Sam Green
Directing
Born January 1, 1966 · East Lansing, Michigan, USA
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.
Directed (23)
The Oldest Person in the World
2026
32 Sounds
2023
Annea Lockwood: A Film About Listening
2021
7 Sounds
2020
Don’t Call Me Gay Zelig
2019
A Thousand Thoughts
2018
Julius Caesar Was Buried in a Pet Cemetery
2018
This is What the Future Looked Like
2017
The Measure of All Things
2014
Love Letter to the Fog
2013
A Cinematic Study of Fog in San Francisco
2013
The Love Song of R. Buckminster Fuller
2012
(Commissioned) Portrait of Las Vegas
2011
The Universal Language
2011
Utopia in Four Movements
2010
Utopia, Part 3: The World's Largest Shopping Mall
2009
Clear Glasses
2008
Lot 63, Grave C
2006
N Judah 5:30
2004
The Weather Underground
2002
Pie Fight '69
2000
The Making of Ladies and Gentlemen, Fabulous Stains
1999
The Rainbow Man/John 3:16
1997