FILM DIRECTOR

Samuel Fuller

1912 - 1997

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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 Shot Jesse James (1949). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Samuel Fuller has received more than 829,430 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Samuel Fuller is the 331st most popular film director (up from 338th in 2019), the 2,116th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,197th in 2019) and the 89th most popular American Film Director.

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  • 3.26

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Samuel Fuller ranks 331 out of 2,041. Before him are Steven Soderbergh, Garry Marshall, Leo McCarey, George Roy Hill, Jane Campion, and Gustav Ucicky. After him are Jan de Bont, William Kennedy Dickson, Anthony Minghella, Jean Rouch, Chen Kaige, and Claude Sautet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Samuel Fuller ranks 99. Before him are Princess Deokhye, Jiří Trnka, Gordon Gollob, Woody Guthrie, Sohn Kee-chung, and Philibert Tsiranana. After him are Jean Améry, Igor Markevitch, Yuen Siu-tien, Fritz Fischer, Khertek Anchimaa-Toka, and Edmond Jabès. Among people deceased in 1997, Samuel Fuller ranks 83. Before him are Gunpei Yokoi, Amado Carrillo Fuentes, Héctor Yazalde, Teiichi Matsumaru, Manfred von Ardenne, and Stig Anderson. After him are Virgilio Barco Vargas, Hastings Banda, François Furet, Kunihiko Kodaira, Giuseppe De Santis, and Michael Hutchence.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Samuel Fuller ranks 2,116 out of 20,380. Before him are Cus D'Amato (1908), Kurtwood Smith (1943), Georgina Spelvin (1936), Chris Rock (1965), James Dwight Dana (1813), and The Undertaker (1965). After him are Oscar Robertson (1938), Michael Jeter (1952), Alex Borstein (1971), Joseph Greenberg (1915), Clair Cameron Patterson (1922), and Cochise (1805).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Samuel Fuller ranks 89. Before him are Darren Aronofsky (1969), King Vidor (1894), Steven Soderbergh (1963), Garry Marshall (1934), Leo McCarey (1898), and George Roy Hill (1921). After him are Sofia Coppola (1971), Tobe Hooper (1943), Henry King (1886), George Stevens (1904), John Landis (1950), and Stanley Donen (1924).

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Filmography

The Big Red One
Director
A veteran sergeant of World War I leads a squad in World War II, always in the company of the survivor Pvt. Griff, the writer Pvt. Zab, the Sicilian Pvt. Vinci and Pvt. Johnson, in Vichy French Africa, Sicily, D-Day at Omaha Beach, Belgium and France, and ending in a concentration camp in Czechoslovakia where they face the true horror of war.
Jan 22nd 19806.7 / 10
Pickup on South Street
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In New York City, an insolent pickpocket, Skip McCoy, inadvertently sets off a chain of events when he targets ex-prostitute Candy and steals her wallet. Unaware that she has been making deliveries of highly classified information to the communists, Candy, who has been trailed by FBI agents for months in hopes of nabbing the spy ringleader, is sent by her ex-boyfriend, Joey, to find Skip and retrieve the valuable microfilm he now holds.
May 27th 19537.4 / 10
White Dog
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A trainer attempts to retrain a vicious dog that’s been raised to kill black people.
Jul 7th 19826.665 / 10