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