Director
Samuel Fuller
August 12, 1912 · Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
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.
Notable work
7.3Pierrot le Fou (1965)
as Samuel Fuller (uncredited)
5.81941 (1979)
as Interceptor Commander
7.1The American Friend (1977)
as The American
6.7The Big Red One (1980)
as War Correspondent (uncredited) and Director and Writer
5.9A Return to Salem's Lot (1987)
as Van Meer
6.6White Dog (1982)
as Charlie Felton and Director
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