
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.
2026The Oldest Person in the WorldMovieDirector · Editor
202332 SoundsMovieas Self - Narrator (voice) · Director · Editor
2021Annea Lockwood: A Film About ListeningMovieDirector
20207 SoundsMovieDirector
2019Don’t Call Me Gay ZeligMovieDirector
2019And with Him Came the WestMovieWriter
2018A Thousand ThoughtsMovieWriter · Producer · Director
2018Julius Caesar Was Buried in a Pet CemeteryMovieWriter · Director
2017This is What the Future Looked LikeMovieDirector
2014The Measure of All ThingsMovieDirector
2013A Cinematic Study of Fog in San FranciscoMovieDirector
2012The Love Song of R. Buckminster FullerMovieDirector
2011(Commissioned) Portrait of Las VegasMovieDirector
2011The Universal LanguageMovieProducer · Director · Writer · Editor
2010Utopia in Four MovementsMovieEditor · Producer · Director
2009Utopia, Part 3: The World's Largest Shopping MallMovieProducer · Director
2008Clear GlassesMovieDirector
2008Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New OrleansMovieEditor
2006Lot 63, Grave CMovieDirector · Editor
2004N Judah 5:30MovieDirector
2002The Weather UndergroundMovieDirector · Producer · Editor
2000Pie Fight '69MovieDirector
1999The Making of Ladies and Gentlemen, Fabulous StainsMovieDirector
1997The Rainbow Man/John 3:16MovieDirector · Writer · Editor · Producer
1996The Ultimate GuideTV showEditor · 1 episodes