Samuel D. Pollard (Sam Pollard)

Samuel D. Pollard (Sam Pollard)
Film director, Producer, Teacher, Editor, Co-producer
Principal country concerned : Column : Music, Theater, Cinema/tv, Dance, History/society

Alternate Names:
Sam Pollard

Sam Pollard's feature film and documentary accomplishments span almost 30 years. His producing credits include Spike Lee's ACADEMY and Emmy Award-nominated FOUR LITTLE GIRLS, which documents the infamous 1964 Alabama black church bombing by the Ku Klux Klan that killed four young girls. Mr. Pollard's other credits include Blackside, Inc.'s EYES ON THE PRIZE II: AMERICA AT THE RACIAL CROSSWORDS, for which he won an Emmy Award for writing. He served as co-executive producer on Blackside's six-part public television series, I'LL MAKE ME A WORLD: STORIES OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN ARTISTS AND COMMUNITY. Mr. Pollard has been editor of several feature films, including CLOCKERS, IRON MIKE, MO' BETTER BLUES, JUNGLE FEVER, and GIRL 6. Most recently, Mr. Pollard served as co-producer on the upcoming JIM BROWN ALL-AMERICAN, directed by Spike Lee.
Mr. Pollard is a Professor in the Tisch School of Arts at New York University.

Editor:
Untitled Spike Lee New Orleans Documentary (2011) (TV) (filming)
Untitled Anderson Monarchs Soccer Documentary (2011) (post-production)
Gerrymandering (2010) (post-production)
The Griot (2010) (post-production)
Joe Papp in Five Acts (2010)
By the People: The Election of Barack Obama (2009)
Pete Seeger: The Power of Song (2007)
"When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts" (2006) TV mini-series (unknown episodes)
... aka When the Levees Broke (USA: short title)
Twelve Disciples of Nelson Mandela (2005)
Isn't This a Time! A Tribute Concert for Harold Leventhal (2004)
Chisholm'72: Unbought & Unbossed (2004)
Hookers at the Point (2002) (V)
Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks (2000) (TV) (as Sam Pollard)
Bamboozled (2000) (as Sam Pollard)
4 Little Girls (1997) (as Sam Pollard)
Girl 6 (1996) (as Sam Pollard)
Clockers (1995) (as Sam Pollard)
No Dreams Deferred (1994) (as Sam Pollard)
Surviving the Game (1994)
Juice (1992) (as Sam Pollard)
... aka Angel Town 2 (Europe: English title: video catalogue title)
Jungle Fever (1991) (as Sam Pollard)
Mo' Better Blues (1990) (as Sam Pollard)
Depression (1988)
Distant Harmony (1987)
"Nova" (1 episode, 1985)
- Tornado! (1985) TV episode
Private Resort (1985) (as Sam Pollard)
"Smithsonian World" (1984) TV series (unknown episodes)
Style Wars (1983) (as Sam Pollard)
... aka Style Wars: The Origin of Hip Hop (Australia: DVD title)
Body and Soul (1981)
Night of the Zombies (1981)
... aka Battalion of the Living Dead (USA: alternative title)
... aka Gamma 693
... aka Night of the Wehrmacht Zombies
... aka Night of the Zombies II (USA: alternative title)
... aka Sister of Death (USA: alternative title)
... aka The Chilling (UK: video title)
... aka La Nuit des Zombies II (France)
Just Crazy About Horses (1978)

Producer:
Untitled Spike Lee New Orleans Documentary (2011) (TV) (filming) (producer)
The Griot (2010) (post-production) (associate producer) (co-producer) (supervising producer)
The Visitors (2009/I) (executive producer)
"American Masters" (producer) (1 episode, 2008)
- Marvin Gaye: What's Going On (2008) TV episode (producer)
"The American Experience" (producer) (2 episodes, 2008)
- Eyes on the Prize II (Parts V & VI): Ain't Gonna' Shuffle No More/A Nation of Law? (2008) TV episode (producer)
- Eyes on the Prize II (Parts I & II): The Time Has Come/Two Societies (2008) TV episode (producer)
Scarred Justice: The Orangeburg Massacre, 1968 (2008) (V) (executive producer)
The Mystery of Love (2006) (TV) (producer)
Bragging Rights: Stickball Stories (2006) (executive producer)
"When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts" (producer) (2 episodes, 2006)
... aka When the Levees Broke (USA: short title)
- Part Two (2006) TV episode (producer) (as Sam Pollard)
- Part One (2006) TV episode (producer) (as Sam Pollard)
"The Blues" (producer) (1 episode, 2003)
- Feel Like Going Home (2003) TV episode (producer)
Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin (2003) (executive producer) (as Sam Pollard)
The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow (2002) (TV) (series producer)
Jim Brown: All American (2002) (TV) (co-producer) (as Sam Pollard)
The Making of'Bamboozled' (2001) (V) (producer)
Anatomy of a Hate Crime (2001) (TV) (co-producer)
"I'll Make Me a World" (1999) TV mini-series (co-executive producer) (producer) (episodes 1-2)
... aka A Century of African-American Art (USA: subtitle)
4 Little Girls (1997) (producer) (as Sam Pollard)
"Eyes on the Prize" (producer) (2 episodes, 1990)
... aka Eyes on the Prize II (USA: second season title)
- Ain't Gonna Shuffle No More: 1964-1972 (1990) TV episode (producer)
- Two Societies: 1965-1968 (1990) TV episode (producer)

Editorial Department:
By the People: The Election of Barack Obama (2009) (supervising editor)
Anomaly (2009) (consulting editor)
Linoleum (2008) (editorial consultant)
In a Dream (2008) (consulting editor)
"When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts" (2006) TV mini-series (supervising editor) (unknown episodes)
... aka When the Levees Broke (USA: short title)
Inside Man (2006) (additional editor) (uncredited)
Al otro lado (2005) (consulting editor)
Red Hook Justice (2005) (V) (consultant: editing)
Wet Dreams and False Images (2004) (consulting editor)
25th Hour (2002) (additional editor)
Jim Brown: All American (2002) (TV) (supervising editor) (as Sam Pollard)

Director:
Chinatown Film Project (2009)
"American Masters" (2 episodes, 2006-2008)
- Marvin Gaye: What's Going On (2008) TV episode
- John Ford/John Wayne: The Filmmaker and the Legend (2006) TV episode
- Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun (2008) TV episode
"The American Experience" (1 episode, 2008)
- Eyes on the Prize II (Parts V & VI): Ain't Gonna' Shuffle No More/A Nation of Law? (2008) TV episode
The Making of'Bamboozled' (2001) (V) (as Sam Pollard)
"I'll Make Me a World" (1999) TV mini-series (episodes 1 and 2)
... aka A Century of African-American Art (USA: subtitle)
"Eyes on the Prize" (2 episodes, 1990)
... aka Eyes on the Prize II (USA: second season title)
- Ain't Gonna Shuffle No More: 1964-1972 (1990) TV episode
- Two Societies: 1965-1968 (1990) TV episode

Miscellaneous Crew:
"Independent Lens" (creative consultant) (1 episode, 2010)
- P-Star Rising (2010) TV episode (creative consultant)
Time Enough at Last (2004) (mentor)
Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids (2004) (creative consultant) (as Sam Pollard)
Let the Church Say, Amen (2004) (advisor) (as Sam Pollard)
Æstoria (2003) (mentor)
... aka Aestoria (USA)

Writer:
"American Masters" (1 episode, 2008)
- Marvin Gaye: What's Going On (2008) TV episode (writer)
"The American Experience" (1 episode, 2008)
- Eyes on the Prize II (Parts V & VI): Ain't Gonna' Shuffle No More/A Nation of Law? (2008) TV episode (writer)
"Eyes on the Prize" (2 episodes, 1990)
... aka Eyes on the Prize II (USA: second season title)
- Ain't Gonna Shuffle No More: 1964-1972 (1990) TV episode (writer)
- Two Societies: 1965-1968 (1990) TV episode (writer)

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