Samuel Fuller(1912-1997)
- Writer
- Director
- Actor
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).
