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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.

Et billede af Sam Green

Directing

1997

[ ] The Rainbow Man/John 3:16 (Director)

1999

[ ] The Making of Ladies and Gentlemen, Fabulous Stains (Director)

2000

[ ] Pie Fight '69 (Director)

2002

[ ] The Weather Underground (Director)

2004

[ ] N Judah 5:30 (Director)

2006

[ ] Lot 63, Grave C (Director)

2008

[ ] Clear Glasses (Director)

2009

[ ] Utopia, Part 3: The World's Largest Shopping Mall (Director)

2010

[ ] Utopia in Four Movements (Director)

2011

[ ] The Universal Language (Director)
[ ] (Commissioned) Portrait of Las Vegas (Director)

2012

[ ] The Love Song of R. Buckminster Fuller (Director)

2013

[ ] Love Letter to the Fog (Director)
[ ] A Cinematic Study of Fog in San Francisco (Director)

2014

[ ] The Measure of All Things (Director)

2017

[ ] This is What the Future Looked Like (Director)

2018

[ ] A Thousand Thoughts (Director)
[ ] Julius Caesar Was Buried in a Pet Cemetery (Director)

2019

[ ] Don’t Call Me Gay Zelig (Director)

2020

[ ] 7 Sounds (Director)

2021

[ ] Annea Lockwood: A Film About Listening (Director)

2023

[ ] 32 Sounds (Director)

2026

[ ] The Oldest Person in the World (Director)

Editing

1997

[ ] The Rainbow Man/John 3:16 (Editor)

2002

[ ] The Weather Underground (Editor)

2006

[ ] Lot 63, Grave C (Editor)

2008

[ ] Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans (Editor)

2010

[ ] Utopia in Four Movements (Editor)

2011

[ ] The Universal Language (Editor)

2023

[ ] 32 Sounds (Editor)

2026

[ ] The Oldest Person in the World (Editor)

Production

1997

[ ] The Rainbow Man/John 3:16 (Producer)

2002

[ ] The Weather Underground (Producer)

2009

[ ] Utopia, Part 3: The World's Largest Shopping Mall (Producer)

2010

[ ] Utopia in Four Movements (Producer)

2011

[ ] The Universal Language (Producer)

2018

[ ] A Thousand Thoughts (Producer)

Writing

1997

[ ] The Rainbow Man/John 3:16 (Writer)

2011

[ ] The Universal Language (Writer)

2018

[ ] Julius Caesar Was Buried in a Pet Cemetery (Writer)
[ ] A Thousand Thoughts (Writer)

2019

[ ] And with Him Came the West (Writer)

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[ ] Daisy (Writer)

Actor

2023

[ ] 32 Sounds (Self (Narrator))