Sam Green

Sam Green

Directing
Born 1966-01-01 East Lansing, Michigan, USA 27 credits Guggenheim Fellowship 1

Awards

Won 1 Guggenheim Fellowship Award

Guggenheim Fellowship 1 won

  • — Guggenheim Fellowship Won

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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.
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Filmography
Directing 23 credits
32 Sounds
32 Sounds
2023 · Director, Self - Narrator (voice), Editor
The Oldest Person in the World
The Oldest Person in the World
2026 · Director, Editor
The Weather Underground
The Weather Underground
2002 · ★ 6.6 · Director, Producer, Editor
Clear Glasses
Clear Glasses
2008 · Director
The Universal Language
The Universal Language
2011 · Director, Writer, Producer
The Making of Ladies and Gentlemen, Fabulous Stains
The Making of Ladies and Gentlemen, Fabulous Stains
1999 · Director
Julius Caesar Was Buried in a Pet Cemetery
Julius Caesar Was Buried in a Pet Cemetery
2018 · Director, Writer
A Thousand Thoughts
A Thousand Thoughts
2018 · Director, Writer, Producer
Lot 63, Grave C
Lot 63, Grave C
2006 · Director, Editor
This is What the Future Looked Like
This is What the Future Looked Like
2017 · Director
Love Letter to the Fog
Love Letter to the Fog
2013 · Director
Utopia, Part 3: The World's Largest Shopping Mall
Utopia, Part 3: The World's Largest Shopping Mall
2009 · Director, Producer
7 Sounds
7 Sounds
2020 · Director
The Measure of All Things
The Measure of All Things
2014 · Director
A Cinematic Study of Fog in San Francisco
A Cinematic Study of Fog in San Francisco
2013 · Director
Annea Lockwood: A Film About Listening
Annea Lockwood: A Film About Listening
2021 · Director
The Rainbow Man/John 3:16
The Rainbow Man/John 3:16
1997 · Director, Writer, Producer
The Love Song of R. Buckminster Fuller
The Love Song of R. Buckminster Fuller
2012 · Director
Pie Fight '69
Pie Fight '69
2000 · Director
Utopia in Four Movements
Utopia in Four Movements
2010 · Director, Producer, Editor
N Judah 5:30
N Judah 5:30
2004 · Director
(Commissioned) Portrait of Las Vegas
(Commissioned) Portrait of Las Vegas
2011 · Director
Don’t Call Me Gay Zelig
Don’t Call Me Gay Zelig
2019 · Director
Other credits 9 credits
The Ultimate Guide
The Ultimate Guide
1996 · Editor
32 Sounds
32 Sounds
2023 · Director, Self - Narrator (voice), Editor
Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans
Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans
2008 · Editor
The Oldest Person in the World
The Oldest Person in the World
2026 · Director, Editor
The Weather Underground
The Weather Underground
2002 · ★ 6.6 · Director, Producer, Editor
The Universal Language
The Universal Language
2011 · Director, Writer, Producer
Lot 63, Grave C
Lot 63, Grave C
2006 · Director, Editor
The Rainbow Man/John 3:16
The Rainbow Man/John 3:16
1997 · Director, Writer, Producer
Utopia in Four Movements
Utopia in Four Movements
2010 · Director, Producer, Editor
Producing 6 credits
The Weather Underground
The Weather Underground
2002 · ★ 6.6 · Director, Producer, Editor
The Universal Language
The Universal Language
2011 · Director, Writer, Producer
A Thousand Thoughts
A Thousand Thoughts
2018 · Director, Writer, Producer
Utopia, Part 3: The World's Largest Shopping Mall
Utopia, Part 3: The World's Largest Shopping Mall
2009 · Director, Producer
The Rainbow Man/John 3:16
The Rainbow Man/John 3:16
1997 · Director, Writer, Producer
Utopia in Four Movements
Utopia in Four Movements
2010 · Director, Producer, Editor
Writing 6 credits
Daisy
Daisy
· Writer
The Universal Language
The Universal Language
2011 · Director, Writer, Producer
Julius Caesar Was Buried in a Pet Cemetery
Julius Caesar Was Buried in a Pet Cemetery
2018 · Director, Writer
A Thousand Thoughts
A Thousand Thoughts
2018 · Director, Writer, Producer
The Rainbow Man/John 3:16
The Rainbow Man/John 3:16
1997 · Director, Writer, Producer
And with Him Came the West
And with Him Came the West
2019 · Writer
Acting 1 credit
32 Sounds
32 Sounds
2023 · Director, Self - Narrator (voice), Editor
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