Sam Pollard
Producer, Director and Film Editor
Professor
NYU Tisch School of the Arts
Producer, Director and Film Editor
Professor
NYU Tisch School of the Arts
Sam Pollard is an accomplished feature film and television video editor, and documentary producer/director whose work spans almost thirty years.
His first assignment as a documentary producer came in 1989 for Henry Hampton's Blackside production "Eyes On The Prize II: America at the Racial Crossroads."
Between 1990 and 2010, Mr. Pollard edited a number of Spike Lee's films: "Mo' Better Blues," "Jungle Fever," "Girl 6," "Clockers," and "Bamboozled."
Mr. Pollard and Mr. Lee co-produced a number of documentary productions for the small and big screen including "Four Little Girls," which was nominated for an Academy Award and "When The Levees Broke," a four part documentary that won numerours awards, including a Peabody and three Emmy Awards.
Mr. Pollard also served as a producer/director for "Slavery By Another Name," a 90-minute documentary for PBS.