Director
Sam Pollard
Born 1945 · 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."
Directed
American Experience
Director · 1988
Bill Russell: Legend
Director · 2023
American Masters
Director · 1986
Atlanta's Missing and Murdered: The Lost Children
Director · 2020
MLK/FBI
Director · 2020
Photographer
Director · 2024
Independent Lens
Director · 1999
I'll Make Me a World
Director · 1999
Black Art: In the Absence of Light
Director · 2021
Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me
Director · 2017
Slavery by Another Name
Director · 2012
Why We Hate
Director · 2019
Two Trains Runnin'
Director · 2016
The Harvest: Integrating Mississippi's Schools
Director · 2023
The Talk: Race in America
Director · 2017
Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun
Director · 2008
Eyes on the Prize
Director · 1987
Mr. SOUL!
Director · 2018
