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Sam Green
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…
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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.
Filmography
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2026
The Oldest Person in the World
Movie Director
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2023
32 Sounds
Movie Self - Narrator (voice)
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2021
Annea Lockwood: A Film About Listening
Movie Director
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2020
7 Sounds
Movie Director
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2019
Don’t Call Me Gay Zelig
Movie Director
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2019
And with Him Came the West
Movie Writer
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2018
A Thousand Thoughts
Movie Writer
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2018
Julius Caesar Was Buried in a Pet Cemetery
Movie Writer
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2017
This is What the Future Looked Like
Movie Director
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2014
The Measure of All Things
Movie Director
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2013
Love Letter to the Fog
Movie Director
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2013
A Cinematic Study of Fog in San Francisco
Movie Director
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2012
The Love Song of R. Buckminster Fuller
Movie Director
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2011
(Commissioned) Portrait of Las Vegas
Movie Director
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2011
The Universal Language
Movie Producer
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2010
Utopia in Four Movements
Movie Editor
More credits
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2009
Utopia, Part 3: The World's Largest Shopping Mall
Movie Producer
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2008
Clear Glasses
Movie Director
- 2008
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2006
Lot 63, Grave C
Movie Director
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2004
N Judah 5:30
Movie Director
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2002
The Weather Underground
Movie Director
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2000
Pie Fight '69
Movie Director
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1999
The Making of Ladies and Gentlemen, Fabulous Stains
Movie Director
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1997
The Rainbow Man/John 3:16
Movie Director
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1996
The Ultimate Guide
TV show Editor
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Daisy
Movie Writer
