Sam Crews was an Australian theatre practitioner and film director. According to

W. J. Lincoln William Joseph Lincoln (1870 – 18 August 1917) was an Australian playwright, theatre manager, film director and screenwriter in the silent film, silent era. He produced, directed and/or wrote 23 films between 1911 and 1916. One obituary calle ...

, he was the director of the movie ''

The Story of the Kelly Gang ''The Story of the Kelly Gang'' is a 1906 Australian bushranger film that traces the exploits of 19th-century bushranger and outlaw Ned Kelly and his gang. It was directed by Charles Tait and shot in and around the city of Melbourne. The origin ...

'', arguably the world's first feature film. This claim has been backed by a number of others. Others said it was his idea to make the movie. Crews assisted Lincoln on a number of films.

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