About

Known credits:
42
Birthday:
1966-01-01
Place of birth:
East Lansing, Michigan, USA
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Sam Green

Overview

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

Acting
2023 32 Sounds Actor Self (Narrator) 58
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Directing
2023 32 Sounds Directing Director 58
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2021 Annea Lockwood: A Film About Listening Directing Director 59
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2020 7 Sounds Directing Director N/A
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2019 Don’t Call Me Gay Zelig Directing Director N/A
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2018 A Thousand Thoughts Directing Director N/A
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2018 Julius Caesar Was Buried in a Pet Cemetery Directing Director 59
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2017 This Is What The Future Looked Like Directing Director N/A
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2014 The Measure of All Things Directing Director N/A
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2013 Love Letter to the Fog Directing Director N/A
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2013 A Cinematic Study of Fog in San Francisco Directing Director N/A
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2012 The Love Song of R. Buckminster Fuller Directing Director N/A
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2011 (Commissioned) Portrait of Las Vegas Directing Director N/A
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2011 The Universal Language Directing Director 59
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2010 Utopia in Four Movements Directing Director N/A
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2009 Utopia, Part 3: The World's Largest Shopping Mall Directing Director N/A
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2008 Clear Glasses Directing Director N/A
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2006 Lot 63, Grave C Directing Director 59
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2004 N Judah 5:30 Directing Director N/A
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2002 The Weather Underground Directing Director 59
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2000 Pie Fight '69 Directing Director 59
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2000 The Making of Ladies and Gentlemen, Fabulous Stains Directing Director N/A
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1997 The Rainbow Man/John 3:16 Directing Director 59
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Writing
2019 And with Him Came the West Writing Writer 59
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2018 A Thousand Thoughts Writing Writer N/A
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2018 Julius Caesar Was Buried in a Pet Cemetery Writing Writer 59
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2011 The Universal Language Writing Writer 59
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1997 The Rainbow Man/John 3:16 Writing Writer 59
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Daisy Writing Writer N/A
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Production
2018 A Thousand Thoughts Production Producer N/A
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2011 The Universal Language Production Producer 59
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2010 Utopia in Four Movements Production Producer N/A
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2009 Utopia, Part 3: The World's Largest Shopping Mall Production Producer N/A
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2002 The Weather Underground Production Producer 59
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1997 The Rainbow Man/John 3:16 Production Producer 59
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Editing
2023 32 Sounds Editing Editor 58
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2011 The Universal Language Editing Editor 59
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2010 Utopia in Four Movements Editing Editor N/A
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2008 Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans Editing Editor N/A
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2006 Lot 63, Grave C Editing Editor 59
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2002 The Weather Underground Editing Editor 59
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1997 The Rainbow Man/John 3:16 Editing Editor 59
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