Sam Pollard
Directing
🎂 1945-04-20
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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Directing (40)
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Editing (30)
Editor
2010
Additional Editing
2006
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1992
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Supervising Editor
2024
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2009
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1981
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2007
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1987
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2013
Consulting Editor
2001
Editorial Consultant
2022
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2000
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2007
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1981
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1981
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1983
Production (30)
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2010
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2003
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2020
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2002
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2021
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2021
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2020
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1997
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2001
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2021
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2023
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2023
Executive Producer
2014
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2024
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2002
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2021
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2017
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2023
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2018
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2021
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2023
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2024
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2022
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2020
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2024
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1993
Executive Producer
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