Sam Green
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- 1 January 1966 · East Lansing, Michigan, USA
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
Directing 23
- 2026The Oldest Person in the World · director
- 202332 Sounds · director
- 2021Annea Lockwood: A Film About Listening · director
- 20207 Sounds · director
- 2019Don’t Call Me Gay Zelig · director
- 2018A Thousand Thoughts · director
- 2018Julius Caesar Was Buried in a Pet Cemetery · director
- 2017This is What the Future Looked Like · director
- 2014The Measure of All Things · director
- 2013Love Letter to the Fog · director
- 2013A Cinematic Study of Fog in San Francisco · director
- 2012The Love Song of R. Buckminster Fuller · director
- 2011(Commissioned) Portrait of Las Vegas · director
- 2011The Universal Language · director
- 2010Utopia in Four Movements · director
- 2009Utopia, Part 3: The World's Largest Shopping Mall · director
- 2008Clear Glasses · director
- 2006Lot 63, Grave C · director
- 2004N Judah 5:30 · director
- 2002The Weather Underground · director
- 2000Pie Fight '69 · director
- 1999The Making of Ladies and Gentlemen, Fabulous Stains · director
- 1997The Rainbow Man/John 3:16 · director
Editing 8
- 2026The Oldest Person in the World · editor
- 202332 Sounds · editor
- 2011The Universal Language · editor
- 2010Utopia in Four Movements · editor
- 2008Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans · editor
- 2006Lot 63, Grave C · editor
- 2002The Weather Underground · editor
- 1997The Rainbow Man/John 3:16 · editor
Writing 6
- 2026Daisy · writer
- 2019And with Him Came the West · writer
- 2018A Thousand Thoughts · writer
- 2018Julius Caesar Was Buried in a Pet Cemetery · writer
- 2011The Universal Language · writer
- 1997The Rainbow Man/John 3:16 · writer
Acting 1
- 202332 Sounds as Self - Narrator (voice)
Production 6
- 2018A Thousand Thoughts · producer
- 2011The Universal Language · producer
- 2010Utopia in Four Movements · producer
- 2009Utopia, Part 3: The World's Largest Shopping Mall · producer
- 2002The Weather Underground · producer
- 1997The Rainbow Man/John 3:16 · producer