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."
- titulus: Sam Pollard
- popularis: 2.993
- notum enim: Directing
- dies natalis: 1945-04-20
- Locus Natus: Harlem, New York, USA
- homepage: https://tisch.nyu.edu/about/directory/film-tvs/3535147
- Et ut: Samuel D. Pollard, Samuel Pollard
