Sam Green
Director
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.
Born1966-01-01
Place of BirthEast Lansing, Michigan, USA
Known For
6.3
32 Sounds
Documentary
The Oldest Person in the World
Documentary
6.6
The Weather Underground
Documentary
Clear Glasses
Documentary
6.0
The Universal Language
Documentary
7.5
The Making of Ladies and Gentlemen, Fabulous Stains
Documentary
5.0
Julius Caesar Was Buried in a Pet Cemetery
Documentary
A Thousand Thoughts
DocumentaryMusic
8.0
Lot 63, Grave C
Documentary
This is What the Future Looked Like
Documentary
Love Letter to the Fog
Documentary
9.0
Utopia, Part 3: The World's Largest Shopping Mall
Documentary
7 Sounds
Documentary
8.0
The Measure of All Things
Documentary
A Cinematic Study of Fog in San Francisco
Documentary
6.0
Annea Lockwood: A Film About Listening
MusicDocumentary
7.0
The Rainbow Man/John 3:16
Documentary
The Love Song of R. Buckminster Fuller
Documentary
6.2
Pie Fight '69
Documentary
Utopia in Four Movements
Documentary
10.0
N Judah 5:30
Documentary
(Commissioned) Portrait of Las Vegas
Documentary
Don’t Call Me Gay Zelig
Documentary