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Sam Pollard

Sam Pollard

Known For Directing
Birthday Apr 20, 1945 (80)
Birthplace Harlem, New York, USA
Popularity 0.3 (history)
Updated Aug 07, 2025
Entry Date Apr 20, 2024
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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 Le ... e, 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."

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The Picture Taker

The Picture Taker

2022

Editorial Consultant

Hold Your Fire

Hold Your Fire

2021

Consulting Producer

A Crime on the Bayou

A Crime on the Bayou

2021

Consulting Producer

Wrestle

Wrestle

2018

Consulting Producer

Maynard

Maynard

2017

Writer

Remote Area Medical

Remote Area Medical

2013

Editor

Venus and Serena

Venus and Serena

2012

Editor

Gerrymandering

Gerrymandering

2010

Editor

Love That Movie

Love That Movie

2009

Writer

Inside Man

Inside Man

2006

Additional Editing

Bamboozled

Bamboozled

2000

Editor

4 Little Girls

4 Little Girls

1997

Editor

Girl 6

Girl 6

1996

Editor

Clockers

Clockers

1995

Editor

Surviving the Game

Surviving the Game

1994

Editor

Juice

Juice

1992

Editor

Jungle Fever

Jungle Fever

1991

Editor

Mo' Better Blues

Mo' Better Blues

1990

Editor

Private Resort

Private Resort

1985

Editor

Style Wars

Style Wars

1984

Editor

Night of the Zombies

Night of the Zombies

1981

Editor

Body and Soul

Body and Soul

1981

Editor

Carlos

Carlos

2023

Producer

Lift

Lift

2023

Executive Producer

Outta the Muck

Outta the Muck

2022

Executive Producer

Civil War (Or, Who Do We Think We Are)

Civil War (Or, Who Do We Think We Are)

2021

Executive Producer

D. Wade: Life Unexpected

D. Wade: Life Unexpected

2020

Producer

Acorn and the Firestorm

Acorn and the Firestorm

2017

Producer

Jim Brown: All-American

Jim Brown: All-American

2002

Co-Producer

4 Little Girls

4 Little Girls

1997

Producer

Goin' Back to T-Town

Goin' Back to T-Town

1993

Producer

Organization Category Movie
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