---
name: "Robert Pollard"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/robert-pollard"
fi1m_id: "robert-pollard"
imdb_id: "nm0689496"
tmdb_id: 1679343
wikidata_id: "Q1379531"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "31 October 1957"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T19:38:21.729452+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Robert Pollard

## Identity

Robert Pollard

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/robert-pollard
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** robert-pollard
- **IMDb ID:** nm0689496
- **TMDB ID:** 1679343
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1379531
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Pollard, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1379531, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0689496/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1679343

Composer. Born 31 October 1957 in Dayton, OH.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 31 October 1957, Dayton, OH
- **Also known as:** Robert Ellsworth Pollard Jr., Bob Pollard
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Pollard, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1379531, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0689496/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1679343

## Biography

Robert Pollard is an American singer, songwriter and composer. He is the frontman and principal songwriter of the indie rock band Guided by Voices, of which he has been the only constant member since its formation in the early 1980s.

Pollard was born in Dayton, Ohio, where he has lived for most of his life. He has released numerous solo albums and side projects in addition to his work with the band. In 2005 he composed the score for Steven Soderbergh's film *Bubble*, later released as the EP *Music for 'Bubble'*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, nytimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Bubble* (2006), Fi1m 68, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/bubble.md)

## Complete filmography (15)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Guided By Voices: The 40th Anniversary Concerts* (2023), Actor
- *Thank You Very Much For Absolutely Nothing* (2021), Actor
- *Guided by Voices World Tour 2020* (2020), Actor
- *I Razor* (2013), Thanks
- *Robert Pollard: The Devil Went Home and Puked* (2009), Actor
- *Guided by Voices: Live from Austin TX* (2007), Actor
- *Bubble* (2006), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/bubble.md)
- *Guided By Voices: The Electrifying Conclusion* (2005), as Performer
- *Guided By Voices: The Who Went Home and Cried* (2004), Actor
- *Beautiful Plastic* (2003), Actor
- *Guided By Voices: Some Drinking Implied* (2002), Director
- *Dean Quixote* (2001), as Guided by Voices / Vocals
- *Everything Is Nice: The Matador Records 10th Anniversary Anthology* (1999), Actor
- *Guided By Voices: Watch Me Jumpstart* (1998), Actor
- *Dutch Freaks: Guided By Voices Live in Amsterdam* (1996), Actor

## Gallery

- ![Photo by Tristan Loper Inquiries: info@tristanloper.com This image is free to use per CC Attribution ShareAlike license. • You must credit Tristan Loper and pro (2014)](https://film.one/media/person/9722/gallery-e42ea310ed0b.jpg) Photo by Tristan Loper Inquiries: info@tristanloper.com This image is free to use per CC Attribution ShareAlike license. • You must credit Tristan Loper and pro (2014) — Tristan Loper, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/2014_Robert_Pollard.jpg/1280px-2014_Robert_Pollard.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Robert Pollard](https://film.one/media/person/9722/gallery-594668ff892f.jpg) Robert Pollard — Tristan Loper, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/39/2014_Robert_Pollard_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Guided By Voices (2010)](https://film.one/media/person/9722/gallery-0c7121930cef.jpg) Guided By Voices (2010) — Juan Bendana, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Guided_By_Voices_%286125387491%29.jpg/1280px-Guided_By_Voices_%286125387491%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Guided By Voices (2010)](https://film.one/media/person/9722/gallery-f0bf8308f9aa.jpg) Guided By Voices (2010) — Juan Bendana, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Guided_By_Voices_%286125394015%29.jpg/1280px-Guided_By_Voices_%286125394015%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Guided by Voices tijdens een optreden in de Belly Up Tavern in San Diego (Californië) (2014)](https://film.one/media/person/9722/gallery-82ab357ace2f.jpg) Guided by Voices tijdens een optreden in de Belly Up Tavern in San Diego (Californië) (2014) — Tristan Loper, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Guided_by_Voices_Belly_Up_CA_2014_03.jpg/1280px-Guided_by_Voices_Belly_Up_CA_2014_03.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- Shortlist Music Prize 2007: Shortlist Music Prize (nominated), for *Standard Gargoyle Decisions*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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