Sam Green
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 wit...
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 Underground2002 · Director, Editor, Producer3.3
N Judah 5:302004 · Director5.0
32 Sounds2023 · Self - Narrator (voice)3.1
Utopia, Part 3: The World's Largest Shopping Mall2009 · Producer, Director4.5
Lot 63, Grave C2006 · Director, Editor4.0
The Making of Ladies and Gentlemen, Fabulous Stains1999 · Director3.8
The Measure of All Things2014 · Director4.0
Pie Fight '692000 · Director3.1Cast credits
Crew credits
The Weather Underground2002 · Director, Editor, Producer3.3N Judah 5:302004 · Director5.032 Sounds2023 · Director, Editor3.1Utopia, Part 3: The World's Largest Shopping Mall2009 · Producer, Director4.5Lot 63, Grave C2006 · Director, Editor4.0The Making of Ladies and Gentlemen, Fabulous Stains1999 · Director3.8The Measure of All Things2014 · Director4.0Pie Fight '692000 · Director3.1
The Rainbow Man/John 3:161997 · Director, Writer, Editor, Producer3.5
And with Him Came the West2019 · Writer3.0
The Universal Language2011 · Director, Producer, Editor, Writer3.0
Annea Lockwood: A Film About Listening2021 · Director3.0
Julius Caesar Was Buried in a Pet Cemetery2018 · Writer, Director2.5
Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans2008 · Editor
The Oldest Person in the World2026 · Director, Editor
Clear Glasses2008 · Director
A Thousand Thoughts2018 · Producer, Writer, Director
This is What the Future Looked Like2017 · Director