Sam Nelson
Directing · Assistant Director · Director · Producer
Born May 11, 1896 · Whttier, California, USA
Active 1925–1963
Sam Nelson was a director and assistant director who worked from the end of the silent era right up through the early 1960s.
Filmography
Some Like It Hot (1959) — Assistant DirectorThe Lady from Shanghai (1947) — Captain of Yacht Circe (uncredited) · Assistant Director3:10 to Yuma (1957) — Assistant DirectorAnd Then There Were None (1945) — Assistant DirectorA Raisin in the Sun (1961) — Assistant DirectorAll the King's Men (1949) — Assistant DirectorThe Tall T (1957) — Assistant DirectorExperiment in Terror (1962) — Assistant DirectorComanche Station (1960) — Assistant DirectorThe Last Hurrah (1958) — Assistant DirectorDecision at Sundown (1957) — Assistant DirectorCowboy (1958) — Assistant DirectorThe Miracle Woman (1931) — Assistant DirectorThe Violent Men (1955) — Assistant DirectorAffair in Trinidad (1952) — Assistant DirectorThe Outlaw (1943) — Assistant DirectorA Walk in the Sun (1945) — Assistant DirectorSanta Fe (1951) — Assistant DirectorThe Wackiest Ship in the Army (1960) — Assistant DirectorMy Sister Eileen (1955) — Assistant DirectorThe Swift Shadow (1927) — JimCrooks Can't Win (1928) — Danny MaloneThe Midnight Flyer (1925) — Assistant DirectorKonga, the Wild Stallion (1939) — Director