About

Eternal Polk is a 3-time Emmy-nominated director & writer with over 20 years of working on short and long-form projects including documentaries, music videos, branded content, & commercials. “Intimate, nuanced, and intentional while placing subjects on a pedestal to display their humanity”, is how Eternal describes his work.

Currently Eternal serves as a Creative Director /Writer/Director participating in ideation, scriptwriting, directing client commercial shoots, and story development.

In just over 4 years he has won 16 awards and his debut feature film Gaining Ground: The Fight for Black Land has been accepted into 17 Film Festivals winning 9 awards & 1 honorable mention.

His work has been featured on:
HBO, FOX, ESPN, ABC, BET, VH1, MTV, NFL Network, TBS

Eternal is repped by:
The Funnel Creative & LAIR.TV

Awards & Nominations

3x Emmy Nominations

2025: ALABAMA A&M UNIVERSITY MAGIC CITY CLASSIC RIVALRY WEEK SERIES - “A Bulldog Family”

Collegiate Advertising Awards - Gold Award Emmys - Nomination - Branded Content Short Form Shorty Awards - 3 Nominations - Campaign By Diverse Owned Business, Education, Video Series Telly Awards - Nomination - People’s Choice

WATERING HOLE MEDIA REUNION Telly Awards - Nomination - People’s Choice

2024: GAINING GROUND: THE FIGHT FOR BLACK LAND Pan African Film Festival - Nomination - Best Director First Feature Documentary Brand Storytelling at Sundance - Jury Prize - Impact Award - Best Documentary
(IN)Justice For All Film Festival - International Director’s Choice Award

2023: GAINING GROUND: THE FIGHT FOR BLACK LAND MarCom Award - Platinum Winner Best Documentary DC Black Film Festival - Best Documentary Feature & Audience Choice Award
Essence Film Festival - Jury Prize Feature Documentary Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival - Nomination - Best Documentary Feature Roxbury Film Festival - Honorable Mention - Documentary Feature Bronze Lens Film Festival - Best Documentary
Detroit Black Film Festival - Best Feature Film. Filmteenth Film Festival - Best Documentary

2022: DORITOS - SOLID BLACK
Bronze Telly

2021: DISNEY/PIXAR “SOUL” - IN THE ZONE CAMPAIGN
Gold Telly
DORITOS - CAN YOU HEAR US NOW
Silver Telly
MTV VMAS - BURGER KING - THE KING & LIL YACHTY
Webby | Shorty | Omma | Bronze Telly