Directing
Sam Pollard
Born 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
Hold Your Fire
Juice
Inside Man
Clockers
Private Resort
Surviving the Game
Bamboozled
Jungle Fever
Mo' Better Blues
Girl 6
Civil War (Or, Who Do We Think We Are)
Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks
Style Wars
Black Art: In the Absence of Light
By the People: The Election of Barack Obama
MLK/FBI
Venus and Serena
4 Little Girls
South to Black Power
Citizen Ashe
Wrestle
Acorn and the Firestorm
Body and Soul
The Little Players
Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me
Lift
Subject
Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power
D. Wade: Life Unexpected
The Picture Taker
The Talk: Race in America
Forever Young
A Crime on the Bayou
Mr. SOUL!
Shared Legacies: The African-American Jewish Civil Rights Alliance
Outta the Muck
The Making of 'Bamboozled'
Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
Goin' Back to T-Town