Samuel Fuller

Samuel Fuller

American screenwriter, actor and film director (1912–1997)

Samuel Michael Fuller was an American film director, screenwriter, novelist, journalist, and actor. He was known for directing low-budget genre movies with controversial themes, often made outside the conventional studio system.

Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 20 films (1938–1977) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 6 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▲ Title CreatorLengthFormatColorSound
1938 Adventure in Sahara. Columbia Pictures Corp. 6 reels 16mm B&W sound
1949 I Shot Jesse James. executive producer, Robert L. Lippert; producer, Carl K. Hittleman ; director and script, Samuel Fuller. 81 min. 35mm B&W sound
1949 Shockproof ▶ Handy (Jam) Organization 79 min 16mm B&W sound
1949 Shockproof. Douglas Sirk 79 min. 35mm B&W sound
1951 Fixed Bayonets. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp 92 min. 35mm B&W sound
1951 The Tanks Are Coming. Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. 90 min. 35mm B&W sound
1952 Park Row. Samuel Fuller Productions Inc. 83 min. 35mm B&W sound
1953 Pickup On South Street. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp 80 min. 35mm B&W sound
1954 Hell and High Water Samuel Fuller 103 min Color
1955 House Of Bamboo. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp 102 min 35mm Color sound
1957 China Gate. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp 97 min. 35mm B&W sound
1957 Forty Guns. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp 80 min. 35mm B&W sound
1961 Underworld U.S.A. Samuel Fuller 99 min B&W
1965 Pierrot Le Fou Contemporary Films 110 min 16mm Color sound
1968 Targets MTI Teleprograms / Coronet International Distributed By Simon And Schuster 86 min 16mm Color sound
1968 Targets Peter Bogdanovich 86 min 16mm Color
1968 Targets Peter Bogdanovich 86 min 16mm Color
1969 Shark! Samuel Fuller 92 min Color
1977 The American friend New Yorker 127 mi 16mm Color sound
1977 The American friend. Wim Wenders 121 min 16mm Color sound