About

Eternal Polk is a two-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

2024: 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: 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
Burger King - The King & Lil Yachty At The VMAS
Webby | Shorty | Omma | Bronze Telly

2x Emmy Nominations