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Sam Green

Age · 60 Born · Jan 1, 1966 From · East Lansing, Michigan, USA Films · 22

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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.

Known for

The Oldest Person in the World poster

The Oldest Person in the World

32 Sounds poster

Annea Lockwood: A Film About Listening poster

Annea Lockwood: A Film About Listening

The Measure of All Things poster

The Measure of All Things

Career timeline

2026

The Oldest Person in the World

2023

2021

Annea Lockwood: A Film About Listening

2020

2019

Don’t Call Me Gay Zelig

2018

A Thousand Thoughts

Julius Caesar Was Buried in a Pet Cemetery

2017

This is What the Future Looked Like

2014

The Measure of All Things Notable

2013

A Cinematic Study of Fog in San Francisco

2012

The Love Song of R. Buckminster Fuller

2011

(Commissioned) Portrait of Las Vegas

The Universal Language

2010

Utopia in Four Movements

2009

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

2008

2006

Lot 63, Grave C Notable

2004

N Judah 5:30 Notable

2002

The Weather Underground

2000

1999

The Making of Ladies and Gentlemen, Fabulous Stains Notable

1997

The Rainbow Man/John 3:16 Notable

Full filmography

The Oldest Person in the World poster

The Oldest Person in the World

32 Sounds poster

Annea Lockwood: A Film About Listening poster

Annea Lockwood: A Film About Listening

7 Sounds poster

Don’t Call Me Gay Zelig poster

Don’t Call Me Gay Zelig

A Thousand Thoughts poster

A Thousand Thoughts

Julius Caesar Was Buried in a Pet Cemetery poster

Julius Caesar Was Buried in a Pet Cemetery

This is What the Future Looked Like poster

This is What the Future Looked Like

The Measure of All Things poster

The Measure of All Things

A Cinematic Study of Fog in San Francisco poster

A Cinematic Study of Fog in San Francisco

The Love Song of R. Buckminster Fuller poster

The Love Song of R. Buckminster Fuller

(Commissioned) Portrait of Las Vegas poster

(Commissioned) Portrait of Las Vegas

The Universal Language poster

The Universal Language

Utopia in Four Movements poster

Utopia in Four Movements

Utopia, Part 3: The World's Largest Shopping Mall poster

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

Clear Glasses poster

Lot 63, Grave C poster

Lot 63, Grave C

N Judah 5:30 poster

The Weather Underground poster

The Weather Underground

Pie Fight '69 poster

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