Sam Pollard
Known for: Directing
Born: April 19, 1945 in Harlem, New York, USA
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
Showing 24 of 93 titles
Subject
Self
Style Wars In The Cutting Room
Himself / Editor of Style Wars
Jungle Fever
Editor
Pete Seeger: The Power of Song
Editor
Outta the Muck
Executive Producer
A Crime on the Bayou
Consulting Producer
Shared Legacies: The African-American Jewish Civil Rights Alliance
Consulting Producer
Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power
Director
LIFT
Executive Producer
Gerrymandering
Editor
Joe Papp in Five Acts
Editor
Venus and Serena
Editor
Civil War (Or, Who Do We Think We Are)
Executive Producer
Citizen Ashe
Director
The Harvest: Integrating Mississippi's Schools
Director
Body and Soul
Editor
Hold Your Fire
Consulting Producer
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
Executive Producer
Jim Brown: All-American
Co-Producer
Goin' Back to T-Town
Director
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
Producer
By the People: The Election of Barack Obama
Editor
The Chinatown Files
Consulting Editor
Murder in America: The Lynching of Emmett Till
Director