Sam Pollard

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1945-04-20 (79 years old)

Place of Birth Harlem, New York, USA

Also Known As Samuel D. Pollard, Samuel Pollard

Sam 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."

Known For

Director

2024
Photographer

as Director

2023
The League

as Director

2023
2023
2022
Hostages

as Director

2021
Citizen Ashe

as Director

2020
MLK/FBI

as Director

2019
Why We Hate

as Director

2018
Mr. SOUL!

as Director

2017
2017
Maynard

as Director

2016
Two Trains Runnin'

as Director

2012
2009
Love That Movie

as Director

2009
1999
Independent Lens

as Director

1999
1993
1988
1987
Eyes on the Prize

as Director

1986
American Masters

as Director

Editor

2024
2022
The Picture Taker

as Editorial Consultant

2013
2012
2012
2010
Gerrymandering

as Editor

2006
Inside Man

as Additional Editing

2001
The Chinatown Files

as Consulting Editor

2000
Bamboozled

as Editor

1997
4 Little Girls

as Editor

1996
Girl 6

as Editor

1995
Clockers

as Editor

1994
1992
Juice

as Editor

1991
Jungle Fever

as Editor

1990
1985
Private Resort

as Editor

1984
Style Wars

as Editor

1983
1981
Body and Soul

as Editor

1981
1981
Forever Young

as Editor

1981

Producer

2025
The Perfect Neighbor

as Executive Producer

2024
Black Table

as Executive Producer

2023
Lift

as Executive Producer

2023
Carlos

as Producer

2022
Outta the Muck

as Executive Producer

2021
A Crime on the Bayou

as Consulting Producer

2021
2021
Hold Your Fire

as Consulting Producer

2021
Tiger

as Executive Producer

2020
2018
Wrestle

as Consulting Producer

2017
2003
The Blues

as Producer

2002
1997
4 Little Girls

as Producer

1993

Writer

2017
Maynard

as Writer

2009
Love That Movie

as Writer

1987

Actor

2023
Subject

as Self