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Samuel Fuller
Samuel Michael 'Sam' Fuller (August 12, 1912 – October 30, 1997) was an American film director, screenwriter, novelist, journalist, actor, and World War II veteran. He was 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). He then directed various Westerns and war thrillers throughout the 1950s. In the 1960s, Fuller shifted from Westerns and war films with his low-budget thriller 'Shock Corridor' in 1963, followed by the neo-noir 'The Naked Kiss' (1964). He remained inactive in filmmaking for most of the 1970s, before writing and directing the semi-autobiographical war epic 'The Big Red One' (1980), and the drama 'White Dog' (1982). Many of his films influenced French New Wave filmmakers, notably Jean-Luc Godard, who gave Fuller a cameo appearance in 'Pierrot le Fou' (1965). Fuller served as an infantryman in the 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division during World War II, and saw heavy fighting. His wartime experiences often provided material for his movies.
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Given Name: Samuel Michael Fuller
Born: Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S.
Citizenship: U.S.
Birthday: August 12, 1912
Occupations: Director, Screenwriter, Novelist, Journalist, Actor
Years Active: 1936-1994
Children: 1
Spouses: Martha Downes Fuller, Christa Lang
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The Big Red One
The Naked Kiss
House of Bamboo (1955)
Sodankylä Forever
Scene Missing
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
The Real Glory: Reconstructing ‘The Big Red One’
Filmmakers in Action
Motion and Emotion: The Films of Wim Wenders
The Madonna and the Dragon
White Dog
Where Is Musette?
The State of Things
Helsinki Napoli All Night Long
Falkenau, the Impossible
Street of No Return
Slapstick of Another Kind
Thieves After Dark
Fixed Bayonets!
The Steel Helmet
Shark
Cinématon
The Baron of Arizona
The Meanest Men in the West
Golem, the Spirit of Exile
Tigrero: A Film That Was Never Made
Golem: The Petrified Garden
Shock Corridor
The Last Movie
Pickup on South Street
Pierrot le Fou
Brigitte et Brigitte
The End of Violence
Forty Guns
Merrill’s Marauders
Somebody to Love
I Shot Jesse James
La Vie de Bohème
Hell and High Water
Anything for John
China Gate
Dead Pigeon on Beethoven Street
Dogface
Verboten!
The Young Nurses
Underworld U.S.A.
The Typewriter, the Rifle & the Movie Camera
Park Row
Scott Joplin
House of Bamboo
Run of the Arrow
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