Sam Firstenberg (born Shmulik Firstenberg on March 13, 1950) is an
Israeli-American film director.
He is best known for having made low-budget
B-movie
A B movie or B film is a low-budget commercial motion picture. In its original usage, during the Golden Age of Hollywood, the term more precisely identified films intended for distribution as the less-publicized bottom half of a double featur ...
s most of his career, among them the first two films in the American Ninja series, ''
American Ninja'' and ''
American Ninja 2: The Confrontation''. Sam Firstenberg has directed films ranging from comedy to action, musical to drama,
science fiction,
thriller
Thriller may refer to:
* Thriller (genre), a broad genre of literature, film and television
** Thriller film, a film genre under the general thriller genre
Comics
* ''Thriller'' (DC Comics), a comic book series published 1983–84 by DC Comics i ...
s and
horror
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Arts, entertainment, and media
Genres
*Horror fiction, a genre of fiction
** Japanese horror, Japanese horror fiction
**Korean horror, Korean horror fiction
* Horror film, a film genre
*Horror comics, comic books focusing o ...
.
Personal life
Born in Poland to a
Jewish family, Sam Firstenberg grew up in
Jerusalem. He has directed 22 theatrical feature films since completing his graduate studies in film at
Loyola Marymount University.
Filmography
Director
*''For the Sake of the Dog'' (1979)
* '' One More Chance'' (1983)
* '' Revenge of the Ninja'' (1983)
* '' Ninja III: The Domination'' (1984)
* '' Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo'' (1984)
* '' American Ninja'' (1985)
* '' Avenging Force'' (1986)
* '' American Ninja 2: The Confrontation'' (1987)
* '' Riverbend'' (1989)
* ''The Day We Met'' (1990)
* '' Delta Force 3: The Killing Game'' (1991)
* '' Tropical Heat'' (1992)
* ''American Samurai
''American Samurai'' is a martial-arts action film directed by Sam Firstenberg and starring David Bradley and Mark Dacascos and produced by Cannon Films. Filmed in Turkey, it was released in the United States in 1992.
Premise
After a plane cras ...
'' (1992)
* ''Cyborg Cop
''Cyborg Cop'' (theatrically released in the Philippines as ''Universal Warrior 2'') is a 1993 American direct-to-video science-fiction action film starring David Bradley, John Rhys-Davies, Todd Jensen, Alonna Shaw, and Rufus Swart as the Cyborg ...
'' (1993)
* ''Blood Warriors
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'' (1993)
* '' Cyborg Cop II'' (1994)
* '' Operation Delta Force'' (1997)
* '' Motel Blue'' (1997)
* '' McCinsey's Island'' (1998)
* '' The Alternate'' (2000)
* '' Criss Cross'' (2001)
* '' Spiders II: Breeding Ground'' (2001)
* '' Quicksand'' (2002)
* '' The Interplanetary Surplus Male and Amazon Women of Outer Space'' (2003)
* ''The Last Kumite'' (Pre-production)
Writer
*''For the Sake of the Dog'' (1979)
* ''One More Chance'' (1983)
* ''Cyborg Cop II'' (1994)
Producer
*''The Interplanetary Surplus Male and Amazon Women of Outer Space'' (2003)
*''Groove Street'' (2018)
References
External links
- Sam Firstenberg - Filmography
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1950 births
American film directors
American people of Israeli descent
Action film directors
Living people
People from Wałbrzych