Sam Nelson
Directing
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
Known for
Directing84
movieExperiment in Terror
1962
Assistant Director
movieBy Love Possessed
1961
Assistant Director
movieA Raisin in the Sun
1961
Assistant Director
movieThe Wackiest Ship in the Army
1960
Assistant Director
movieLet No Man Write My Epitaph
1960
Assistant Director
movieComanche Station
1960
Assistant Director
movieSome Like It Hot
1959
Assistant Director
movieGood Day for a Hanging
1959
Assistant Director
movieThe Last Hurrah
1958
Assistant Director
movieFifi Blows Her Top
1958
Assistant Director
movieCowboy
1958
Assistant Director
movieDecision at Sundown
1957
Assistant Director
movieRusty Romeos
1957
Assistant Director
movie3:10 to Yuma
1957
Assistant Director
movieThe Tall T
1957
Assistant Director
movieThe Man Who Turned to Stone
1957
Assistant Director
movieDon't Knock The Rock
1956
Assistant Director
movieReprisal!
1956
Assistant Director
movieThe White Squaw
1956
Assistant Director
movieThe Last Frontier
1955
Assistant Director
movieMy Sister Eileen
1955
Assistant Director
movieThe Violent Men
1955
Assistant Director
movieThree Hours to Kill
1954
Assistant Director
movieAffair in Trinidad
1952
Assistant Director
movieSanta Fe
1951
Assistant Director
movieNo Sad Songs for Me
1950
Assistant Director
movieTell It to the Judge
1949
Assistant Director
movieAll the King's Men
1949
Assistant Director
movieThe Doolins of Oklahoma
1949
Assistant Director
movieThe Walking Hills
1949
Assistant Director
movieThe Return of October
1948
Assistant Director
movieThe Lady from Shanghai
1947
Assistant Director
movieIt Had to Be You
1947
Assistant Director
movieGallant Journey
1946
Assistant Director
movieA Walk in the Sun
1945
Assistant Director
movieAnd Then There Were None
1945
Assistant Director
movieGuest in the House
1944
Assistant Director
movieJack London
1943
Assistant Director
movieThe Avenging Rider
1943
Director
movieSagebrush Law
1943
Director
movieThe Outlaw
1943
Assistant Director
movieThe Corsican Brothers
1941
Assistant Director
moviePrairie Schooners
1940
Director
movieBullets for Rustlers
1940
Director
movieMandrake the Magician
1940
Director
movieThe Stranger from Texas
1939
Director
movieParents on Trial
1939
Director
movieThe Man from Sundown
1939
Director
movieWestern Caravans
1939
Director
movieMandrake the Magician
1939
Director
movieNorth of the Yukon
1939
Director
movieTexas Stampede
1939
Director
movieThe Thundering West
1939
Director
movieRio Grande
1938
Director
movieWest of the Santa Fe
1938
Director
movieColorado Trail
1938
Director
movieSouth of Arizona
1938
Director
movieWest of Cheyenne
1938
Director
movieLaw of the Plains
1938
Director
movieCattle Raiders
1938
Director
movieOutlaws of the Prairie
1937
Director
moviePennies from Heaven
1936
Assistant Director
movieAnn Carver's Profession
1933
Assistant Director
movieNo More Orchids
1932
Assistant Director
movieVirtue
1932
Assistant Director
movieWashington Merry-Go-Round
1932
Assistant Director
movieWay Back Home
1931
Assistant Director
movieThe Miracle Woman
1931
Assistant Director
movieRain or Shine
1930
Assistant Director
movieGuilty?
1930
Assistant Director
moviePersonality
1930
Assistant Director
movieMexicali Rose
1929
Assistant Director
movieSong of Love
1929
Assistant Director
movieThe Yellowback
1929
Assistant Director
movieThe Fightin' Redhead
1928
Assistant Director
movieDriftin' Sands
1928
Assistant Director
movieHer Father Said No
1927
Assistant Director
Red Hot Hoofs
1926
Assistant Director
movieThe Midnight Flyer
1925
Assistant Director
Acting10
movieThe Lady from Shanghai
1947
Captain of Yacht Circe (uncredited)
movieSoldiers and Women
1930
Pvt. Delehanty
The Vagabond Cub
1929
Bob McDonald
movieCrooks Can't Win
1928
Danny Malone
The Boy Rider
1927
Terry McNeil
Breed of Courage
1927
Alan Haliday
Crew2
movieWhat's Love
1987
Special Effects
movieBandit Ranger
1942
Second Unit
Production1
movieThe Menace
1932
Producer
Writing1
movieThe Last Man
1932
Writer