Sam Pollard

Sam Pollard

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Born 1945-04-20 Harlem, New York, USA 8 credit(s) Popularity 0.3
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. chara...
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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."

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Katrina: Come Hell and High Water poster
Katrina: Come Hell and High Water
as Executive Producer
2025-08-27
Bill Russell: Legend poster
Bill Russell: Legend
as Director
2023-02-08
Tiger poster
Tiger
as Executive Producer
2021-01-10
Atlanta's Missing and Murdered: The Lost Children poster
Atlanta's Missing and Murdered: The Lost Children
as Director, Executive Producer
2020-04-05
Why We Hate poster
Why We Hate
as Director
2019-10-13
The Blues poster
The Blues
as Producer
2003-09-28
Independent Lens poster
Independent Lens
as Director
1999-08-09
American Experience poster
American Experience
as Director
1988-10-04

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