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. »