Samuel Fuller
Directing
57
Acting Credits
33
Directed
Biography
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 ...
Known For
Filmography
The Road to Jericho
2026
Films to Die For
2025
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
A Fuller Life
2013
as Self
Scene Missing
2012
as Self
Nuits transparentes
2011
Sodankylä Forever
2010
as Self
Carmel
2009
Filmmakers in Action
2006
as Self (archive footage)
The Big Red One: The Reconstruction
2005
as War Correspondent (uncredited)
The Real Glory: Reconstructing 'The Big Red One'
2005
as Himself (archive footage)
Necro not(to b)e
2003
as Sé stesso
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
2002
as Self
The End of Violence
1997
as Louis
The Typewriter, the Rifle & the Movie Camera
1996
as Self
Un Américain en Normandie
1994
as Himself
Tigrero: A Film That Was Never Made
1994
as Self
Somebody to Love
1994
as Sam Silverman
Anything for John
1993
as Self
Golem: The Petrified Garden
1993
as Sam
La Vie de Bohème
1992
as Gassot
Golem, the Spirit of Exile
1992
as Elimelek
Where Is Musette?
1992
as Self
Shock Corridor
1992
as himself
The Madonna and the Dragon
1990
as Chef de bureau Newsweek
Sons
1990
as Father
Motion and Emotion: The Films of Wim Wenders
1990
as Self
Street of No Return
1989
as Police Commissioner
Tell me Sam - Encounters with Sam Fuller
1989
as Himself
David Lansky
1989
Mer de Chine: Le pays pour mémoire
1988
as Le capitaine américain
Falkenau, the Impossible
1988
as Samuel Fuller
A Return to Salem's Lot
1987
as Van Meer
Helsinki Napoli All Night Long
1987
as Boss
Midnight Sun Film Festival
1987
The Bleeding Star
1987
as The Man in the Bar
A Travelling is a Moral Affair
1986
as Himself
Hooray For Holyrood
1986
as Self
Report from Hollywood
1985
Thieves After Dark
1984
as Zoltan
Sam Fuller & the Big Red One
1984
as Self
The State of Things
1982
as Joe
White Dog
1982
as Charlie Felton
Hammett
1982
as Old Man in Pool Hall
Slapstick of Another Kind
1982
as Colonel Sharp
Sam Fuller: Writings with a Camera
1981
as Himself
The Big Red One
1980
as War Correspondent (uncredited)
1941
1979
as Interceptor Commander
Cinématon
1978
as N°602
The American Friend
1977
as The American
Scott Joplin
1977
as Impresario
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
as Self
The Young Nurses
1973
as Doc Haskell
The Last Movie
1971
as Sam
Cinéastes de notre temps : Samuel Fuller
1967
as Interviewee
Brigitte and Brigitte
1966
as Self
Pierrot le Fou
1965
as Samuel Fuller (uncredited)
House of Bamboo
1955
as Japanese policeman (uncredited)