Samuel Fuller

Samuel Fuller

Directing

Born August 12, 1912 · Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

33 films as director · Active 1945–2005

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 Mic…

Known for

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

1975

Filmmakers in Action

Filmmakers in Action

2006

Where Is Musette?

Where Is Musette?

1992

1941

1941

1979

Scene Missing

Scene Missing

2012

Pierrot le Fou

Pierrot le Fou

1965

House of Bamboo

House of Bamboo

1955

Somebody to Love

Somebody to Love

1994

Directed(33)

The Big Red One: The Reconstruction

2005The Big Red One: The Reconstruction★ 8.4

The Madonna and the Dragon

1990The Madonna and the Dragon★ 6.7

The Day of Reckoning

1990The Day of Reckoning★ 7.0

Street of No Return

1989Street of No Return★ 5.2

Thieves After Dark

1984Thieves After Dark★ 5.3

White Dog

1982White Dog★ 6.6

The Big Red One

1980The Big Red One★ 6.7

The Meanest Men in the West

1978The Meanest Men in the West★ 4.4

Dead Pigeon on Beethoven Street

1972Dead Pigeon on Beethoven Street★ 7.0

Shark

1969Shark★ 4.3

The Naked Kiss

1964The Naked Kiss★ 7.0

Shock Corridor

1963Shock Corridor★ 7.0

Merrill's Marauders

1962Merrill's Marauders★ 6.2

Underworld U.S.A.

1961Underworld U.S.A.★ 7.0

The Crimson Kimono

1959The Crimson Kimono★ 6.6

Verboten!

1959Verboten!★ 6.7

Dogface

1959Dogface★ 6.0

Run of the Arrow

1957Run of the Arrow★ 6.1

Forty Guns

1957Forty Guns★ 6.6

China Gate

1957China Gate★ 6.2

House of Bamboo

1955House of Bamboo★ 6.2

Hell and High Water

1954Hell and High Water★ 6.0

Pickup on South Street

1953Pickup on South Street★ 7.4

Park Row

1952Park Row★ 6.7

Fixed Bayonets!

1951Fixed Bayonets!★ 6.5

The Steel Helmet

1951The Steel Helmet★ 7.0

The Baron of Arizona

1950The Baron of Arizona★ 6.7

I Shot Jesse James

1949I Shot Jesse James★ 6.2

V-E +1

1945V-E +1★ 6.5

Acting(56)

2025Films to Die For(archive footage) (uncredited)

2013A Fuller LifeSelf

2012Scene MissingSelf

2011Nuits transparentes

2010Sodankylä ForeverSelf

2006Filmmakers in ActionSelf (archive footage)

2005The Big Red One: The ReconstructionWar Correspondent (uncredited)

2005The Real Glory: Reconstructing 'The Big Red One'Himself (archive footage)

2003Necro not(to b)eSé stesso

2002The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel FullerSelf

1997The End of ViolenceLouis

1996The Typewriter, the Rifle & the Movie CameraSelf

1994Somebody to LoveSam Silverman

1994Tigrero: A Film That Was Never MadeSelf

1994Un Américain en NormandieHimself

1993Anything for JohnSelf

1993Golem: The Petrified GardenSam

1992Golem, the Spirit of ExileElimelek

1992La Vie de BohèmeGassot

1992Where Is Musette?Self

1992Shock Corridorhimself

1990The Madonna and the DragonChef de bureau Newsweek

1990Motion and Emotion: The Films of Wim WendersSelf

1989Street of No ReturnPolice Commissioner

1989David Lansky

1989Tell me Sam - Encounters with Sam FullerHimself

1988Falkenau, the ImpossibleSamuel Fuller

1988Mer de Chine: Le pays pour mémoireLe capitaine américain

1987Helsinki Napoli All Night LongBoss

1987A Return to Salem's LotVan Meer

1987Midnight Sun Film Festival

1987The Bleeding StarThe Man in the Bar

1986Hooray For HolyroodSelf

1986A Travelling is a Moral AffairHimself

1985Report from Hollywood

1984Thieves After DarkZoltan

1984Sam Fuller & the Big Red OneSelf

1982Slapstick of Another KindColonel Sharp

1982White DogCharlie Felton

1982HammettOld Man in Pool Hall

1982The State of ThingsJoe

1981Sam Fuller: Writings with a CameraHimself

1980The Big Red OneWar Correspondent (uncredited)

19791941Interceptor Commander

1978CinématonN°602

1977The American FriendThe American

1977Scott JoplinImpresario

1975Les Rendez-vous du dimancheSelf

1973The Young NursesDoc Haskell

1971The Last MovieSam

1967Cinéastes de notre temps : Samuel FullerInterviewee

1966Brigitte and BrigitteSelf

1965Pierrot le FouSamuel Fuller (uncredited)

1955House of BambooJapanese policeman (uncredited)

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