Sam Green
Born: 1966-01-01 in East Lansing, Michigan, USA
Known For: 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.
Filmography
2026
- The Oldest Person in the World ... (Director)
2023
- 32 Sounds as Self - Narrator (voice)
2021
- Annea Lockwood: A Film About Listening ... (Director)
2020
- 7 Sounds ... (Director)
2019
- Don’t Call Me Gay Zelig ... (Director)
- And with Him Came the West ... (Writer)
2018
- A Thousand Thoughts ... (Writer)
- Julius Caesar Was Buried in a Pet Cemetery ... (Writer)
2017
- This is What the Future Looked Like ... (Director)
2014
- The Measure of All Things ... (Director)
2013
- A Cinematic Study of Fog in San Francisco ... (Director)
- Love Letter to the Fog ... (Director)
2012
- The Love Song of R. Buckminster Fuller ... (Director)
2011
- The Universal Language ... (Producer)
- (Commissioned) Portrait of Las Vegas ... (Director)
2010
- Utopia in Four Movements ... (Editor)
2009
- Utopia, Part 3: The World's Largest Shopping Mall ... (Producer)
2008
- Clear Glasses ... (Director)
- Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans ... (Editor)
2006
- Lot 63, Grave C ... (Director)
2004
- N Judah 5:30 ... (Director)
2002
- The Weather Underground ... (Director)
2000
- Pie Fight '69 ... (Director)
1999
- The Making of Ladies and Gentlemen, Fabulous Stains ... (Director)
1997
- The Rainbow Man/John 3:16 ... (Director)
1996
- The Ultimate Guide ... (Editor)