
Sam Green
Profile info
Known forDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1 January 1966 (60 years old)
Place of birthEast Lansing, Michigan, USA
Known credits27
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 f…

The Oldest Person in the World
2026 · Director

The Oldest Person in the World
2026 · Editor

32 Sounds
2023 · Self - Narrator (voice)

32 Sounds
2023 · Director

32 Sounds
2023 · Editor

Annea Lockwood: A Film About Listening
2021 · Director

7 Sounds
2020 · Director

Don’t Call Me Gay Zelig
2019 · Director

And with Him Came the West
2019 · Writer

A Thousand Thoughts
2018 · Writer

A Thousand Thoughts
2018 · Producer

A Thousand Thoughts
2018 · Director

Julius Caesar Was Buried in a Pet Cemetery
2018 · Writer

Julius Caesar Was Buried in a Pet Cemetery
2018 · Director

This is What the Future Looked Like
2017 · Director

The Measure of All Things
2014 · Director
Love Letter to the Fog
2013 · Director

A Cinematic Study of Fog in San Francisco
2013 · Director

The Love Song of R. Buckminster Fuller
2012 · Director

(Commissioned) Portrait of Las Vegas
2011 · Director

The Universal Language
2011 · Director

The Universal Language
2011 · Producer

The Universal Language
2011 · Writer

The Universal Language
2011 · Editor

Utopia in Four Movements
2010 · Director

Utopia in Four Movements
2010 · Producer

Utopia in Four Movements
2010 · Editor

Utopia, Part 3: The World's Largest Shopping Mall
2009 · Producer

Utopia, Part 3: The World's Largest Shopping Mall
2009 · Director

Clear Glasses
2008 · Director

Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans
2008 · Editor

Lot 63, Grave C
2006 · Director

Lot 63, Grave C
2006 · Editor

N Judah 5:30
2004 · Director

The Weather Underground
2002 · Director

The Weather Underground
2002 · Editor

The Weather Underground
2002 · Producer

Pie Fight '69
2000 · Director

The Making of Ladies and Gentlemen, Fabulous Stains
1999 · Director

The Rainbow Man/John 3:16
1997 · Director

The Rainbow Man/John 3:16
1997 · Writer

The Rainbow Man/John 3:16
1997 · Producer

The Rainbow Man/John 3:16
1997 · Editor

The Ultimate Guide
1996 · Editor
Daisy
Writer
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