Sam Green
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- January 1, 1966 (age 60)
- Birthplace
- East Lansing, Michigan, USA
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.
Known For
The Weather Underground
32 Sounds
Pie Fight '69
The Rainbow Man/John 3:16
And with Him Came the West
Lot 63, Grave C
The Making of Ladies and Gentlemen, Fabulous Stains
Annea Lockwood: A Film About Listening
The Universal Language
Julius Caesar Was Buried in a Pet Cemetery
Utopia, Part 3: The World's Largest Shopping Mall
N Judah 5:30
Filmography
The Oldest Person in the World
Movie · Director
32 Sounds
Movie · Director
Annea Lockwood: A Film About Listening
Movie · Director
7 Sounds
Movie · Director
Don’t Call Me Gay Zelig
Movie · Director
A Thousand Thoughts
Movie · Director
Julius Caesar Was Buried in a Pet Cemetery
Movie · Director
This is What the Future Looked Like
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The Measure of All Things
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Love Letter to the Fog
Movie · Director
A Cinematic Study of Fog in San Francisco
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The Love Song of R. Buckminster Fuller
Movie · Director
The Universal Language
Movie · Director
(Commissioned) Portrait of Las Vegas
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Utopia in Four Movements
Movie · Director
Utopia, Part 3: The World's Largest Shopping Mall
Movie · Director
Clear Glasses
Movie · Director
Lot 63, Grave C
Movie · Director
N Judah 5:30
Movie · Director
The Weather Underground
Movie · Director
Pie Fight '69
Movie · Director
The Making of Ladies and Gentlemen, Fabulous Stains
Movie · Director
The Rainbow Man/John 3:16
Movie · Director