Directing
Sam Pollard
1945-04-20 · Harlem, New York, USA
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
Inside Man
Juice
Clockers
The Perfect Neighbor
Jungle Fever
Mo' Better Blues
Private Resort
Surviving the Game
Bamboozled
Girl 6
Ganja & Hess
Style Wars
4 Little Girls
American Experience
Tiger
Bill Russell: Legend
Movie credits · 82
Full Circle: The First All Black Everest Ascent
The Lorraine
Tutu
Natchez
Teaching America
The Perfect Neighbor
This Is Not a Drill
I Was Born This Way
Keeper
Ol' Dirty Bastard: A Tale of Two Dirtys
Black Table
South to Black Power
Carlos
LIFT
The Harvest: Integrating Mississippi's Schools
The League
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
Subject
Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power
The Picture Taker
Rise and Rebuild: A Tale of Three Cities
Outta the Muck
Citizen Ashe
Hold Your Fire
A Crime on the Bayou
Civil War (Or, Who Do We Think We Are)
Black Art: In the Absence of Light
MLK/FBI
D. Wade: Life Unexpected
Shared Legacies: The African-American Jewish Civil Rights Alliance
Mr. SOUL!
Wrestle
Maynard
Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me
Acorn and the Firestorm
The Talk: Race in America
Two Trains Runnin'
August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand
Style Wars In The Cutting Room
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
TV credits · 16
Crime and Punishment in America
Katrina: Come Hell and High Water
Photographer
Bill Russell: Legend
Hostages
Tiger
Atlanta's Missing and Murdered: The Lost Children
Why We Hate
If God Is Willing and da Creek Don't Rise
The Blues
The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow
Independent Lens
I'll Make Me a World
American Experience
Eyes on the Prize
American Masters
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