Sam Pollard
- Born
- April 20, 1945 · Harlem, New York, USA
- Producer
- Editor
- Director
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 · 74 credits
- 2026The Lorraine · Director
- 2025I Was Born This Way · Director
- 2024Ol' Dirty Bastard: A Tale of Two Dirtys · Director
- 2024Josephine Baker · Editor
- 2023The League · Director
- 2023The League · Actor (Bob Motley)
- 2023South to Black Power · Producer
- 2023South to Black Power · Director
- 2023Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes · Director
- 2023Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes · Producer
- 2022Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power · Director
- 2022Assata · Editor
- 2022Rise and Rebuild: A Tale of Three Cities · Director
- 2021Citizen Ashe · Director
- 2021Black Art: In the Absence of Light · Producer
- 2021Black Art: In the Absence of Light · Director
- 2020MLK/FBI · Director
- 2020D. Wade Life Unexpected · Editor
- 2020Thumbs Up for Mother Universe: Stories from the Life of Lonnie Holley · Editor
- 2017Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me · Director
- 2017ACORN and the Firestorm · Director
- 2017ACORN and the Firestorm · Producer
- 2017The Talk: Race in America · Director
- 2017Maynard · Writer
- 2017Maynard · Editor
- 2017Maynard · Director
- 2017Some Girls · Producer
- 2016Two Trains Runnin' · Director
- 2016Beyond the Silence · Editor
- 2014F(l)ag Football · Editor
- 2014Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People · Editor
- 2014The Cooler Bandits · Producer
- 2014The Cooler Bandits · Editor
- 2013Remote Area Medical · Editor
- 2013The Pleasures of Being Out of Step · Editor
- 2012Venus and Serena · Editor
- 2012Joe Papp in Five Acts · Editor
- 2011Money Matters · Editor
- 2010Gerrymandering · Editor
- 2010On the Shoulders of Giants: The Story of the Greatest Team You Never Heard Of · Editor
- 2009By the People: The Election of Barack Obama · Editor
- 2007Pete Seeger: The Power of Song · Editor
- 2005Twelve Disciples of Nelson Mandela · Editor
- 2004Chisholm '72: Unbought & Unbossed · Editor
- 2004Isn't This a Time! A Tribute Concert for Harold Leventhal · Editor
- 2001The Papp Project · Editor
- 2000Bamboozled · Editor
- 19974 Little Girls · Producer
- 19974 Little Girls · Editor
- 1996Girl 6 · Editor
- 1995Clockers · Editor
- 1994Surviving the Game · Editor
- 1994No Dreams Deferred · Editor
- 1992Juice · Editor
- 1991Jungle Fever · Editor
- 1990Mo' Better Blues · Editor
- 1988Depression · Editor
- 1987Distant Harmony · Editor
- 1985Private Resort · Editor
- 1982Beach House · Editor
- 1981Night of the Zombies · Editor
- 1981Body and Soul · Editor
- 1978Just Crazy About Horses · Editor
- —Symphony for a Broken Orchestra · Director
- —Orchestrated · Director
- —Counting The Ballots · Producer
- —The Conscience of the Congress: The Untold Story · Producer
- —The Conscience of the Congress · Producer
- —Counting The Ballots · Director
- —The Song of Hiawatha · Editor
- —The Poisoned City · Editor
- —1963 · Writer
- —Natalie and Nat: Unforgettable · Director
- —The Sound of Philadelphia · Director