Sam Green
Directing
Biography
Sam Green (born in 1966; East Lansing) is an American documentary filmmaker. His most recent projects are “live documentaries” including 32 Sounds (2022) with electronic musician JD Samson, A Thousand Thoughts (2018) in collaboration with the Kronos Quartet, The Measure of All Things (2014), and The Love Song of R. Buckminster Fuller (2012), which premiered at the Museum of Modern Art as part of the San Francisco International Film Festival. All four works are performed live, with Green narrating and musicians performing the soundtrack. Green's 2004 film The Weather Underground was nominated for an Academy Award, included in the Whitney Biennial, and broadcast nationally on PBS.
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Movies (23)
The Oldest Person in the World2026Directing
32 Sounds2023Self - Narrator (voice)
Annea Lockwood: A Film About Listening2021Directing
7 Sounds2020Directing
Don’t Call Me Gay Zelig2019Directing
A Thousand Thoughts2018Directing
Julius Caesar Was Buried in a Pet Cemetery2018Directing
This is What the Future Looked Like2017Directing
The Measure of All Things2014Directing- Love Letter to the Fog2013Directing
A Cinematic Study of Fog in San Francisco2013Directing
The Love Song of R. Buckminster Fuller2012Directing
(Commissioned) Portrait of Las Vegas2011Directing
The Universal Language2011Directing
Utopia in Four Movements2010Directing
Utopia, Part 3: The World's Largest Shopping Mall2009Directing
Clear Glasses2008Directing
Lot 63, Grave C2006Directing
N Judah 5:302004Directing
The Weather Underground2002Directing
Pie Fight '692000Directing
The Making of Ladies and Gentlemen, Fabulous Stains1999Directing
The Rainbow Man/John 3:161997Directing