Directed credits
81
Prolific
Very extensive directing filmography.
Director
Sam Nelson
Directing
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
0.6
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Directed movies: 81Directed series: 0All crew credits: 85
TMDB ID: 940683
IMDb ID: nm0625726
Known for: Directing
Born: May 11, 1896
Died: May 1, 1963
Age: 66
Place of birth: Whttier, California, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1925 - 1987
Years active: 63
Average TMDB rating: 6.67
Wikidata: Q3470523
Frequent jobs
Assistant Director (55)Director (26)Producer (1)Second Unit (1)Special Effects (1)Writer (1)
Biography
Sam Nelson was a director and assistant director who worked from the end of the silent era right up through the early 1960s. While most of his film work was in the assistant director role, he did direct over 20 films during the 1930s and 1940s, all of which were westerns. As an assistant director he worked on such notable films as Pennies from Heaven, And Then There Were None, All the King's Men, the original 3:10 to Yuma, Some Like It Hot, A Raisin in the Sun, and Spartacus. In addition he appeared in over a dozen films in small roles. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Movies
Directed Movies
Movies directed by Sam Nelson.
7.1
Experiment in Terror
Assistant Director
1962 Movie
4.9
By Love Possessed
Assistant Director
1961 Movie
7.7
A Raisin in the Sun
Assistant Director
1961 Movie
5.9
The Wackiest Ship in the Army
Assistant Director
1960 Movie
5.6
Let No Man Write My Epitaph
Assistant Director
1960 Movie
6.7
Comanche Station
Assistant Director
1960 Movie
8.1
Some Like It Hot
Assistant Director
1959 Movie
6.2
Good Day for a Hanging
Assistant Director
1959 Movie
7.2
The Last Hurrah
Assistant Director
1958 Movie
4.7
Fifi Blows Her Top
Assistant Director
1958 Movie
6.3
Cowboy
Assistant Director
1958 Movie
6.3
Decision at Sundown
Assistant Director
1957 Movie
4.5
Rusty Romeos
Assistant Director
1957 Movie
7.3
3:10 to Yuma
Assistant Director
1957 Movie
7.0
The Tall T
Assistant Director
1957 Movie
4.7
The Man Who Turned to Stone
Assistant Director
1957 Movie
5.7
Don't Knock The Rock
Assistant Director
1956 Movie
7.2
Reprisal!
Assistant Director
1956 Movie
6.6
The White Squaw
Assistant Director
1956 Movie
6.1
The Last Frontier
Assistant Director
1955 Movie
6.5
My Sister Eileen
Assistant Director
1955 Movie
6.4
The Violent Men
Assistant Director
1955 Movie
4.7
Three Hours to Kill
Assistant Director
1954 Movie
6.3
Affair in Trinidad
Assistant Director
1952 Movie
Movies
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with Sam Nelson.
8.1
Some Like It Hot
Assistant Director
1959 Movie
7.7
A Raisin in the Sun
Assistant Director
1961 Movie
7.3
The Lady from Shanghai
Assistant Director
1947 Movie
7.3
3:10 to Yuma
Assistant Director
1957 Movie
7.1
Experiment in Terror
Assistant Director
1962 Movie
7.0
And Then There Were None
Assistant Director
1945 Movie
7.0
All the King's Men
Assistant Director
1949 Movie
7.0
The Tall T
Assistant Director
1957 Movie
6.7
Comanche Station
Assistant Director
1960 Movie
6.3
Decision at Sundown
Assistant Director
1957 Movie
5.4
The Outlaw
Assistant Director
1943 Movie
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Sam Nelson.
8.1
Some Like It Hot
Assistant Director
1959 Movie
4.5
Rusty Romeos
Assistant Director
1957 Movie
6.5
My Sister Eileen
Assistant Director
1955 Movie
7.3
3:10 to Yuma
Assistant Director
1957 Movie
7.3
The Lady from Shanghai
Assistant Director
1947 Movie
5.4
The Outlaw
Assistant Director
1943 Movie
6.2
Rain or Shine
Assistant Director
1930 Movie
6.2
Way Back Home
Assistant Director
1931 Movie
7.1
Experiment in Terror
Assistant Director
1962 Movie
6.1
The Last Frontier
Assistant Director
1955 Movie
7.2
The Last Hurrah
Assistant Director
1958 Movie
7.0
And Then There Were None
Assistant Director
1945 Movie
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Sam Nelson.
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Sam Nelson.
