1996
Search results
Samuel Michael "Sam" Fuller (August 12, 1912 – October 30, 1997) was an American film director, screenwriter, novelist, journalist, actor, and World War II veteran known for directing low-budget genre movies with controversial themes, often made outside the conventional studio system. Fuller wrote his first screenplay for Hats Off in 1936, and made his directorial debut with the Western I ...
Samuel Fuller. Writer: Shock Corridor. At age 17, Samuel Fuller was the youngest reporter ever to be in charge of the events section of the New York Journal. After having participated in the European battle theater in World War II, he directed some minor action productions for which he mostly wrote the scripts himself and which he also produced (e.g.
God was sad on this date in 1997 when Sam Fuller passed away in Hollywood, CA. He was not only a director but also a writer. Got his start in European Battle Theater during WW II. Won both the Silver Bronze Star and Purple Heart during the war. I first became aware of him when I developed an interest in film noir back in the 80s and 90s. His films mostly were drama; thrillers and/or war dramas ...
Aug 12, 2010 · Samuel Fuller was an American director known for his gritty action movies. Fuller left school at age 13 and became a copyboy for The New York Journal under editor Arthur Brisbane. While still in his teens, Fuller worked as a reporter, covering the crime beat for the San Diego Sun. It was while
Nov 1, 1997 · Samuel Fuller, a director, screenwriter and producer who was widely viewed as the reigning virtuoso of low-budget films and was ranked by European critics as one of the best directors in the world ...
Oct 23, 2014 · Samuel Fuller directed some of the grittiest, most dynamic American movies of the 20th century, but the twists and turns of his life were just as cinematic.
With narration by Tim Robbins and contributions from Martin Scorsese and Quentin Tarantino, filmmaker Adam Simon looks into director Samuel Fuller's time as ...
Aug 30, 2015 · The daring films of maverick American filmmaker Samuel Fuller (1912- 1997) were so far ahead of their time that only now are they fully appreciated as some of the most bravely outspoken, politically progressive and visually audacious works of the Hollywood studio era.
Samuel Fuller. Writer: Shock Corridor. At age 17, Samuel Fuller was the youngest reporter ever to be in charge of the events section of the New York Journal. After having participated in the European battle theater in World War II, he directed some minor action productions for which he mostly wrote the scripts himself and which he also produced (e.g. The Baron of Arizona (1950)). His ...
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.
