Sam Nelson
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
The Midnight Flyer
(Assistant Director)
Don't Knock The Rock
(Assistant Director)
The Doolins of Oklahoma
(Assistant Director)
The Outlaw
(Assistant Director)
The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
(Director)
Mandrake the Magician
(Director)
Overland with Kit Carson
(Director)
Rain or Shine
(Assistant Director)
Washington Merry-Go-Round
(Assistant Director)
The Last Hurrah
(Assistant Director)
Konga, the Wild Stallion
(Director)
Cowboy
(Assistant Director)
The Violent Men
(Assistant Director)
The Tall T
(Assistant Director)
Decision at Sundown
(Assistant Director)
Bullets for Rustlers
(Director)
The Man from Sundown
(Director)
Outlaws of the Prairie
(Director)
The White Squaw
(Assistant Director)
West of the Santa Fe
(Director)
The Stranger from Texas
(Director)
Pioneers of the Frontier
(Director)
Western Caravans
(Director)
Fifi Blows Her Top
(Assistant Director)
No More Orchids
(Assistant Director)
Rusty Romeos
(Assistant Director)
The Menace
(Producer)
Way Back Home
(Assistant Director)
A Raisin in the Sun
(Assistant Director)
Some Like It Hot
(Assistant Director)
Mexicali Rose
(Assistant Director)
Texas Stampede
(Director)
Prairie Schooners
(Director)
Santa Fe
(Assistant Director)
Bandit Ranger
(Second Unit)
The Lady from Shanghai
(Assistant Director)
3:10 to Yuma
(Assistant Director)
Parents on Trial
(Director)
What's Love
(Special Effects)
A Walk in the Sun
(Assistant Director)
Sagebrush Law
(Director)
Experiment in Terror
(Assistant Director)
Rio Grande
(Director)
North of the Yukon
(Director)
The Avenging Rider
(Director)
Ann Carver's Profession
(Assistant Director)
All the King's Men
(Assistant Director)
Outlaws of the Panhandle
(Director)
The Last Frontier
(Assistant Director)
Gallant Journey
(Assistant Director)
Good Day for a Hanging
(Assistant Director)
My Sister Eileen
(Assistant Director)
Comanche Station
(Assistant Director)
Mandrake the Magician
(Director)
The Man Who Turned to Stone
(Assistant Director)
Reprisal!
(Assistant Director)
Three Hours to Kill
(Assistant Director)
Pennies from Heaven
(Assistant Director)
Jack London
(Assistant Director)
It Had to Be You
(Assistant Director)
And Then There Were None
(Assistant Director)
Colorado Trail
(Director)
The Miracle Woman
(Assistant Director)
The Corsican Brothers
(Assistant Director)
Guest in the House
(Assistant Director)
Tell It to the Judge
(Assistant Director)
Affair in Trinidad
(Assistant Director)
The Walking Hills
(Assistant Director)
The Wackiest Ship in the Army
(Assistant Director)
No Sad Songs for Me
(Assistant Director)
By Love Possessed
(Assistant Director)