Description:
At age 17, Samuel Fuller was the youngest reporter ever to be in charge of the events section of the New York Journal. After having participated in the European battle theater in World War II, he directed some minor action productions for which he mostly wrote the scripts himself and which he also produced (e.g. The Baron of Arizona (1950)). His masterpiece was Pickup on South Street (1953) for 20th Century Fox, but at the end of the 1950s, he regained his independence from the production company and filmed many other movies of note, including the controversial White Dog (1982).
Birthday
August 12, 1912
Born In
Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Alternative names
Sam Joe Fuller
, SamJoe Fuller
, Sammy Fuller
, Sam Fuller
, Samuel
Height
168 cm
Spouse/Ex-
Christa Lang July 25, 1967 - October 30, 1997 (his death),Martha Downes Fuller ? - 1959 (divorced)
Trivia
Martin Scorsese once said of Fuller, "It's been said that if you don't like The Rolling Stones, then you just don't like rock and roll. By the same token, I think that if you don't like the films of Sam Fuller, then you just don't like cinema. Or at least you don't understand it.".
Quotes
Film is a battleground. Love, hate, violence, action, death . . . In a word, emotion.
Nickname
Sammy
Salaries
$38,000
Trademarks
Rarely employed major stars and often preferred casting obscure or inexperienced actors
