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Sam Pollard
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Academy Awards, USA (1)
American Cinema Editors, USA (1)
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) (1)
Atlanta Film Festival (1)
Austin Gay & Lesbian International Film Festival (1)
Chicago International Film Festival (1)
Christopher Awards (1)
Cleveland International Film Festival (4)
Daytime Emmy Awards (2)
Denver International Film Festival (1)
Primetime Emmy Awards (9)
Satellite Awards (1)
Image Awards (NAACP) (2)
Film Independent Spirit Awards (1)
International Documentary Association (12)
Nashville Film Festival (1)
News & Documentary Emmy Awards (6)
Philadelphia Film Festival (2)
San Diego International Film Festival (1)
Sundance Film Festival (1)
Woodstock Film Festival (1)
Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival (1)
Black Reel Awards (3)
Virginia Film Festival (1)
Santa Fe International Film Festival (1)
Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US (2)
CINDY Awards (1)
Film Club's The Lost Weekend (1)
FOCAL International Awards (6)
Online Film & Television Association (1)
Heartland Film (1)
Victoria Film Festival, Canada (1)
Black Film Critics Circle Awards (1)
Montclair Film Festival (MFF) (2)
Louisiana International Film Festival (1)
Millennium Docs Against Gravity (1)
AFI Docs Festival (1)
Black Reel Awards for Television (1)
Latino Entertainment Journalists Association Film Awards (1)
Grierson Awards (1)
32 wins & 47 nominations
Academy Awards, USA
1998 Nominee
Oscar
Best Documentary, Features
4 Little Girls
Shared with:
Spike Lee
American Cinema Editors, USA
2007 Nominee
Eddie
Best Edited Documentary Film
When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
Episode: "
Part One (2006)
"
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA)
2020 Nominee
IDFA ReFrame Award for Creative Use of Archive
MLK/FBI
Atlanta Film Festival
2018 Winner
Audience Award
Feature
Maynard
Austin Gay & Lesbian International Film Festival
2018 Winner
aGLIFF Award
Best Documentary Feature
Mr. Soul!
Shared with:
Melissa Haizlip
Chicago International Film Festival
2020 Nominee
Gold Hugo
Best Documentary
MLK/FBI
Christopher Awards
2003 Winner
Christopher Award
Television & Cable
The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow
Shared with:
Bill Jersey
·
Richard Wormser
·
William Grant
Cleveland International Film Festival
2023 Nominee
Nesnady and Schwartz Documentary Competition
Best Documentary
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
Shared with:
Ben Shapiro
2018 Nominee
Greg Gund Memorial Standing Up Award
ACORN and the Firestorm
Shared with:
Reuben Atlas
2018 Nominee
Nesnady and Schwartz Documentary Competition
Best Documentary
Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me
2018 Nominee
Nesnady and Schwartz Documentary Competition
Best Documentary
Maynard
Daytime Emmy Awards
1989 Winner
Daytime Emmy
Outstanding Achievement in Film Editing
3-2-1 Contact
Shared with:
Harvey Greenstein
·
Grace Tankersley
1988 Nominee
Daytime Emmy
Outstanding Achievement in Film Editing
3-2-1 Contact
Shared with:
Harvey Greenstein
·
Grace Tankersley
Denver International Film Festival
2020 Nominee
Maysles Brothers Award
Best Documentary
MLK/FBI
Primetime Emmy Awards
2015 Nominee
Primetime Emmy
Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special
Sinatra: All or Nothing at All
Shared with:
Frank Marshall
·
Blair Foster
·
Alex Gibney
·
Sharon Hall
·
Andrew A. Kosove
·
Broderick Johnson
·
Charles Pignone
·
Jeffrey Pollack
·
Erin Edeiken
2011 Nominee
Primetime Emmy
Outstanding Picture Editing for Nonfiction Programming
If God Is Willing and da Creek Don't Rise
Shared with:
Geeta Gandbhir
2010 Winner
Primetime Emmy
Outstanding Picture Editing for Nonfiction Programming
By the People: The Election of Barack Obama
Shared with:
Geeta Gandbhir
·
Arielle Amsalem
2007 Winner
Primetime Emmy
Outstanding Picture Editing for Nonfiction Programming
When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
Shared with:
Geeta Gandbhir
·
Nancy Novack
2007 Winner
Primetime Emmy
Exceptional Merit in Nonfiction Filmmaking
When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
Shared with:
Spike Lee
·
Sheila Nevins
·
Jacqueline Glover
4 more
All
Satellite Awards
1998 Winner
Golden Satellite Award
Best Motion Picture, Documentary
4 Little Girls
Shared with:
Spike Lee
Image Awards (NAACP)
2022 Nominee
Image Award
Outstanding Directing in a Documentary (Television or Motion Picture)
MLK/FBI
2021 Nominee
Image Award
Outstanding Directing in a Documentary (Television or Motion Picture)
Atlanta's Missing and Murdered: The Lost Children
Episodes: "
Part 1 (2020)
" and "
Part 2 (2020)
"
Shared with:
Maro Chermayeff
Film Independent Spirit Awards
2021 Nominee
Independent Spirit Award
Best New Non-Scripted or Documentary Series
Atlanta's Missing and Murdered: The Lost Children
Shared with:
Jeff Dupre
·
Joshua Bennett
·
Maro Chermayeff
·
John Legend
·
Mike Jackson
·
Ty Stiklorius
International Documentary Association
2024 Winner
IDA Award
Best Music Documentary
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
Shared with:
Ben Shapiro
2023 Nominee
IDA Award
Best Multi-Part Documentary
Hostages
Shared with:
Maro Chermayeff
·
Jeff Dupre
·
Abbas Ahmadi Motlagh
·
Joshua Bennett
2021 Nominee
IDA Award
Best Director
MLK/FBI
2021 Nominee
IDA Award
Best Feature
MLK/FBI
Shared with:
Benjamin Hedin
2021 Winner
IDA Award
Best Multi-Part Documentary
Atlanta's Missing and Murdered: The Lost Children
Shared with:
Maro Chermayeff
·
Joshua Bennett
·
Jeff Dupre
·
John Legend
·
Mike Jackson
·
Ty Stiklorius
·
Nancy Abraham
·
Lisa Heller
7 more
All
Nashville Film Festival
2018 Winner
Audience Choice Award
Special Presentations
Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me
News & Documentary Emmy Awards
2023 Winner
Emmy
Outstanding Historical Documentary
Hostages
Shared with:
Nancy Abraham
·
Lisa Heller
·
Sara Rodriguez
·
Brian David Cange
·
Joshua Bennett
·
Maro Chermayeff
·
Jeff Dupre
·
Abbas Ahmadi Motlagh
·
Saralena Weinfield
·
Lucy Sexton
·
Katayoun Arsanjani
·
Karim Sadjadpour
·
Gelareh Kiazand
·
Claire Sinofsky
·
Timothy Moran
·
Amy Schewel
·
Ed Barteski
·
R.A. Fedde
·
David Osit
·
E. Donna Shepherd
·
Wolfgang Held
·
Ali Jalali
2020 Nominee
Emmy
Outstanding Social Issue Documentary
Wrestle
Shared with:
Suzannah Herbert
·
Lauren Belfer
·
Steven Klein
·
Micheline Levine
·
Seth Gordon
·
Mary Rohlich
·
Sinisa Kukic
·
Walker Deibel
·
Steven Streit
·
Chad Troutwine
·
Pablo Proenza
·
Graham Edward Lebron
·
David Wingo
·
Arjun G. Sheth
2018 Nominee
Emmy
Outstanding Historical Documentary
Independent Lens
For episode "Birth of a Movement"
Shared with:
Henry Louis Gates Jr.
·
Julie Anderson
·
Sally Jo Fifer
·
Lois Vossen
·
Stephen Segaller
·
Bestor Cram
·
Susan Gray
·
Matthew Maclean
·
Amy Shatsky-Gambrill
2003 Nominee
Emmy
Outstanding Historical Programming - Long Form
The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow
For episode "Terror and Triumph"
Shared with:
William Grant
·
Bill Jersey
·
Richard Wormser
·
Pierre Valette
2002 Nominee
Emmy
Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft: Research
American Roots Music
For episode "This Land Was Made for You and Me"
Shared with:
Jim Brown
·
Nicole Potter
·
Sarah Cullen
·
Barbara Miller
·
Jeff Rosen
1 more
All
Philadelphia Film Festival
2020 Nominee
Jury Award
Best Documentary Feature
MLK/FBI
2017 Nominee
Jury Award
Best Documentary Feature
Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me
San Diego International Film Festival
2020 Winner
Festival Award
Best Documentary
MLK/FBI
Sundance Film Festival
2012 Nominee
Grand Jury Prize
Documentary
Slavery by Another Name
Woodstock Film Festival
2018 Winner
Audience Award
Best Documentary Feature
Mr. Soul!
Shared with:
Melissa Haizlip
Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival
2018 Nominee
Audience Award
Top 20 Audience Favorites
Mr. Soul!
-Fifteenth Place
Shared with:
Melissa Haizlip
Black Reel Awards
2022 Nominee
Black Reel
Outstanding Documentary
Citizen Ashe
Shared with:
Rex Miller
2021 Nominee
Black Reel
Outstanding Documentary
MLK/FBI
2013 Nominee
Black Reel
Outstanding Television Documentary
Slavery by Another Name
Virginia Film Festival
2022 Winner
Chronicler Award
Santa Fe International Film Festival
2020 Winner
Jury Award
Best Documentary Feature
MLK/FBI
Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US
2024 Nominee
Cinema Eye Honors Award
Outstanding Broadcast Film
Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power
Shared with:
Geeta Gandbhir
2021 Nominee
Cinema Eye Honors Award
Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Series for Broadcast
Atlanta's Missing and Murdered: The Lost Children
Shared with:
Joshua Bennett
·
Maro Chermayeff
·
Jeff Dupre
CINDY Awards
2017 Winner
Gold Award
National Broadcast Documentary
Birth of a Movement
Shared with:
Bestor Cram
·
Susan Gray
·
Matthew Maclean
·
Henry Louis Gates Jr.
Film Club's The Lost Weekend
2018 Winner
Lost Weekend Award
Best Soundtrack
Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me
FOCAL International Awards
2022 Nominee
FOCAL Award
Best Use of Footage in a Cinematic Feature
Citizen Ashe
Shared with:
Rex Miller
·
Lizzy McGlynn
·
Hannah Shepard
2022 Nominee
FOCAL Award
Best Use of Footage in a Sports Production
Citizen Ashe
Shared with:
Rex Miller
·
Lizzy McGlynn
·
Hannah Shepard
·
Steven Cantor
2021 Winner
FOCAL Award
Best Use of Footage in a Cinematic Feature
MLK/FBI
Shared with:
Brian Becker
2021 Nominee
FOCAL Award
Best Use of Footage in a History Feature
MLK/FBI
Shared with:
Brian Becker
2019 Winner
FOCAL Award
Best Use of Footage in an Entertainment Production
Mr. Soul!
Shared with:
Melissa Haizlip
1 more
All
Online Film & Television Association
1998 Nominee
OFTA Film Award
Best Documentary Picture
4 Little Girls
Shared with:
Spike Lee
Heartland Film
2020 Winner
Truly Moving Picture Award
MLK/FBI
Victoria Film Festival, Canada
2018 Winner
Festival Prize
Best Documentary
Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me
Black Film Critics Circle Awards
2021 Winner
Pioneer Award
MLK/FBI
Montclair Film Festival (MFF)
2017 Nominee
New Jersey Films Competition
ACORN and the Firestorm
Shared with:
Reuben Atlas
2017 Winner
New Jersey Films Competition - Special Jury Prize
American Truth Seeker Award
ACORN and the Firestorm
Shared with:
Reuben Atlas
Louisiana International Film Festival
2018 Winner
LIFF Award
Best Documentary Feature
Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me
Millennium Docs Against Gravity
2021 Nominee
Amnesty International Poland Award
MLK/FBI
AFI Docs Festival
2018 Winner
Audience Award
Feature Documentary
Mr. Soul!
Shared with:
Melissa Haizlip
Black Reel Awards for Television
2024 Nominee
Black Reel
Outstanding Documentary
Bill Russell: Legend
Latino Entertainment Journalists Association Film Awards
2021 Nominee
LEJA Award
Best Documentary Feature
MLK/FBI
Grierson Awards
2022 Winner
Grierson Award
Best Sports Documentary
Citizen Ashe
Shared with:
Rex Miller
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