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.
KNOWN FOR
The Ultimate Guide
1996
32 Sounds
2023
The Making of Ladies and Gentlemen, Fabulous Stains
1999
The Oldest Person in the World
2026
The Weather Underground
2002
Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans
2008
Clear Glasses
2008
Daisy
A Thousand Thoughts
2018
7 Sounds
2020
Annea Lockwood: A Film About Listening
2021
Julius Caesar Was Buried in a Pet Cemetery
2018
FILMOGRAPHY
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Movies
TV
Acting
1
Directing
23
Writing
6
Producing
6
Editing
9