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
Cast Credits
Crew
Crew Credits
32 Sounds
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2023
32 Sounds
Role: Editor
MOVIE • 2023
Annea Lockwood: A Film About Listening
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2021
7 Sounds
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2020
Don’t Call Me Gay Zelig
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2019
And with Him Came the West
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 2019
A Thousand Thoughts
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 2018
A Thousand Thoughts
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 2018
A Thousand Thoughts
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2018
Julius Caesar Was Buried in a Pet Cemetery
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 2018
Julius Caesar Was Buried in a Pet Cemetery
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2018
This is What the Future Looked Like
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2017
The Measure of All Things
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2014
Love Letter to the Fog
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2013
A Cinematic Study of Fog in San Francisco
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2013
The Love Song of R. Buckminster Fuller
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2012
(Commissioned) Portrait of Las Vegas
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2011
The Universal Language
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 2011
The Universal Language
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2011
The Universal Language
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 2011