Directed credits
17
Established
Strong directing catalog.
Director
Sam Green
Directing
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Directed movies: 17Directed series: 0All crew credits: 25
TMDB ID: 130140
IMDb ID: nm0338316
Known for: Directing
Born: January 1, 1966
Age: 60
Place of birth: East Lansing, Michigan, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1996 - 2026
Years active: 31
Average TMDB rating: 6.7
Wikidata: Q534662
Also known as
Сэм Грин
Frequent jobs
Director (17)Editor (3)Writer (3)Producer (2)
Biography
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.
Movies
Directed Movies
Movies directed by Sam Green.
The Oldest Person in the World
Director
2026 Movie
5.4
32 Sounds
Director
2023 Movie
6.0
Annea Lockwood: A Film About Listening
Director
2021 Movie
7 Sounds
Director
2020 Movie
Don’t Call Me Gay Zelig
Director
2019 Movie
This is What the Future Looked Like
Director
2017 Movie
The Measure of All Things
Director
2014 Movie
A Cinematic Study of Fog in San Francisco
Director
2013 Movie
The Love Song of R. Buckminster Fuller
Director
2012 Movie
(Commissioned) Portrait of Las Vegas
Director
2011 Movie
Clear Glasses
Director
2008 Movie
9.0
Lot 63, Grave C
Director
2006 Movie
N Judah 5:30
Director
2004 Movie
6.7
The Weather Underground
Director
2002 Movie
5.0
Pie Fight '69
Director
2000 Movie
8.0
The Making of Ladies and Gentlemen, Fabulous Stains
Director
1999 Movie
6.0
The Rainbow Man/John 3:16
Director
1997 Movie
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Sam Green.
5.4
32 Sounds
Director
2023 Movie
Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans
Editor
2008 Movie
6.7
The Weather Underground
Director
2002 Movie
Utopia, Part 3: The World's Largest Shopping Mall
Producer
2009 Movie
The Oldest Person in the World
Director
2026 Movie
8.0
The Making of Ladies and Gentlemen, Fabulous Stains
Director
1999 Movie
6.0
And with Him Came the West
Writer
2019 Movie
6.0
Annea Lockwood: A Film About Listening
Director
2021 Movie
6.0
The Universal Language
Producer
2011 Movie
5.0
Julius Caesar Was Buried in a Pet Cemetery
Writer
2018 Movie
A Cinematic Study of Fog in San Francisco
Director
2013 Movie
9.0
Lot 63, Grave C
Director
2006 Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Sam Green.
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Sam Green.
6.0
And with Him Came the West
Writer
2019 Movie
A Thousand Thoughts
Writer
2018 Movie
5.0
Julius Caesar Was Buried in a Pet Cemetery
Writer
2018 Movie
6.0
The Universal Language
Producer
2011 Movie
Utopia in Four Movements
Editor
2010 Movie
Utopia, Part 3: The World's Largest Shopping Mall
Producer
2009 Movie
Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans
Editor
2008 Movie
Series
Other Crew Work in Series
Additional series credits for Sam Green.
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Sam Green.