from Harlem, New York, USA
Samuel D. Pollard is an American film director, editor, producer, and screenwriter. 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.”

Executive Producer

Director
The Lorraine
Director

Executive Producer

Self

Producer

Director
The Harvest: Integrating Mississippi's Schools
Producer

Executive Producer

Producer

Director

Executive Producer
Rise and Rebuild: A Tale of Three Cities
Director

Editorial Consultant

Director
Style Wars In The Cutting Room
Himself / Editor of Style Wars

Executive Producer
Mr. Soul: Ellis Haizlip and the Birth of Black Power TV
Director

Editor
Love That Movie
Writer
Chinatown Film Project
Director

Editor
Marvin Gaye: What's Going On
Director

Director
Counting The Ballots
Director
Murder in America: The Lynching of Emmett Till
Director
The Sound of Philadelphia
Director