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Sam Pollard
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 A…
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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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2026
Full Circle: The First All Black Everest Ascent
Movie Executive Producer
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2026
The Lorraine
Movie Director
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2026
Tutu
Movie Director
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2026
Natchez
Movie Executive Producer
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2025
Teaching America
Movie Executive Producer
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2025
The Perfect Neighbor
Movie Executive Producer
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2025
This Is Not a Drill
Movie Consulting Producer
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2025
Katrina: Come Hell and High Water
TV show Executive Producer
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2025
I Was Born This Way
Movie Director
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2024
Keeper
Movie Executive Producer
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2024
Ol' Dirty Bastard: A Tale of Two Dirtys
Movie Director
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2024
Black Table
Movie Executive Producer
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2024
Photographer
TV show Director
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2023
South to Black Power
Movie Director
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2023
Carlos
Movie Producer
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2023
LIFT
Movie Executive Producer
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2023
The Harvest: Integrating Mississippi's Schools
Movie Director
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2023
The League
Movie Director
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2023
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
Movie Producer
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2023
Subject
Movie Self
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2023
Bill Russell: Legend
TV show Director
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2022
Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power
Movie Director
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2022
The Picture Taker
Movie Editorial Consultant
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2022
Rise and Rebuild: A Tale of Three Cities
Movie Director
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2022
Hostages
TV show Director
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2022
Outta the Muck
Movie Executive Producer
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2021
Citizen Ashe
Movie Director
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2021
Hold Your Fire
Movie Consulting Producer
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2021
A Crime on the Bayou
Movie Consulting Producer
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2021
Civil War (Or, Who Do We Think We Are)
Movie Executive Producer
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2021
Black Art: In the Absence of Light
Movie Director
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2021
Tiger
TV show Executive Producer
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2020
MLK/FBI
Movie Director
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2020
Atlanta's Missing and Murdered: The Lost Children
TV show Director
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2020
D. Wade: Life Unexpected
Movie Producer
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2020
Shared Legacies: The African-American Jewish Civil Rights Alliance
Movie Consulting Producer
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2019
Why We Hate
TV show Director
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2018
Mr. SOUL!
Movie Director
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2018
Wrestle
Movie Consulting Producer
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2017
Maynard
Movie Director
