Acting credits
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Early stage
Smaller on-screen catalog so far.
Actor
Sam Pollard
Directing
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 69Series: 14Crew credits: 82
TMDB ID: 18747
IMDb ID: nm0689498
Known for: Directing
Born: April 20, 1945
Age: 80
Place of birth: Harlem, New York, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1981 - 2026
Years active: 46
Average TMDB rating: 6.67
Wikidata: Q3471205
Also known as
Samuel D. Pollard • Samuel Pollard
Other jobs
Director (28)Editor (26)Executive Producer (11)Producer (7)Consulting Producer (4)Editorial Consultant (2)Additional Editing (1)Co-Producer (1)
Biography
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."
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Sam Pollard.
TUTU
Director
2026 Movie
Natchez
Executive Producer
2026 Movie
6.8
The Perfect Neighbor
Executive Producer
2025 Movie
I Was Born This Way
Director
2025 Movie
Keeper
Executive Producer
2024 Movie
3.7
Ol' Dirty Bastard: A Tale of Two Dirtys
Director
2024 Movie
6.0
Black Table
Executive Producer
2024 Movie
3.5
South to Black Power
Director
2023 Movie
7.0
Carlos
Producer
2023 Movie
6.0
LIFT
Executive Producer
2023 Movie
6.5
The League
Director
2023 Movie
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
Producer
2023 Movie
6.5
Subject
as Self
2023 Movie
1.5
Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power
Director
2022 Movie
The Picture Taker
Editorial Consultant
2022 Movie
Outta the Muck
Executive Producer
2022 Movie
4.2
Citizen Ashe
Director
2021 Movie
7.0
Hold Your Fire
Consulting Producer
2021 Movie
6.0
A Crime on the Bayou
Consulting Producer
2021 Movie
4.0
Civil War (Or, Who Do We Think We Are)
Executive Producer
2021 Movie
6.9
Black Art: In the Absence of Light
Director
2021 Movie
6.9
MLK/FBI
Director
2020 Movie
7.3
D. Wade: Life Unexpected
Producer
2020 Movie
Shared Legacies: The African-American Jewish Civil Rights Alliance
Consulting Producer
2020 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Sam Pollard.
6.4
Katrina: Come Hell and High Water
Executive Producer • 3 eps
2025 Series
9.0
Photographer
Director • 1 eps
2024 Series
7.2
Bill Russell: Legend
Director • 2 eps
2023 Series
6.1
Hostages
Director • 2 eps
2022 Series
6.2
Tiger
Executive Producer • 2 eps
2021 Series
7.1
Atlanta's Missing and Murdered: The Lost Children
Producer • 5 eps
2020 Series
6.7
Why We Hate
Director • 6 eps
2019 Series
6.5
If God Is Willing and da Creek Don't Rise
Editor • 2 eps
2010 Series
7.2
The Blues
Producer • 1 eps
2003 Series
The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow
Director • 4 eps
2002 Series
6.5
Independent Lens
Director • 1 eps
1999 Series
6.6
American Experience
Director • 3 eps
1988 Series
6.2
Eyes on the Prize
Director • 2 eps
1987 Series
7.5
American Masters
Director • 4 eps
1986 Series