Directing · geboren 1945-04-20 · Harlem, New York, USA

Sam Pollard

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."

Bekannt aus

• Inside Man (2006) – Additional Editing
• Juice - City War (1992) – Editor
• Clockers (1995) – Editor
• The Perfect Neighbor – Ein Gesetz und seine Folgen (2025) – Executive Producer
• Jungle Fever (1991) – Editor
• Mo' Better Blues (1990) – Editor
• Die Superaufreißer (1985) – Editor
• Surviving the Game - Hetzjagd durch die Hölle (1994) – Editor
• It’s Showtime (2000) – Editor
• Girl 6 (1996) – Editor
• Ganja & Hess (1973) – Assistant Editor
• Style Wars (1984) – Editor
• Vier kleine Mädchen (1997) – Editor
• American Experience (1988) – Director
• Tiger (2021) – Executive Producer
• Bill Russell: Legend (2023) – Director
• American Masters (1986) – Director
• MLK/FBI (2020) – Director
• Atlanta's Missing and Murdered: The Lost Children (2020) – Director
• Hurrikan Katrina – Leben nach der Sintflut (2025) – Executive Producer
• The Blues (2003) – Producer
• Independent Lens (1999) – Director
• D. Wade: Life Unexpected (2020) – Producer
• Black Art: In the Absence of Light (2021) – Director
• Venus and Serena (2012) – Editor
• Body and Soul (1981) – Editor
• By the People: The Election of Barack Obama (2009) – Editor
• Carlos: Santanas Reise (2023) – Producer
• If God Is Willing and da Creek Don't Rise (2010) – Producer
• Die vielen Leben des Sammy Davis Jr. (2017) – Director
• Hostages (2022) – Director
• Warum wir hassen (2019) – Director
• Wrestle (2018) – Consulting Producer
• Citizen Ashe (2021) – Director
• Hold Your Fire (2021) – Consulting Producer
• Jim Brown: All-American (2002) – Co-Producer
• Slavery by Another Name (2012) – Director
• Die Nacht der Zombies (1981) – Editor
• Two Trains Runnin' (2016) – Director
• The League (2023) – Director