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
all 111
Movies 105
Director 33
Writer 27
self 25
TV Shows 6
Narrator 1
En ligne de mire - comment filmer la guerre ? (2016)
A Fuller Life (2013)
Scene Missing (2012)
Nuits transparentes (2011)
Sodankylä Forever (2010)
Carmel (2009)
Filmmakers in Action (2006)
Edge of Outside (2006)
The Real Glory: Reconstructing 'The Big Red One' (2005)
The Big Red One : The Reconstruction (2005)
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller (2002)
The End of Violence (1997)
The Typewriter, the Rifle & the Movie Camera (1996)
A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies (1995)
Digging Your Own Grave (1995)
Somebody to Love (1994)
Girls in Prison (1994)
Tigrero: A Film That Was Never Made (1994)
Un Américain en Normandie (1994)
Anything for John (1993)
Golem: The Petrified Garden (1993)
Golem, l'esprit de l'exil (1992)
La Vie de Bohème (1992)
Shock Corridor (1992)
Where Is Musette? (1992)
The Madonna and the Dragon (1990)
Motion and Emotion: The Films of Wim Wenders (1990)
Chillers (1990)
Sons (1990)
Street of No Return (1989)
David Lansky (1989)
Tell me Sam - Encounters with Sam Fuller (1989)
Falkenau, the Impossible (1988)
Mer de Chine: Le pays pour mémoire (1988)
Helsinki Napoli All Night Long (1987)
A Return to Salem's Lot (1987)
The Bleeding Star (1987)
Midnight Sun Film Festival (1987)
Let's Get Harry (1986)
Hooray For Holyrood (1986)
A Travelling is a Moral Affair (1986)
Report from Hollywood (1985)
Thieves After Dark (1984)
Sam Fuller & the Big Red One (1984)
Slapstick (Of Another Kind) (1982)
White Dog (1982)
Hammett (1982)
The State of Things (1982)
The Big Red One (1980)
1941 (1979)
Cinématon (1978)
The Meanest Men in the West (1978)
The American Friend (1977)
Scott Joplin (1977)
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche (1975)
The Klansman (1974)
The Deadly Trackers (1973)
The Young Nurses (1973)
Dead Pigeon on Beethoven Street (1972)
The Last Movie (1971)
Scene of the Crime (1970)
Shark (1969)
Targets (1968)
Cinéastes de notre temps: Samuel Fuller, Independent Filmmaker (1967)
The Cape Town Affair (1967)
Made in U.S.A (1967)
Brigitte and Brigitte (1966)
Pierrot le Fou (1965)
The Naked Kiss (1964)
Shock Corridor (1963)
The Virginian (1962)
Merrill's Marauders (1962)
The Dick Powell Show (1961)
Underworld U.S.A. (1961)
The Crimson Kimono (1959)
Verboten! (1959)
Dogface (1959)
The Story of Esther Costello (1957)
Forty Guns (1957)
Run of the Arrow (1957)
China Gate (1957)
House of Bamboo (1955)
Prince of Players (1955)
The Command (1954)
Hell and High Water (1954)
Pickup on South Street (1953)
Park Row (1952)
Scandal Sheet (1952)
Fixed Bayonets! (1951)
The Tanks Are Coming (1951)
The Steel Helmet (1951)
Gambling House (1950)
The Baron of Arizona (1950)
I Shot Jesse James (1949)
Shockproof (1949)
Gangs of the Waterfront (1945)
V-E +1 (1945)
Margin for Error (1943)
Power of the Press (1943)
Confirm or Deny (1941)
Bowery Boy (1940)
Gangs of Chicago (1940)
She Married a Cop (1939)
Federal Man-Hunt (1938)
Adventure in Sahara (1938)
Ladies in Distress (1938)
Gangs of New York (1938)
It Happened in Hollywood (1937)
Hats Off (1936)
I Give My Love (1934)
Metamorphosis of a Melody
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Known ForWriting
GenderMale
Birthday1912-08-12
Deathday1997-10-30 (85 years old)
Birth PlaceWorcester, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsSam Fuller, 사무엘 풀러, 새뮤얼 풀러
AwardsBronze Star Medal, Silver Star, Purple Heart
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