
2020 Shared Legacies: The African-American Jewish Civil Rights Alliance Production Consulting Producer N/A
N/A
2018 Wrestle Production Consulting Producer 59
Average
2017 Acorn and the Firestorm Production Producer 59
Average
2014 Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women Production Executive Producer 58
Average
2010 If God Is Willing and da Creek Don't Rise Production Producer 69
Fair
2002 The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow Production Producer N/A
N/A
2002 Jim Brown: All-American Production Co-Producer 58
Average
2001 The Making of 'Bamboozled' Production Producer 59
Average
1997 4 Little Girls Production Producer 59
Average
1993 Goin' Back to T-Town Production Producer N/A
N/A

Editing
2024 Ol' Dirty Bastard: A Tale of Two Dirtys Editing Supervising Editor 58
Average
2022 The Picture Taker Editing Editorial Consultant N/A
N/A
2013 Remote Area Medical Editing Editor 59
Average
2012 Venus and Serena Editing Editor 58
Average
2012 Joe Papp in Five Acts Editing Editor 59
Average
2010 Gerrymandering Editing Editor 58
Average
2010 If God Is Willing and da Creek Don't Rise Editing Editor 69
Fair
2009 By the People: The Election of Barack Obama Editing Editor 59
Average
2007 Pete Seeger: The Power of Song Editing Editor 59
Average
2006 Inside Man Editing Additional Editing 72
Good
2004 Isn't This a Time! A Tribute Concert for Harold Leventhal Editing Editor N/A
N/A
2001 The Chinatown Files Editing Consulting Editor N/A
N/A
2000 Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks Editing Editor N/A
N/A
2000 Bamboozled Editing Editor 59
Average
1997 4 Little Girls Editing Editor 59
Average
1996 Girl 6 Editing Editor 57
Average
1995 Clockers Editing Editor 62
Fair
1994 Surviving the Game Editing Editor 59
Average
1992 Juice Editing Editor 64
Fair
1991 Jungle Fever Editing Editor 60
Fair
1990 Mo' Better Blues Editing Editor 60
Fair
1987 Langston Hughes: The Dream Keeper Editing Editor N/A
N/A
1985 Private Resort Editing Editor 58
Average
1984 Style Wars Editing Editor 60
Fair
1983 Metropolitan Cats Editing Editor N/A
N/A
1981 Body and Soul Editing Editor 58
Average
1981 Night of the Zombies Editing Editor 58
Average
1981 Forever Young Editing Editor N/A
N/A
1981 The Little Players Editing Editor N/A
N/A