Sam Green
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.
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DirectingBirthday
January 1, 1966Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
26Place of birth
East Lansing, Michigan, USAAlso known as
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Cast credits
Crew credits
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The Weather Underground
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The Rainbow Man/John 3:16
Director, Producer, Editor, Writer![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/oLx4ShEHHovPnqGAJwB5EjWL7W3.jpg)
Utopia in Four Movements
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Lot 63, Grave C
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N Judah 5:30
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Clear Glasses
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A Thousand Thoughts
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Julius Caesar Was Buried in a Pet Cemetery
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The Measure of All Things
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Annea Lockwood: A Film About Listening
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The Universal Language
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32 Sounds
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Utopia, Part 3: The World's Largest Shopping Mall
Director, Producer![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/p23fk1I0xzFDZySjP0oADsyQTcK.jpg)
A Cinematic Study of Fog in San Francisco
Director![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/kw500pmPVnszhkzSEQmwTDmGbEB.jpg)
Pie Fight '69
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7 Sounds
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This Is What The Future Looked Like
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The Fabulous Stains: Behind the Movie
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(Commissioned) Portrait of Las Vegas
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The Love Song of R. Buckminster Fuller
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