
Person
Sam Green
Directing · Born 1966-01-01 · 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 Ultimate Guide
Editor

The Oldest Person in the World
Director

The Weather Underground
Director

32 Sounds
Self - Narrator (voice)

Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans
Editor

The Making of Ladies and Gentlemen, Fabulous Stains
Director

Clear Glasses
Director

A Thousand Thoughts
Writer

Utopia, Part 3: The World's Largest Shopping Mall
Producer

Lot 63, Grave C
Director
Filmography
- 2026The Oldest Person in the WorldDirector
- 202332 SoundsSelf - Narrator (voice)
- 2021Annea Lockwood: A Film About ListeningDirector
- 20207 SoundsDirector
- 2019Don’t Call Me Gay ZeligDirector
- 2019And with Him Came the WestWriter
- 2018A Thousand ThoughtsWriter
- 2018Julius Caesar Was Buried in a Pet CemeteryWriter
- 2017This is What the Future Looked LikeDirector
- 2014The Measure of All ThingsDirector
- 2013Love Letter to the FogDirector
- 2013A Cinematic Study of Fog in San FranciscoDirector
- 2012The Love Song of R. Buckminster FullerDirector
- 2011(Commissioned) Portrait of Las VegasDirector
- 2011The Universal LanguageDirector
- 2010Utopia in Four MovementsDirector
- 2009Utopia, Part 3: The World's Largest Shopping MallProducer
- 2008Clear GlassesDirector
- 2008Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New OrleansEditor
- 2006Lot 63, Grave CDirector
- 2004N Judah 5:30Director
- 2002The Weather UndergroundDirector
- 2000Pie Fight '69Director
- 1999The Making of Ladies and Gentlemen, Fabulous StainsDirector
- 1997The Rainbow Man/John 3:16Director
- 1996The Ultimate GuideEditor
- —DaisyWriter
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