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Samuel Fuller‌

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Male

Birthday

calendar1912-08-12

Popularity

star6.3

Samuel Fuller

Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Samuel Fuller

Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1912-08-12

Popularity

star6.3

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.

Movie Credits

Pierrot le Fou

Pierrot le Fou‌
star7.4
calendar 1965

Un Américain en Normandie

Un Américain en Normandie‌
star0.0
calendar 1994

The State of Things

The State of Things‌
star6.5
calendar 1982

The American Friend

The American Friend‌
star7.2
calendar 1977

A Return to Salem's Lot

A Return to Salem's Lot‌
star6.0
calendar 1987

La Vie de Bohème

La Vie de Bohème‌
star7.5
calendar 1992

The End of Violence

The End of Violence‌
star5.3
calendar 1997

The Big Red One

The Big Red One‌
star6.7
calendar 1980

Tigrero: A Film That Was Never Made

Tigrero: A Film That Was Never Made‌
star6.9
calendar 1994

The Typewriter, the Rifle & the Movie Camera

The Typewriter, the Rifle & the Movie Camera‌
star6.4
calendar 1996

Anything for John

Anything for John‌
star6.0
calendar 1993

Report from Hollywood

Report from Hollywood‌
star0.0
calendar 1985

The Big Red One : The Reconstruction

The Big Red One : The Reconstruction‌
star8.6
calendar 2005

Brigitte and Brigitte

Brigitte and Brigitte‌
star6.1
calendar 1966

A Fuller Life

A Fuller Life‌
star6.6
calendar 2013

The Madonna and the Dragon

The Madonna and the Dragon‌
star6.0
calendar 1990

White Dog

White Dog‌
star6.7
calendar 1982

Mer de Chine: Le pays pour mémoire

Mer de Chine: Le pays pour mémoire‌
star0.0
calendar 1988

The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller

The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller‌
star5.8
calendar 2002

The Real Glory: Reconstructing 'The Big Red One'

The Real Glory: Reconstructing 'The Big Red One'‌
star6.0
calendar 2005

Falkenau, the Impossible

Falkenau, the Impossible‌
star7.0
calendar 1988

Helsinki Napoli All Night Long

Helsinki Napoli All Night Long‌
star5.7
calendar 1987

Edge of Outside

Edge of Outside‌
star5.8
calendar 2006

Golem: The Petrified Garden

Golem: The Petrified Garden‌
star4.2
calendar 1993

House of Bamboo

House of Bamboo‌
star6.1
calendar 1955

Golem, l'esprit de l'exil

Golem, l'esprit de l'exil‌
star4.7
calendar 1992

The Young Nurses

The Young Nurses‌
star4.2
calendar 1973

Where Is Musette?

Where Is Musette?‌
star0.0
calendar 1992

Street of No Return

Street of No Return‌
star5.5
calendar 1989

Thieves After Dark

Thieves After Dark‌
star4.7
calendar 1984

Carmel

Carmel‌
star7.0
calendar 2009

Shock Corridor

Shock Corridor‌
star0.0
calendar 1992

Hammett

Hammett‌
star6.2
calendar 1982

The Last Movie

The Last Movie‌
star5.6
calendar 1971

A Travelling is a Moral Affair

A Travelling is a Moral Affair‌
star0.0
calendar 1986

Slapstick of Another Kind

Slapstick of Another Kind‌
star2.7
calendar 1982

Cinéastes de notre temps : Samuel Fuller

Cinéastes de notre temps : Samuel Fuller‌
star0.0
calendar 1967

Sons

Sons‌
star8.0
calendar 1990

Filmmakers in Action

Filmmakers in Action‌
star6.8
calendar 2006

Hooray For Holyrood

Hooray For Holyrood‌
star0.0
calendar 1986

Midnight Sun Film Festival

Midnight Sun Film Festival‌
star0.0
calendar 1987

Nuits transparentes

Nuits transparentes‌
star0.0
calendar 2011

Scene Missing

Scene Missing‌
star6.3
calendar 2012

Sam Fuller & the Big Red One

Sam Fuller & the Big Red One‌
star0.0
calendar 1984

Cinématon

Cinématon‌
star4.3
calendar 1978

Tell me Sam - Encounters with Sam Fuller

Tell me Sam - Encounters with Sam Fuller‌
star0.0
calendar 1989

The Bleeding Star

The Bleeding Star‌
star0.0
calendar 1987

Motion and Emotion: The Films of Wim Wenders

Motion and Emotion: The Films of Wim Wenders‌
star0.0
calendar 1990

Sodankylä Forever

Sodankylä Forever‌
star0.0
calendar 2010

1941

1941‌
star5.8
calendar 1979

Scott Joplin

Scott Joplin‌
star6.0
calendar 1977

Somebody to Love

Somebody to Love‌
star5.2
calendar 1994

Tv Credits

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche‌
star6.0
calendar 1975

David Lansky

David Lansky‌
star0.0
calendar 1989