Samuel Fuller

Samuel Fuller

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.
    Known for
    Directing
    Place of birth
    Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
    Birthday
    8/12/1912
Pierrot le Fou
Pierrot le Fou
7.4
Un Américain en Normandie
0
The State of Things
The State of Things
6.5
The American Friend
The American Friend
7.2
A Return to Salem's Lot
A Return to Salem's Lot
6
La Vie de Bohème
La Vie de Bohème
7.5
The End of Violence
The End of Violence
5.3
The Big Red One
The Big Red One
6.7
Tigrero: A Film That Was Never Made
Tigrero: A Film That Was Never Made
6.9
The Typewriter, the Rifle & the Movie Camera
The Typewriter, the Rifle & the Movie Camera
6.2
Anything for John
Anything for John
6
Report from Hollywood
0
The Big Red One : The Reconstruction
The Big Red One : The Reconstruction
8.6
Brigitte and Brigitte
Brigitte and Brigitte
6.1
A Fuller Life
A Fuller Life
6.6
The Madonna and the Dragon
The Madonna and the Dragon
6
White Dog
White Dog
6.7
Mer de Chine: Le pays pour mémoire
Mer de Chine: Le pays pour mémoire
0
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
5.8
The Real Glory: Reconstructing 'The Big Red One'
The Real Glory: Reconstructing 'The Big Red One'
6
Falkenau, the Impossible
Falkenau, the Impossible
7
Helsinki Napoli All Night Long
Helsinki Napoli All Night Long
5.7
Edge of Outside
Edge of Outside
5.8
Golem: The Petrified Garden
4.2
House of Bamboo
House of Bamboo
6.1
Golem, l'esprit de l'exil
Golem, l'esprit de l'exil
4.7
The Young Nurses
The Young Nurses
4.2
Where Is Musette?
Where Is Musette?
0
Street of No Return
Street of No Return
5.5
Thieves After Dark
Thieves After Dark
4.7
Carmel
Carmel
7
Shock Corridor
Shock Corridor
0
Hammett
Hammett
6.2
The Last Movie
The Last Movie
5.6
A Travelling is a Moral Affair
0
Slapstick of Another Kind
Slapstick of Another Kind
2.7
Cinéastes de notre temps : Samuel Fuller
0
Sons
Sons
8
Filmmakers in Action
Filmmakers in Action
6.8
Hooray For Holyrood
0
Midnight Sun Film Festival
0
Nuits transparentes
Nuits transparentes
0
Scene Missing
Scene Missing
6.3
Sam Fuller & the Big Red One
Sam Fuller & the Big Red One
0
Cinématon
Cinématon
4.3
Tell me Sam - Encounters with Sam Fuller
0
The Bleeding Star
The Bleeding Star
0
Motion and Emotion: The Films of Wim Wenders
Motion and Emotion: The Films of Wim Wenders
0
Sodankylä Forever
Sodankylä Forever
0
1941
1941
5.8
Scott Joplin
Scott Joplin
6
Somebody to Love
Somebody to Love
5.2
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