Sam Pollard
Directing
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."
Atlanta's Missing and Murdered: The Lost Children
Executive Producer
Age 74 (now 81)
Katrina: Come Hell and High Water
Executive Producer
Age 80 (now 81)
Atlanta's Missing and Murdered: The Lost Children
Director
Age 74 (now 81)
If God Is Willing and da Creek Don't Rise
Producer
Age 65 (now 81)
If God Is Willing and da Creek Don't Rise
Editor
Age 65 (now 81)
Full Circle: The First All Black Everest Ascent
Executive Producer
Age 81
Ol' Dirty Bastard: A Tale of Two Dirtys
Supervising Editor
Age 79 (now 81)
Ol' Dirty Bastard: A Tale of Two Dirtys
Producer
Age 79 (now 81)
Ol' Dirty Bastard: A Tale of Two Dirtys
Director
Age 79 (now 81)The Harvest: Integrating Mississippi's Schools
Director
Age 78 (now 81)The Harvest: Integrating Mississippi's Schools
Producer
Age 78 (now 81)
Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power
Director
Age 77 (now 81)Rise and Rebuild: A Tale of Three Cities
Director
Age 77 (now 81)
Civil War (Or, Who Do We Think We Are)
Executive Producer
Age 76 (now 81)
Black Art: In the Absence of Light
Director
Age 75 (now 81)
Black Art: In the Absence of Light
Producer
Age 75 (now 81)
Shared Legacies: The African-American Jewish Civil Rights Alliance
Consulting Producer
Age 74 (now 81)
Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me
Director
Age 72 (now 81)
August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand
Director
Age 69 (now 81)Style Wars In The Cutting Room
as Himself / Editor of Style Wars
Age 69 (now 81)
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
Executive Producer
Age 69 (now 81)Mr. Soul: Ellis Haizlip and the Birth of Black Power TV
Director
Age 64 (now 81)
By the People: The Election of Barack Obama
Editor
Age 64 (now 81)
Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun
Director
Age 63 (now 81)
Lillie & Leander: A Legacy of Violence
Editorial Consultant
Age 62 (now 81)
John Ford/John Wayne: The Filmmaker and the Legend
Director
Age 61 (now 81)
Isn't This a Time! A Tribute Concert for Harold Leventhal
Editor
Age 59 (now 81)
Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks
Editor
Age 55 (now 81)
A Vision Shared: A Tribute to Woody Guthrie and Leadbelly
Editor
Age 42 (now 81)Murder in America: The Lynching of Emmett Till
Director
Katrina: Come Hell and High Water
Executive Producer
Age 80 (now 81)
Atlanta's Missing and Murdered: The Lost Children
Director
Age 74 (now 81)
Atlanta's Missing and Murdered: The Lost Children
Executive Producer
Age 74 (now 81)
If God Is Willing and da Creek Don't Rise
Producer
Age 65 (now 81)
If God Is Willing and da Creek Don't Rise
Editor
Age 65 (now 81)Gathering insights...
Also Known As
Samuel D. Pollard, Samuel Pollard
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