Sam Pollard
Directing
Born April 20, 1945 · Harlem, New York, USA
Also known as Samuel D. Pollard · Samuel Pollard
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."
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Documentary Feature Film · 1998 · nominated
Filmography49 titles
Natchez
Wrestle
Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun
Style Wars
Inside Man
American Masters
Bill Russell: Legend
Two Trains Runnin'
Slavery by Another Name
4 Little Girls
Juice
Carlos
Atlanta's Missing and Murdered: The Lost Children
D. Wade: Life Unexpected
Black Art: In the Absence of Light
MLK/FBI
Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me
The Perfect Neighbor
Remote Area Medical
By the People: The Election of Barack Obama
Why We Hate
Clockers
Independent Lens
American Experience
Subject
Hold Your Fire
Mo' Better Blues
If God Is Willing and da Creek Don't Rise
Tiger
Jungle Fever
Katrina: Come Hell and High Water
Bamboozled
The League
Venus and Serena
Surviving the Game
LIFT
A Crime on the Bayou
Ganja & Hess
Private Resort
Maynard
Acorn and the Firestorm
Citizen Ashe
Body and Soul
Ol' Dirty Bastard: A Tale of Two Dirtys
South to Black Power
Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand
Goin' Back to T-Town