Subject
2023 · Movie
as Self
Sam Pollard
1945-04-20
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Harlem, New York, USA
Writers:
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."
Filmography
Crew Credits
Natchez
2026 · Movie
Executive Producer
Tutu
2026 · Movie
Director
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The Lorraine
2026 · Movie
Director
Full Circle: The First All Black Everest Ascent
2026 · Movie
Executive Producer
I Was Born This Way
2025 · Movie
Director
The Perfect Neighbor
2025 · Movie
Executive Producer
Teaching America
2025 · Movie
Executive Producer
This Is Not a Drill
2025 · Movie
Consulting Producer
Katrina: Come Hell and High Water
2025 · TV Show
Executive Producer
Ol' Dirty Bastard: A Tale of Two Dirtys
2024 · Movie
Director, Producer, Supervising Editor
Black Table
2024 · Movie
Executive Producer
Keeper
2024 · Movie
Executive Producer
Photographer
2024 · TV Show
Director
LIFT
2023 · Movie
Executive Producer
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The Harvest: Integrating Mississippi's Schools
2023 · Movie
Director, Producer
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
2023 · Movie
Producer, Director
The League
2023 · Movie
Director
Carlos
2023 · Movie
Producer
South to Black Power
2023 · Movie
Director
Bill Russell: Legend
2023 · TV Show
Director
Outta the Muck
2022 · Movie
Executive Producer
Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power
2022 · Movie
Director
The Picture Taker
2022 · Movie
Editorial Consultant
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Rise and Rebuild: A Tale of Three Cities
2022 · Movie
Director
Hostages
2022 · TV Show
Director
A Crime on the Bayou
2021 · Movie
Consulting Producer
Civil War (Or, Who Do We Think We Are)
2021 · Movie
Executive Producer
Citizen Ashe
2021 · Movie
Director
Hold Your Fire
2021 · Movie
Consulting Producer
Black Art: In the Absence of Light
2021 · Movie
Director, Producer
Tiger
2021 · TV Show
Executive Producer
Shared Legacies: The African-American Jewish Civil Rights Alliance
2020 · Movie
Consulting Producer
MLK/FBI
2020 · Movie
Director
D. Wade: Life Unexpected
2020 · Movie
Producer
Atlanta's Missing and Murdered: The Lost Children
2020 · TV Show
Director, Executive Producer
Why We Hate
2019 · TV Show
Director
Mr. SOUL!
2018 · Movie
Director
Wrestle
2018 · Movie
Consulting Producer
The Talk: Race in America
2017 · Movie
Director
Acorn and the Firestorm
2017 · Movie
Producer, Director, Writer
Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me
2017 · Movie
Director
Maynard
2017 · Movie
Director, Writer
Two Trains Runnin'
2016 · Movie
Director
August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand
2015 · Movie
Director
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
2014 · Movie
Executive Producer
Remote Area Medical
2013 · Movie
Editor
Joe Papp in Five Acts
2012 · Movie
Editor
Venus and Serena
2012 · Movie
Editor
Slavery by Another Name
2012 · Movie
Director
Gerrymandering
2010 · Movie
Editor
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Mr. Soul: Ellis Haizlip and the Birth of Black Power TV
2010 · Movie
Director
If God Is Willing and da Creek Don't Rise
2010 · TV Show
Editor, Producer
By the People: The Election of Barack Obama
2009 · Movie
Editor
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Love That Movie
2009 · Movie
Director, Writer
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Chinatown Film Project
2009 · Movie
Director
Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun
2008 · Movie
Director
Marvin Gaye: What's Going On
2008 · Movie
Writer, Director
Pete Seeger: The Power of Song
2007 · Movie
Editor
Lillie & Leander: A Legacy of Violence
2007 · Movie
Editorial Consultant
John Ford/John Wayne: The Filmmaker and the Legend
2006 · Movie
Director
Inside Man
2006 · Movie
Additional Editing
Isn't This a Time! A Tribute Concert for Harold Leventhal
2004 · Movie
Editor
The Blues
2003 · TV Show
Producer
Jim Brown: All-American
2002 · Movie
Co-Producer
The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow
2002 · TV Show
Director, Producer, Writer
The Chinatown Files
2001 · Movie
Consulting Editor
The Making of 'Bamboozled'
2001 · Movie
Director, Producer
Bamboozled
2000 · Movie
Editor
Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks
2000 · Movie
Editor
Independent Lens
1999 · TV Show
Director
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I'll Make Me a World
1999 · TV Show
Director
4 Little Girls
1997 · Movie
Editor, Producer
Girl 6
1996 · Movie
Editor
Clockers
1995 · Movie
Editor
Surviving the Game
1994 · Movie
Editor
Goin' Back to T-Town
1993 · Movie
Producer, Director
Juice
1992 · Movie
Editor
Jungle Fever
1991 · Movie
Editor
Mo' Better Blues
1990 · Movie
Editor
A Vision Shared: A Tribute to Woody Guthrie and Leadbelly
1988 · Movie
Editor
American Experience
1988 · TV Show
Director
Langston Hughes: The Dream Keeper
1987 · Movie
Editor
Eyes on the Prize
1987 · TV Show
Director, Writer
American Masters
1986 · TV Show
Director
Private Resort
1985 · Movie
Editor
Style Wars
1984 · Movie
Editor
Metropolitan Cats
1983 · Movie
Editor
Body and Soul
1981 · Movie
Editor
Night of the Zombies
1981 · Movie
Editor
Forever Young
1981 · Movie
Editor
The Little Players
1981 · Movie
Editor
Ganja & Hess
1973 · Movie
Assistant Editor
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Murder in America: The Lynching of Emmett Till
· Movie
Director
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Counting The Ballots
· Movie
Director
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The Sound of Philadelphia
· Movie
Director
