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Sam Pollard
Known for: DirectingSamuel 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."
Filmography 19
Bill Russell: Legend
Director 
4 Little Girls
+2
Producer 
Black Art: In the Absence of Light
+2
Director, Producer 
Maynard
Director, Writer 
Ol' Dirty Bastard: A Tale of Two Dirtys
Director, Producer
The Harvest: Integrating Mississippi's Schools
Director, Producer
Director, Producer 
Goin' Back to T-Town
Director, Producer 
The League
Director 
Carlos
+3
Producer 
Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me
Director 
Two Trains Runnin'
Director 
South to Black Power
Director 
Citizen Ashe
Director 
Slavery by Another Name
Director 
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
Director, Producer 
Acorn and the Firestorm
Director, Writer 
MLK/FBI
+5
Director