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."
Filmography
all 90
Movies 77
Director 35
Producer 20
TV Shows 13
self 1
Director
Photographer (2024)
TV
Director
South to Black Power (2023)
Movie
Producer
Carlos (2023)
Movie
Executive Producer
Lift (2023)
Movie
1
Director / Producer
The Harvest: Integrating Mississippi's Schools (2023)
Movie
Bob Motley
The League (2023)
Movie
Director
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes (2023)
Movie
Self
Subject (2023)
Movie
Director
Bill Russell: Legend (2023)
TV
Director
Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power (2022)
Movie
Editorial Consultant
The Picture Taker (2022)
Movie
Director
Hostages (2022)
TV
Executive Producer
Outta the Muck (2022)
Movie
Director
Citizen Ashe (2021)
Movie
Consulting Producer
Hold Your Fire (2021)
Movie
Consulting Producer
A Crime on the Bayou (2021)
Movie
Executive Producer
Civil War (Or, Who Do We Think We Are) (2021)
Movie
Director
Black Art: In the Absence of Light (2021)
Movie
Executive Producer
Tiger (2021)
TV
Director
MLK/FBI (2020)
Movie
Editor
Thumbs Up for Mother Universe: The Lonnie Holley Story (2020)
Movie
Producer / Director
Atlanta's Missing and Murdered: The Lost Children (2020)
TV
Producer
D. Wade: Life Unexpected (2020)
Movie
Consulting Producer
Shared Legacies: The African-American Jewish Civil Rights Alliance (2020)
Movie
Director
Why We Hate (2019)
TV
Director
Mr. SOUL! (2018)
Movie
Consulting Producer
Wrestle (2018)
Movie
Director
Maynard (2017)
Movie
Director
Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me (2017)
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Director
Acorn and the Firestorm (2017)
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Director
The Talk: Race in America (2017)
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Director
Two Trains Runnin' (2016)
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Editor
F(l)ag Football (2015)
Movie
Director
August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand (2015)
Movie
Executive Producer
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women (2014)
Movie
Producer
The Cooler Bandits (2014)
Movie
Editor
Griot (2013)
Movie
Editor
Remote Area Medical (2013)
Movie
Editor
The Pleasures of Being Out of Step (2013)
Movie
Editor
Venus and Serena (2012)
Movie
Editor
Joe Papp in Five Acts (2012)
Movie
Director
Slavery by Another Name (2012)
Movie
Editor
Gerrymandering (2010)
Movie
Editor / Producer
If God Is Willing and da Creek Don't Rise (2010)
TV
Director
Mr. Soul: Ellis Haizlip and the Birth of Black Power TV (2010)
Movie
Editor
By the People: The Election of Barack Obama (2009)
Movie
Director
Chinatown Film Project (2009)
Movie
Director
Love That Movie (2009)
Movie
Director
Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun (2008)
Movie
Director / Writer
Marvin Gaye: What's Going On (2008)
Movie
Editor
Pete Seeger: The Power of Song (2007)
Movie
Director
John Ford/John Wayne: The Filmmaker and the Legend (2006)
Movie
Additional Editing
Inside Man (2006)
Movie
4.33
Editor
Twelve Disciples of Nelson Mandela (2005)
Movie
Editor
Isn't This a Time! A Tribute Concert for Harold Leventhal (2004)
Movie
Editor
Chisholm '72: Unbought & Unbossed (2004)
Movie
Producer
The Blues (2003)
TV
Producer
Feel Like Going Home (2003)
Movie
Co-Producer
Jim Brown: All-American (2002)
Movie
Consulting Editor
The Chinatown Files (2001)
Movie
Director
The Making of 'Bamboozled' (2001)
Movie
Editor
Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks (2000)
Movie
Editor
Bamboozled (2000)
Movie
Director
Independent Lens (1999)
TV
Director
I'll Make Me a World (1999)
TV
Producer
4 Little Girls (1997)
Movie
Editor
Hookers at the Point (1996)
Movie
Editor
Girl 6 (1996)
Movie
Editor
Clockers (1995)
Movie
3
Editor
Surviving the Game (1994)
Movie
Director / Producer
Goin' Back to T-Town (1993)
Movie
Editor
Juice (1992)
Movie
6
Editor
Jungle Fever (1991)
Movie
4
Editor
Mo' Better Blues (1990)
Movie
6
Director
American Experience (1988)
TV
3.5
Editor
Langston Hughes: The Dream Keeper (1987)
Movie
Director / Writer
Eyes on the Prize (1987)
TV
Director
American Masters (1986)
TV
Editor
Private Resort (1985)
Movie
9
Editor
Style Wars (1983)
Movie
Editor
Metropolitan Cats (1983)
Movie
Editor
Body and Soul (1981)
Movie
Editor
Night of the Zombies (1981)
Movie
Editor
The Little Players (1981)
Movie
Editor
Forever Young (1981)
Movie
Director
Murder in America: The Lynching of Emmett Till
Movie
Director
Counting The Ballots
Movie
Director
I Was Born This Way
Movie
Director
The Sound of Philadelphia
Movie
Director
Biography: Ol’ Dirty Bastard
Movie
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Information
Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1945-04-20 (79 years old)
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsSamuel D. Pollard, Samuel Pollard
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