Sam Green
Known for
Directing
Born
January 1, 1966 (age 60)
Birthplace
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.
Best known work
The Weather Underground
2002
32 Sounds
2023
Pie Fight '69
2000
The Rainbow Man/John 3:16
1997
And with Him Came the West
2019
Lot 63, Grave C
2006
The Making of Ladies and Gentlemen, Fabulous Stains
1999
Annea Lockwood: A Film About Listening
2021
The Universal Language
2011
Julius Caesar Was Buried in a Pet Cemetery
2018Filmography
TBA
DaisyWriter
2026
The Oldest Person in the WorldDirector, Editor
2023
32 Soundsas Self - Narrator (voice), Director, Editor
2021
2020
7 SoundsDirector
2019
Don’t Call Me Gay ZeligDirector
2019
2018
A Thousand ThoughtsProducer, Writer, Director
2018
Julius Caesar Was Buried in a Pet CemeteryWriter, Director
2017
2014
The Measure of All ThingsDirector
2013
Love Letter to the FogDirector
2013
2012
2011
2011
The Universal LanguageDirector, Producer, Editor, Writer
2010
Utopia in Four MovementsDirector, Editor, Producer
2009
Utopia, Part 3: The World's Largest Shopping MallProducer, Director
2008
Clear GlassesDirector
2008
2006
Lot 63, Grave CDirector, Editor
2004
N Judah 5:30Director
2002
The Weather UndergroundDirector, Editor, Producer
2000
Pie Fight '69Director
1999