Sam Pollard Biography

Awards

• 1988Daytime Emmy-Outstanding Achievement in Film Editing: nominated
• 1989Daytime Emmy-Outstanding Achievement in Film Editing: winner
• 1991Emmy-Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft: Writers: winner
• 1998Oscar-Best Documentary, Features: nominated
• 1998IDA Award-Feature Documentaries: nominated
• 1998OFTA Film Award-Best Documentary Picture: nominated
• 1998Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Non-Fiction Special: nominated
• 1998Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Picture Editing for Non-Fiction Programming: nominated
• 1998Golden Satellite Award-Best Motion Picture, Documentary: winner
• 1999Video Source Award-: nominated
• 2001Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Picture Editing for Non-Fiction Programming: nominated
• 2002Emmy-Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft: Research: nominated
• 2003Christopher Award-Television & Cable: winner
• 2003IDA Award-Limited Series: winner
• 2003Emmy-Outstanding Historical Programming - Long Form: nominated
• 2006Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Directing for Nonfiction Programming: nominated
• 2007Eddie-Best Edited Documentary Film: nominated
• 2007Primetime Emmy-Exceptional Merit in Nonfiction Filmmaking: winner
• 2007Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Picture Editing for Nonfiction Programming: winner
• 2010Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Picture Editing for Nonfiction Programming: winner
• 2011IDA Award-Best Limited Series: nominated
• 2011Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Picture Editing for Nonfiction Programming: nominated
• 2012Grand Jury Prize-Documentary: nominated
• 2013Black Reel-Outstanding Television Documentary: nominated
• 2015Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special: nominated
• 2017New Jersey Films Competition-: nominated
• 2017New Jersey Films Competition - Special Jury Prize-American Truth Seeker Award: winner
• 2017Jury Award-Best Documentary Feature: nominated
• 2018Audience Award-Feature Documentary: winner
• 2018Audience Award-Feature: winner
• 2018aGLIFF Award-Best Documentary Feature: winner
• 2018Greg Gund Memorial Standing Up Award-: nominated
• 2018Nesnady and Schwartz Documentary Competition-Best Documentary: nominated
• 2018Nesnady and Schwartz Documentary Competition-Best Documentary: nominated
• 2018Lost Weekend Award-Best Soundtrack: winner
• 2018Audience Award-Top 20 Audience Favorites: nominated
• 2018IDA Award-Best Music Documentary: winner
• 2018LIFF Award-Best Documentary Feature: winner
• 2018Audience Choice Award-Special Presentations: winner
• 2018Emmy-Outstanding Historical Documentary: nominated
• 2018Festival Prize-Best Documentary: winner
• 2018Audience Award-Best Documentary Feature: winner
• 2019FOCAL Award-Best Use of Footage in an Entertainment Production: winner
• 2019FOCAL Award-Student Jury Award for Most Inspiring Use of Archive: winner
• 2020Gold Hugo-Best Documentary: nominated
• 2020Maysles Brothers Award-Best Documentary: nominated
• 2020Truly Moving Picture Award-: winner
• 2020IDFA ReFrame Award for Creative Use of Archive-: nominated
• 2020Emmy-Outstanding Social Issue Documentary: nominated
• 2020Jury Award-Best Documentary Feature: nominated
• 2020Festival Award-Best Documentary: winner
• 2020Jury Award-Best Documentary Feature: winner
• 2021Pioneer Award-: winner
• 2021Black Reel-Outstanding Documentary: nominated
• 2021Cinema Eye Honors Award-Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Series for Broadcast: nominated
• 2021FOCAL Award-Best Use of Footage in a History Feature: nominated
• 2021FOCAL Award-Best Use of Footage in a Cinematic Feature: winner
• 2021Independent Spirit Award-Best New Non-Scripted or Documentary Series: nominated
• 2021Image Award-Outstanding Directing in a Documentary (Television or Motion Picture): nominated
• 2021Video Source Award-: nominated
• 2021IDA Award-Best Multi-Part Documentary: winner
• 2021IDA Award-Best Feature: nominated
• 2021IDA Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2021LEJA Award-Best Documentary Feature: nominated
• 2021Amnesty International Poland Award-: nominated
• 2022Black Reel-Outstanding Documentary: nominated
• 2022FOCAL Award-Best Use of Footage in a Sports Production: nominated
• 2022FOCAL Award-Best Use of Footage in a Cinematic Feature: nominated
• 2022Grierson Award-Best Sports Documentary: winner
• 2022Image Award-Outstanding Directing in a Documentary (Television or Motion Picture): nominated
• 2022IDA Award-Best Multi-Part Documentary: nominated
• 2023Emmy-Outstanding Historical Documentary: winner
• 2024Black Reel-Outstanding Documentary: nominated
• 2024Cinema Eye Honors Award-Outstanding Achievement in Broadcast Film: nominated
• 2025Image Award-Outstanding Directing in a Documentary (TV or Film): nominated