Sam Green
An image from Pie Fight '69, one of the productions that also features Sam Green.
Sam Green

Sam Green

January 1, 1966 — East Lansing, Michigan, USA

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.

The Weather Underground

The Weather Underground

2002

32 Sounds

32 Sounds

2023

The Universal Language

The Universal Language

2011

Pie Fight '69

Pie Fight '69

2000

And with Him Came the West

And with Him Came the West

2019

Lot 63, Grave C

Lot 63, Grave C

2006

The Making of Ladies and Gentlemen, Fabulous Stains

The Making of Ladies and Gentlemen, Fabulous Stains

1999

Annea Lockwood: A Film About Listening

Annea Lockwood: A Film About Listening

2021