Sam Pollard
Directing
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."
Notable Works
Prominent titles featuring Sam Pollard
Filmography
Acting (2)
2023
Subjectas Self
6.7
2014
Style Wars In The Cutting Roomas Himself / Editor of Style Wars
Production & Directing (93)
2026
Full Circle: The First All Black Everest AscentExecutive Producer
2026
The LorraineDirector
2026
TutuDirector
2026
NatchezExecutive Producer
9.0
2025
Teaching AmericaExecutive Producer
2025
The Perfect NeighborExecutive Producer
6.8
2025
This Is Not a DrillConsulting Producer
2025
I Was Born This WayDirector
1.0
2024
KeeperExecutive Producer
2024
4.5
2024
4.5
2024
Ol' Dirty Bastard: A Tale of Two DirtysSupervising Editor
4.5
2024
Black TableExecutive Producer
6.0
2023
South to Black PowerDirector
3.5
2023
CarlosProducer
7.1
2023
LIFTExecutive Producer
6.0
2023
8.0
2023
8.0
2023
The LeagueDirector
6.2
2023
Max Roach: The Drum Also WaltzesProducer
2023
Max Roach: The Drum Also WaltzesDirector
2022
1.5
2022
The Picture TakerEditorial Consultant
2022
2022
Outta the MuckExecutive Producer
2021
Citizen AsheDirector
4.2
2021
Hold Your FireConsulting Producer
6.5
2021
A Crime on the BayouConsulting Producer
6.0
2021
Civil War (Or, Who Do We Think We Are)Executive Producer
4.0
2021
6.4
2021
6.4
2020
MLK/FBIDirector
6.9
2020
D. Wade: Life UnexpectedProducer
7.0
2020
Shared Legacies: The African-American Jewish Civil Rights AllianceConsulting Producer
2018
Mr. SOUL!Director
7.0
2018
WrestleConsulting Producer
8.3
2017
MaynardDirector
5.2
2017
MaynardWriter
5.2
2017
6.9
2017
Acorn and the FirestormProducer
5.0
2017
Acorn and the FirestormDirector
5.0
2017
Acorn and the FirestormWriter
5.0
2017
The Talk: Race in AmericaDirector
8.0
2016
Two Trains Runnin'Director
7.2
2015
2014
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel WomenExecutive Producer
6.5
2013
Remote Area MedicalEditor
6.8
2012
Venus and SerenaEditor
6.1
2012
Joe Papp in Five ActsEditor
4.5
2012
Slavery by Another NameDirector
7.2
2010
GerrymanderingEditor
4.3
6.8
2009
Chinatown Film ProjectDirector
2009
Love That MovieDirector
2009
Love That MovieWriter
2008
8.0
2008
2008
Marvin Gaye: What's Going OnDirector
2007
7.0
2007
Lillie & Leander: A Legacy of ViolenceEditorial Consultant
2006
Inside ManAdditional Editing
7.4
2002
Jim Brown: All-AmericanCo-Producer
5.0
2001
The Chinatown FilesConsulting Editor
2001
The Making of 'Bamboozled'Director
5.5
2001
The Making of 'Bamboozled'Producer
5.5
7.5
2000
BamboozledEditor
6.3
1997
4 Little GirlsEditor
7.1
1997
4 Little GirlsProducer
7.1
1996
Girl 6Editor
5.1
1995
ClockersEditor
6.7
1994
Surviving the GameEditor
6.2
1993
Goin' Back to T-TownProducer
1993
Goin' Back to T-TownDirector
1992
JuiceEditor
7.2
1991
Jungle FeverEditor
6.4
1990
Mo' Better BluesEditor
6.5
1987
1985
Private ResortEditor
5.7
1984
Style WarsEditor
7.5
1983
Metropolitan CatsEditor
1981
Body and SoulEditor
3.9
1981
Night of the ZombiesEditor
4.8
1981
Forever YoungEditor
1981
The Little PlayersEditor
1973
Ganja & HessAssistant Editor
5.7
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Counting The BallotsDirector
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The Sound of PhiladelphiaDirector