Born 1966 (age 60) · East Lansing, Michigan, USA
Appears in 27 titles

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 Weather Underground
6.7
The Weather Underground
2002
Director
32 Sounds
6.0
32 Sounds
2023
Director
Pie Fight '69
6.3
Pie Fight '69
2000
Director
The Rainbow Man/John 3:16
7.0
The Rainbow Man/John 3:16
1997
Director
Lot 63, Grave C
8.0
Lot 63, Grave C
2006
Director
Annea Lockwood: A Film About Listening
The Universal Language
6.0
The Universal Language
2011
Director
N Judah 5:30
10.0
N Judah 5:30
2004
Director
Julius Caesar Was Buried in a Pet Cemetery
The Oldest Person in the World
Utopia in Four Movements
Utopia in Four Movements
2010
Director
7 Sounds
7 Sounds
2020
Director
This is What the Future Looked Like
(Commissioned) Portrait of Las Vegas
The Love Song of R. Buckminster Fuller
Love Letter to the Fog
2013
Director
Don’t Call Me Gay Zelig
Don’t Call Me Gay Zelig
2019
Director
Clear Glasses
Clear Glasses
2008
Director