Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Known Credits
107
Gender
Male
Birthday
1945-04-20 (80 years old)
Place of Birth
Harlem, New York, USA
Also Known As
Samuel D. Pollard
Samuel Pollard
Sam Pollard
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."
