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Sam Pollard

born 1945 · Directing

61.2avg grm
16titles

Bio

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."

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."

Filmography

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2020s8 titlesPPhotographer2024 · as Director · series64.2MMax Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes2023 · as Director58.6LThe League2023 · as Bob Motley58.5HHostages2022 · as Director · series63.9LLowndes County and the Road to Black Power2022 · as Director58.8BBlack Art: In the Absence of Light2021 · as Director58.2CCitizen Ashe2021 · as Director58.1AAtlanta's Missing and Murdered: The Lost Children2020 · as Director · series63.5
2010s4 titlesWWhy We Hate2019 · as Director · series63.9MMr. Soul!2018 · as Director59.0SSammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me2017 · as Director58.7TTwo Trains Runnin'2016 · as Director58.8
1990s1 titleIIndependent Lens1999 · as Director · series63.8
1980s3 titlesAAmerican Experience1988 · as Director · series62.8EEyes on the Prize1987 · as Director · series64.4AAmerican Masters1985 · as Director · series63.4

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Sam Pollard

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born1945
known forDirecting
titles on site16
avg GRM61.2
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

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2020s

8 titles
P64.2Photographer2024 · as Director · seriesM58.6Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes2023 · as DirectorL58.5The League2023 · as Bob MotleyH63.9Hostages2022 · as Director · seriesL58.8Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power2022 · as DirectorB58.2Black Art: In the Absence of Light2021 · as DirectorC58.1Citizen Ashe2021 · as DirectorA63.5Atlanta's Missing and Murdered: The Lost Children2020 · as Director · series

2010s

4 titles
W63.9Why We Hate2019 · as Director · seriesM59.0Mr. Soul!2018 · as DirectorS58.7Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me2017 · as DirectorT58.8Two Trains Runnin'2016 · as Director

1990s

1 title
I63.8Independent Lens1999 · as Director · series

1980s

3 titles
A62.8American Experience1988 · as Director · seriesE64.4Eyes on the Prize1987 · as Director · seriesA63.4American Masters1985 · as Director · series

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