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Sam Green

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Sam Green

Born
(age 60)
Birthplace
East Lansing, Michigan, USA
Credits
27 titles

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.

Latest project Best work, ranked IMDb

Signature work

Known For

Acting credits 1

YearTitleRole
2023 32 Sounds Film Self - Narrator (voice)

Crew credits 27

YearTitleJob
TBA Daisy Film Writer
2026 The Oldest Person in the World Film Director, Editor
2023 32 Sounds Film Director, Editor
2021 Annea Lockwood: A Film About Listening Film Director
2020 7 Sounds Film Director
2019 Don’t Call Me Gay Zelig Film Director
2019 And with Him Came the West Film Writer
2018 A Thousand Thoughts Film Producer, Writer, Director
2018 Julius Caesar Was Buried in a Pet Cemetery Film Writer, Director
2017 This is What the Future Looked Like Film Director
2014 The Measure of All Things Film Director
2013 Love Letter to the Fog Film Director
2013 A Cinematic Study of Fog in San Francisco Film Director
2012 The Love Song of R. Buckminster Fuller Film Director
2011 (Commissioned) Portrait of Las Vegas Film Director
2011 The Universal Language Film Director, Producer, Editor, Writer
2010 Utopia in Four Movements Film Director, Editor, Producer
2009 Utopia, Part 3: The World's Largest Shopping Mall Film Producer, Director
2008 Clear Glasses Film Director
2008 Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans Film Editor
2006 Lot 63, Grave C Film Director, Editor
2004 N Judah 5:30 Film Director
2002 The Weather Underground Film Director, Editor, Producer
2000 Pie Fight '69 Film Director
1999 The Making of Ladies and Gentlemen, Fabulous Stains Film Director
1997 The Rainbow Man/John 3:16 Film Director, Writer, Editor, Producer
1996 The Ultimate Guide TV Editor (1 ep)
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