Directing
Sam Pollard
- Titles
- 77movies15TV shows
- Career
Active from 1986 to 2026, busiest in 2023 with 5 main titles.
- Directed
- 42titles as director
- Average score
70/100
- Highest rated
Photographer89/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 28 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Biographical5.3average 0.9
- Social Commentary8.1average 4.9
- Historical5.4average 2.6
- Politics5.3average 2.6
- Class & Capitalism5.6average 3.3
- Contemporary Realism7.3average 5.2
- Pathos6.0average 5.2
- Melancholy5.3average 4.7
Rarely in their work
- Romance1.5, average 3.8
- Physical Comedy0.7, average 2.5
- Uncanny0.7, average 2.5
- Situational Comedy0.9, average 2.7
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Thought-Provoking 7
- Historical Documentary 5
- Educational 5
- Documentary Series 4
- Social Justice 3
- Documentary 3
- American History 3
- Civil Rights 2
- Social Impact 2
- Biographical Narratives 2
- Sports History 2
- Archival Footage 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
QuestloveActorI Was Born This Way, Mr. SOUL!, Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes- HHenry AdebonojoCinematographerMaynard, The League, Black Art: In the Absence of Light
Quincy JonesActorSammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me, Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
Laurence FishburneActorAugust Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand, Slavery by Another Name
Harry BelafonteActorMr. SOUL!, Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes- RRussell GreeneEditorSouth to Black Power, Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
- BBenjamin HedinWriterMLK/FBI, Two Trains Runnin'
- LLlewellyn M. SmithDirectorSouth to Black Power, Murder in America: The Lynching of Emmett Till
Movies and TV shows
31Upcoming
3 titles
The Sound of Philadelphia
Director
Counting The Ballots
Director
2020s
12 titles · average score 59
Tutu (2026)
Director
The Lorraine (2026)
Director
I Was Born This Way (2025)
Director
52
Ol' Dirty Bastard: A Tale of Two Dirtys (2024)
Supervising Editor, Director
43
South to Black Power (2023)
Director
The League (2023)
Director
The Harvest: Integrating Mississippi's Schools (2023)
Director, Producer
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes (2023)
Producer, Director
60
Citizen Ashe (2021)
Director
71
Black Art: In the Absence of Light (2021)
Producer, Director
69
MLK/FBI (2020)
Director
2010s
9 titles · average score 73
Mr. SOUL! (2018)
Director
Acorn and the Firestorm (2017)
Producer, Director
Maynard (2017)
Writer, Director
The Talk: Race in America (2017)
Director
Two Trains Runnin' (2016)
Director
75
Slavery by Another Name (2012)
Director
2000s
6 titles
Chinatown Film Project (2009)
Director
Love That Movie (2009)
Director, Writer
Marvin Gaye: What's Going On (2008)
Writer, Director
The Making of 'Bamboozled' (2001)
Producer, Director
1990s
1 title
Goin' Back to T-Town (1993)
Producer, Director