Samuel Fuller
Biografia
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.
Filmografia
Filmy i seriale od najnowszych
The Road to Jericho
Film • 2026
Films to Die For
Film • 2025
jako (archive footage) (uncredited)
A Fuller Life
Film • 2013
jako Self
Scene Missing
Film • 2012
jako Self
Nuits transparentes
Film • 2011
Sodankylä ikuisesti: Elokuvan vuosisata
Serial • 2010
jako Self
Carmel
Film • 2009
Cineastes en acció
Film • 2006
jako Self (archive footage)
The Big Red One: The Reconstruction
Film • 2005
jako War Correspondent (uncredited)
The Real Glory: Reconstructing 'The Big Red One'
Film • 2005
jako Himself (archive footage)
Necro not(to b)e
Film • 2003
jako Sé stesso
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
Film • 2002
jako Self
Koniec przemocy
Film • 1997
jako Louis
The Typewriter, the Rifle & the Movie Camera
Film • 1996
jako Self
Somebody to Love
Film • 1994
jako Sam Silverman
Tigrero: A Film That Was Never Made
Film • 1994
jako Self
Un Américain en Normandie
Film • 1994
jako Himself
Anything for John
Film • 1993
jako Self
Golem, le jardin pétrifié
Film • 1993
jako Sam
Golem, l'esprit de l'exil
Film • 1992
jako Elimelek
Życie cyganerii
Film • 1992
jako Gassot
Missä on Musette?
Film • 1992
jako Self
Il corridore della paura
Film • 1992
jako himself
Tinikling ou La madonne et le dragon
Film • 1990
jako Chef de bureau Newsweek
Motion and Emotion: The Films of Wim Wenders
Film • 1990
jako Self
Sons
Film • 1990
jako Father
Street of No Return
Film • 1989
jako Police Commissioner
David Lansky
Serial • 1989
Tell me Sam - Encounters with Sam Fuller
Film • 1989
jako Himself
Falkenau, vision de l'impossible
Film • 1988
jako Samuel Fuller
Mer de Chine: Le pays pour mémoire
Film • 1988
jako Le capitaine américain
Helsinki Napoli All Night Long
Film • 1987
jako Boss
Powrót do miasteczka Salem
Film • 1987
jako Van Meer
Sodankylän elokuvajuhlat
Film • 1987
L'étoile de Sang
Film • 1987
jako The Man in the Bar
Hooray For Holyrood
Film • 1986
jako Self
A Travelling is a Moral Affair
Film • 1986
jako Himself
Report from Hollywood
Film • 1985
Les Voleurs de la nuit
Film • 1984
jako Zoltan
Sam Fuller & the Big Red One
Film • 1984
jako Self
Slapstick of Another Kind
Film • 1982
jako Colonel Sharp
Biały Pies
Film • 1982
jako Charlie Felton
Opowieści Hammetta
Film • 1982
jako Old Man in Pool Hall
Stan rzeczy
Film • 1982
jako Joe
Sam Fuller: Writings with a Camera
Film • 1981
jako Himself
Wielka czerwona jedynka
Film • 1980
jako War Correspondent (uncredited)
1941
Film • 1979
jako Interceptor Commander
Cinématon
Film • 1978
jako N°602
Amerykański przyjaciel
Film • 1977
jako The American
Scott Joplin
Film • 1977
jako Impresario
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Serial • 1975
jako Self
The Young Nurses
Film • 1973
jako Doc Haskell
The Last Movie
Film • 1971
jako Sam
Cinéastes de notre temps : Samuel Fuller
Film • 1967
jako Interviewee
Brigitte et Brigitte
Film • 1966
jako Self
Szalony Piotruś
Film • 1965
jako Samuel Fuller (uncredited)
House of Bamboo
Film • 1955
jako Japanese policeman (uncredited)