Sam Pollard
Directing
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."
Known upcoming work
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Tutu
2026
Known for
Inside Man
2006
Bamboozled
2000
Jungle Fever
1991
Clockers
1995
Juice
1992
Private Resort
1985
Wrestle
2018
Girl 6
1996
Mr. SOUL!
2018
Mo' Better Blues
1990
Maynard
2017
Body and Soul
1981
Tutu
2026
Venus and Serena
2012
Teaching America
2025
Hold Your Fire
2021
Gerrymandering
2010
Outta the Muck
2022
LIFT
2023