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