Samuel Fuller
Age: N/A | From: Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Person Details
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Aliases: Sam Fuller , 사무엘 풀러 , 새뮤얼 풀러
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
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Movie Involvements: 128
TV Involvements: 7
Most Famous Work
Biography
Samuel Michael Fuller (August 12, 1912 – October 30, 1997) was an American screenwriter, novelist and film director known for low-budget genre movies with controversial themes. He was born Samuel Michael Fuller in Worcester, Massachusetts, the son of Benjamin Rabinovitch, a Jewish immigrant from Russia, and Rebecca Baum, a Jewish immigrant from Poland. After immigrating to America, the family's surname was changed from Rabinovitch to "Fuller" possibly by inspiration of a Doctor who arrived in America on the Mayflower. At the age of 12, he began working in journalism as a newspaper copyboy. He became a crime reporter in New York City at age 17, working for the New York Evening Graphic. He broke the story of Jeanne Eagels' death. He wrote pulp novels and screenplays from the mid-1930s onwards. Fuller also became a screenplay ghostwriter but would never tell interviewers which screenplays that he ghost-wrote explaining "that's what a ghost writer is for". During World War II, Fuller joined the United States Army infantry. He was assigned to the 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, and saw heavy fighting. He was involved in landings in Africa, Sicily, and Normandy and also saw action in Belgium and Czechoslovakia. In 1945 he was present at the liberation of the German concentration camp at Falkenau and shot 16 mm footage which was used later in the documentary Falkenau: The Impossible. For his service, he was awarded the Bronze Star, the Silver Star, and the Purple Heart. Fuller used his wartime experiences as material in his films, especially in The Big Red One (1980), a nickname of the 1st Infantry Division. After his controversial film "White Dog" was shelved by Paramount pictures, Fuller moved to France, and never directed another American film. Fuller eventually returned to America. He died of natural causes in his California home. In November 1997, the Directors Guild held a three hour memorial in his honor, hosted by Curtis Hanson, his long time friend and co-writer on White Dog. He was survived by his wife Christa and daughter Samantha.
Most Famous Work
Scene of the Crime
(1970) Writer
The Virginian
(1962) Director
Shock Corridor
(1963) Screenplay
The Big Red One
(1980) Writer
The Dick Powell Show
(1961) Director
The Naked Kiss
(1964) Writer
White Dog
(1982) Screenplay
Pickup on South Street
(1953) ScreenplayActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Self | |
| 2012 | Self | |
| 2011 | N/A | |
| 2010 | Self | |
| 2009 | N/A | |
| 2006 | Self (archive footage) | |
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| 2005 | Himself (archive footage) | |
| War Correspondent (uncredited) | ||
| 2002 | Self | |
| 1997 | Louis | |
| 1996 | Self | |
| 1995 | Self | |
| 1994 | Sam Silverman | |
| Himself | ||
| Self | ||
| 1993 | Self | |
| Sam | ||
| 1992 | Elimelek | |
| Gassot | ||
| himself | ||
| self | ||
| 1990 | Chef de bureau Newsweek | |
| Self | ||
| Father | ||
| 1989 | Police Commissioner | |
| N/A | ||
| Himself | ||
| 1988 | Samuel Fuller | |
| Le capitaine américain | ||
| 1987 | Boss | |
| Van Meer | ||
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1986 | Himself | |
| Himself | ||
| 1985 | N/A | |
| 1984 | Zoltan | |
| Himself | ||
| 1982 | Colonel Sharp | |
| Charlie Felton | ||
| Old Man in Pool Hall | ||
| Joe | ||
| 1980 | War Correspondent (uncredited) | |
| 1979 | Interceptor Commander | |
| 1978 | N°602 | |
| 1977 | Impresario | |
| The American | ||
| 1975 | Self | |
| 1973 | Doc Haskell | |
| 1971 | Sam | |
| 1967 | Interviewee | |
| 1966 | Self | |
| 1965 | Samuel Fuller (uncredited) | |
| 1955 | Japanese policeman (uncredited) | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Book | |
| 2005 | Writer | |
| 1994 | Writer | |
| 1990 | Screenplay | |
| Writer | ||
| 1989 | Screenplay | |
| Dialogue | ||
| 1986 | Story | |
| 1984 | Writer | |
| 1982 | Screenplay | |
| 1980 | Writer | |
| 1978 | Screenplay | |
| 1974 | Screenplay | |
| 1973 | Story | |
| 1972 | Writer | |
| 1970 | Writer | |
| 1969 | Screenplay | |
| 1968 | Screenplay | |
| 1967 | Writer | |
| 1964 | Writer | |
| 1963 | Screenplay | |
| 1962 | Writer | |
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| 1961 | Writer | |
| 1959 | Writer | |
| Writer | ||
| Writer | ||
| 1957 | Screenplay | |
| Writer | ||
| Screenplay | ||
| 1954 | Writer | |
| Screenplay | ||
| 1953 | Screenplay | |
| 1952 | Writer | |
| Novel | ||
| 1951 | Screenplay | |
| Story | ||
| Writer | ||
| 1950 | Writer | |
| 1949 | Writer | |
| Writer | ||
| 1945 | Story | |
| 1943 | Screenplay | |
| Story | ||
| 1941 | Story | |
| 1940 | Original Story | |
| Screenplay | ||
| 1939 | Writer | |
| 1938 | Story | |
| Story | ||
| Story | ||
| Screenplay | ||
| 1937 | Screenplay | |
| 1936 | Screenplay | |
| Story | ||
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Directing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Director | |
| 1990 | Director | |
| Director | ||
| 1989 | Director | |
| 1984 | Director | |
| 1982 | Director | |
| 1980 | Director | |
| 1978 | Director | |
| 1972 | Director | |
| 1970 | Director | |
| 1969 | Director | |
| 1964 | Director | |
| 1963 | Director | |
| 1962 | Director | |
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| 1961 | Director | |
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| 1959 | Director | |
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| 1957 | Director | |
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| 1955 | Director | |
| 1954 | Director | |
| 1953 | Director | |
| 1952 | Director | |
| 1951 | Director | |
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| 1950 | Director | |
| 1949 | Director | |
| 1945 | Director | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1964 | Producer | |
| 1963 | Producer | |
| 1961 | Producer | |
| 1959 | Producer | |
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| 1957 | Producer | |
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| 1952 | Producer | |
| 1951 | Producer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Crew
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1955 | Additional Dialogue | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |