Sam Green
Known for Directing
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.
Filmography
The Weather Underground
2002
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A Thousand Thoughts
2018
Director
The Oldest Person in the World
2026
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The Making of Ladies and Gentlemen, Fabulous Stains
1999
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32 Sounds
2023
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Annea Lockwood: A Film About Listening
2021
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The Measure of All Things
2014
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A Cinematic Study of Fog in San Francisco
2013
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This is What the Future Looked Like
2017
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Julius Caesar Was Buried in a Pet Cemetery
2018
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The Universal Language
2011
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The Love Song of R. Buckminster Fuller
2012
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Pie Fight '69
2000
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Love Letter to the Fog
2013
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7 Sounds
2020
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The Rainbow Man/John 3:16
1997
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Lot 63, Grave C
2006
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Utopia, Part 3: The World's Largest Shopping Mall
2009
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Don’t Call Me Gay Zelig
2019
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N Judah 5:30
2004
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