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Samuel Fuller
Directing

Samuel Fuller
Known For
Directing
Birthday
1912-08-12,Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Gender
Male
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.

Filmography

7.4

Pierrot le Fou
1965-11-05

Un Américain en Normandie

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Un Américain en Normandie
1994-01-01

The State of Things

6.5

The State of Things
1982-03-22

The American Friend

7.2

The American Friend
1977-06-24

A Return to Salem's Lot

6

A Return to Salem's Lot
1987-09-11

La Vie de Bohème

7.5

La Vie de Bohème
1992-02-27

The End of Violence

5.3

The End of Violence
1997-09-12

The Big Red One

6.7

The Big Red One
1980-01-22

Tigrero: A Film That Was Never Made

6.9

Tigrero: A Film That Was Never Made
1994-03-25

The Typewriter, the Rifle & the Movie Camera

6.4

The Typewriter, the Rifle & the Movie Camera
1996-06-28

Anything for John

6

Anything for John
1993-09-06

Report from Hollywood

0

Report from Hollywood
1985-01-01

The Big Red One : The Reconstruction

8.6

The Big Red One : The Reconstruction
2005-05-03

Brigitte and Brigitte

6.1

Brigitte and Brigitte
1966-12-17

6.6

A Fuller Life
2013-08-28

The Madonna and the Dragon

6

The Madonna and the Dragon
1990-09-01

6.7

White Dog
1982-07-07

Mer de Chine: Le pays pour mémoire

0

Mer de Chine: Le pays pour mémoire
1988-09-08

The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller

5.8

The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
2002-07-02

The Real Glory: Reconstructing 'The Big Red One'

6

The Real Glory: Reconstructing 'The Big Red One'
2005-05-03

Falkenau, the Impossible

7

Falkenau, the Impossible
1988-10-05

Helsinki Napoli All Night Long

5.7

Helsinki Napoli All Night Long
1987-11-13

Edge of Outside

5.8

Edge of Outside
2006-06-11

Golem: The Petrified Garden

4.2

Golem: The Petrified Garden
1993-01-01

House of Bamboo

6.1

House of Bamboo
1955-07-01

Golem, the Spirit of Exile

4.7

Golem, the Spirit of Exile
1992-09-24

The Young Nurses

4.167

The Young Nurses
1973-03-01

Where Is Musette?

0

Where Is Musette?
1992-01-01

Thieves After Dark

4.7

Thieves After Dark
1984-02-27

Street of No Return

5.5

Street of No Return
1989-05-17

7

Carmel
2009-07-12

0

Shock Corridor
1992-01-01

6.2

Hammett
1982-06-09

5.7

The Last Movie
1971-09-29

A Travelling is a Moral Affair

0

A Travelling is a Moral Affair
1986-01-01

Slapstick of Another Kind

2.7

Slapstick of Another Kind
1982-12-09

Cinéastes de notre temps : Samuel Fuller

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Cinéastes de notre temps : Samuel Fuller
1967-09-30

8

Sons
1990-01-01

Filmmakers in Action

6.8

Filmmakers in Action
2006-09-15

Hooray For Holyrood

0

Hooray For Holyrood
1986-08-13

Midnight Sun Film Festival

0

Midnight Sun Film Festival
1987-01-01

Nuits transparentes

0

Nuits transparentes
2011-04-14

6.3

Scene Missing
2012-01-01

Sam Fuller & the Big Red One

0

Sam Fuller & the Big Red One
1984-02-04

4.3

Cinématon
1978-12-20

Tell me Sam - Encounters with Sam Fuller

0

Tell me Sam - Encounters with Sam Fuller
1989-01-09

The Bleeding Star

0

The Bleeding Star
1987-01-01

Motion and Emotion: The Films of Wim Wenders

0

Motion and Emotion: The Films of Wim Wenders
1990-04-25

Sodankylä Forever

0

Sodankylä Forever
2010-08-05

5.8

1941
1979-12-14

6

Scott Joplin
1977-02-11

Somebody to Love

5.2

Somebody to Love
1994-09-27

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

6

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975-01-12

0

David Lansky
1989-04-30