Sam Pollard

Birthday:

04/20/1945

Place of birth:

Harlem, New York, USA:

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."



Credits

Subject (2023)
Self
South to Black Power (2023)
Director
Carlos (2023)
Producer
Lift (2023)
Executive Producer
The Harvest: Integrating Mississippi's Schools (2023)
Director
The Harvest: Integrating Mississippi's Schools (2023)
Producer
The League (2023)
Director
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes (2023)
Director
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes (2023)
Producer
Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power (2022)
Director
The Picture Taker (2022)
Editorial Consultant
Outta the Muck (2022)
Executive Producer
Citizen Ashe (2021)
Director
Hold Your Fire (2021)
Consulting Producer
A Crime on the Bayou (2021)
Consulting Producer
Civil War (Or, Who Do We Think We Are) (2021)
Executive Producer
Black Art: In the Absence of Light (2021)
Director
Black Art: In the Absence of Light (2021)
Producer
MLK/FBI (2020)
Director
D. Wade: Life Unexpected (2020)
Producer
Shared Legacies: The African-American Jewish Civil Rights Alliance (2020)
Consulting Producer
Mr. SOUL! (2018)
Director
Wrestle (2018)
Consulting Producer
Maynard (2017)
Director
Maynard (2017)
Writer
Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me (2017)
Director
Acorn and the Firestorm (2017)
Director
Acorn and the Firestorm (2017)
Producer
Acorn and the Firestorm (2017)
Writer
The Talk: Race in America (2017)
Director
Two Trains Runnin' (2016)
Director
August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand (2015)
Director
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women (2014)
Executive Producer
Remote Area Medical (2013)
Editor
Venus and Serena (2012)
Editor
Joe Papp in Five Acts (2012)
Editor
Slavery by Another Name (2012)
Director
Gerrymandering (2010)
Editor
Mr. Soul: Ellis Haizlip and the Birth of Black Power TV (2010)
Director
By the People: The Election of Barack Obama (2009)
Editor
Chinatown Film Project (2009)
Director
Love That Movie (2009)
Director
Love That Movie (2009)
Writer
Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun (2008)
Director
Marvin Gaye: What's Going On (2008)
Writer
Marvin Gaye: What's Going On (2008)
Director
Pete Seeger: The Power of Song (2007)
Editor
John Ford/John Wayne: The Filmmaker and the Legend (2006)
Director
Inside Man (2006)
Additional Editing
Isn't This a Time! A Tribute Concert for Harold Leventhal (2004)
Editor
Jim Brown: All-American (2002)
Co-Producer
The Chinatown Files (2001)
Consulting Editor
The Making of 'Bamboozled' (2001)
Director
The Making of 'Bamboozled' (2001)
Producer
Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks (2000)
Editor
Bamboozled (2000)
Editor
4 Little Girls (1997)
Editor
4 Little Girls (1997)
Producer
Girl 6 (1996)
Editor
Clockers (1995)
Editor
Surviving the Game (1994)
Editor
Goin' Back to T-Town (1993)
Director
Goin' Back to T-Town (1993)
Producer
Juice (1992)
Editor
Jungle Fever (1991)
Editor
Mo' Better Blues (1990)
Editor
Langston Hughes: The Dream Keeper (1987)
Editor
Private Resort (1985)
Editor
Metropolitan Cats (1983)
Editor
Style Wars (1983)
Editor
Body and Soul (1981)
Editor
Night of the Zombies (1981)
Editor
Forever Young (1981)
Editor
The Little Players (1981)
Editor
Biography: Ol’ Dirty Bastard ()
Director
Counting The Ballots ()
Director
I Was Born This Way ()
Director
Murder in America: The Lynching of Emmett Till ()
Director
The Sound of Philadelphia ()
Director