Sam Pollard
Director · Actor · WriterSamuel 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."
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KNOWN FOR
FILMOGRAPHY
ACTOR2
DIRECTOR32
Tutu
2026
Director
- The Lorraine
The Lorraine
2026
Director
I Was Born This Way
2025
Director
Ol' Dirty Bastard: A Tale of Two Dirtys
2024
Director
- The Harvest: Integrating Mississippi's Schools
The Harvest: Integrating Mississippi's Schools
2023
Director
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
2023
Director
The League
2023
Director
South to Black Power
2023
Director
Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power
2022
Director
- Rise and Rebuild: A Tale of Three Cities
Rise and Rebuild: A Tale of Three Cities
2022
Director
Citizen Ashe
2021
Director
Black Art: In the Absence of Light
2021
Director
MLK/FBI
2020
Director
Mr. SOUL!
2018
Director
The Talk: Race in America
2017
Director
Acorn and the Firestorm
2017
Director
Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me
2017
Director
Maynard
2017
Director
Two Trains Runnin'
2016
Director
August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand
2015
Director
Slavery by Another Name
2012
Director
- Mr. Soul: Ellis Haizlip and the Birth of Black Power TV
Mr. Soul: Ellis Haizlip and the Birth of Black Power TV
2010
Director
- Love That Movie
Love That Movie
2009
Director
- Chinatown Film Project
Chinatown Film Project
2009
Director
Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun
2008
Director
Marvin Gaye: What's Going On
2008
Director
John Ford/John Wayne: The Filmmaker and the Legend
2006
Director
The Making of 'Bamboozled'
2001
Director
Goin' Back to T-Town
1993
Director
- Murder in America: The Lynching of Emmett Till
Murder in America: The Lynching of Emmett Till
Director
- Counting The Ballots
Counting The Ballots
Director
- The Sound of Philadelphia
The Sound of Philadelphia
Director
WRITER4
PRODUCER26
Natchez
2026
Executive Producer
Full Circle: The First All Black Everest Ascent
2026
Executive Producer
The Perfect Neighbor
2025
Executive Producer
Teaching America
2025
Executive Producer
This Is Not a Drill
2025
Consulting Producer
Ol' Dirty Bastard: A Tale of Two Dirtys
2024
Producer
Black Table
2024
Executive Producer
Keeper
2024
Executive Producer
LIFT
2023
Executive Producer
- The Harvest: Integrating Mississippi's Schools
The Harvest: Integrating Mississippi's Schools
2023
Producer
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
2023
Producer
Carlos
2023
Producer
Outta the Muck
2022
Executive Producer
A Crime on the Bayou
2021
Consulting Producer
Civil War (Or, Who Do We Think We Are)
2021
Executive Producer
Hold Your Fire
2021
Consulting Producer
Black Art: In the Absence of Light
2021
Producer
Shared Legacies: The African-American Jewish Civil Rights Alliance
2020
Consulting Producer
D. Wade: Life Unexpected
2020
Producer
Wrestle
2018
Consulting Producer
Acorn and the Firestorm
2017
Producer
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
2014
Executive Producer
Jim Brown: All-American
2002
Co-Producer
The Making of 'Bamboozled'
2001
Producer
4 Little Girls
1997
Producer
Goin' Back to T-Town
1993
Producer
EDITOR31
Ol' Dirty Bastard: A Tale of Two Dirtys
2024
Supervising Editor
The Picture Taker
2022
Editorial Consultant
Remote Area Medical
2013
Editor
Joe Papp in Five Acts
2012
Editor
Venus and Serena
2012
Editor
Gerrymandering
2010
Editor
By the People: The Election of Barack Obama
2009
Editor
Pete Seeger: The Power of Song
2007
Editor
Lillie & Leander: A Legacy of Violence
2007
Editorial Consultant
Inside Man
2006
Additional Editing
Isn't This a Time! A Tribute Concert for Harold Leventhal
2004
Editor
The Chinatown Files
2001
Consulting Editor
Bamboozled
2000
Editor
Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks
2000
Editor
4 Little Girls
1997
Editor
Girl 6
1996
Editor
Clockers
1995
Editor
Surviving the Game
1994
Editor
Juice
1992
Editor
Jungle Fever
1991
Editor
Mo' Better Blues
1990
Editor
A Vision Shared: A Tribute to Woody Guthrie and Leadbelly
1988
Editor
Langston Hughes: The Dream Keeper
1987
Editor
Private Resort
1985
Editor
Style Wars
1984
Editor
Metropolitan Cats
1983
Editor
Body and Soul
1981
Editor
Night of the Zombies
1981
Editor
Forever Young
1981
Editor
The Little Players
1981
Editor
Ganja & Hess
1973
Assistant Editor
