Sam Green

Profile

Sam Green is a New York-based documentary filmmaker. He received his Master’s Degree in Journalism from University of California Berkeley, where he studied documentary with acclaimed filmmaker Marlon Riggs. Green’s most recent projects are “live documentaries” including his most recent film, 32 SOUNDS, which premiered at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival and is a live cinema collaboration with the legendary electronic musician JD Samson. Green’s previous live cinema works include A THOUSAND THOUGHTS, a collaboration with classical ensemble Kronos Quartet, and THE LOVE SONG OF R. BUCKMINSTER FULLER with the indie band Yo La Tengo. With all of these works, Green narrates the film in person while musicians perform a live soundtrack.

Green’s 2004 feature-length film, the Academy Award-nominated documentary THE WEATHER UNDERGROUND, tells the story of a group of radical young women and men who tried to violently overthrow the United States government during the late 1960s and ’70s. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, was broadcast on PBS, was included in the Whitney Biennial, and has screened widely around the world.

Green is also a prolific maker of short documentaries, including THE RAINBOW MAN/JOHN 3:16, LOT 63, GRAVE C, PIE FIGHT ’69 (directed with Christian Bruno), N-JUDAH 5:30, and THE FABULOUS STAINS: BEHIND THE MOVIE (directed with Sarah Jacobson). He has received grants from the Creative Capital, Rockefeller, and Guggenheim foundations, as well as the National Endowment for the Arts. www.samgreen.to »