Sam Firstenberg is an American film director

Film director

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. Born in Poland, Sam Firstenberg grew up in Jerusalem, and obtained his higher education in Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

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, California

California

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. he is best known for having made low-budget B-movies most of his career, he is also known for directing the American Ninja

American Ninja

American Ninja is a 1985 ninja action film produced by Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus's Cannon Films. Directed by Sam Firstenberg, who specialized in this genre in the 1980s, the film stars Michael Dudikoff in the title role, with Steve James as his side-kick. Domestic box office grosses for the...

 series. Sam Firstenberg has directed films ranging from comedy to action, musical to drama, science fiction

Science fiction

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, thrillers and horror

Horror film

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Filmography

• 1983: One More Chance
  One More Chance (1983 film)
  One More Chance is a 1983 film written and directed by Sam Firstenberg. The film marks his directorial debut.-Plot:An ex-con returns home to find that his family left and he has no idea where they went. Only a neighbor knows where they moved, but does not want to give him the information until he...
  
  
• 1983: Revenge of the Ninja
  Revenge of the Ninja
  Revenge of the Ninja is an action movie starring Shô Kosugi as a ninja. It is considered part of a ninja trilogy, starting with Enter the Ninja and ending with Ninja III: The Domination , but the stories are not directly related...
  
  
• 1984: Ninja III: The Domination
  Ninja III: The Domination
  Ninja III: The Domination is a 1984 film directed by Sam Firstenberg, and stars Lucinda Dickey as Christie, Jordan Bennett as Officer Billy Secord, and James Hong as Miyashima...
  
  
• 1985: Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo
  Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo
  Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo is the 1984 sequel to the breakdancing film Breakin. It was first released in the same year as its predecessor by TriStar Pictures, and by Cannon Films the year after...
  
  
• 1985: American Ninja
  American Ninja
  American Ninja is a 1985 ninja action film produced by Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus's Cannon Films. Directed by Sam Firstenberg, who specialized in this genre in the 1980s, the film stars Michael Dudikoff in the title role, with Steve James as his side-kick. Domestic box office grosses for the...
  
  
• 1986: Avenging Force
  Avenging Force
  Avenging Force is a 1986 film directed by Sam Firstenberg. The screenplay was written by James Booth, who co-starred in the film. It is a sequel to the 1985 film Invasion U.S.A., which starred Chuck Norris in the role of Matt Hunter.-Plot:...
  
  
• 1987: American Ninja 2: The Confrontation
  American Ninja 2: The Confrontation
  American Ninja 2: The Confrontation is a 1987 action/adventure sequel starring Michael Dudikoff, Steve James, Jeff Weston, Gary Conway, Michelle Botes and Larry Poindexter...
  
  
• 1989: Riverbend
  Riverbend (film)
  Riverbend is a 1989 film directed by Sam Firstenberg. The screenplay was written by Samuel Vance, who produced the film.-Plot:Three rebellious African-American army officers disobey orders in Vietnam and refuse to destroy a village inhabited with innocent people. They are sent to Georgia and are...
  
  
• 1989: The day we met
• 1990: Delta Force 3: The Killing Game
  Delta Force 3: The Killing Game
  Delta Force 3: The Killing Game, also known as Young Commandos and Delta Force 3, is a 1991 Cannon Film. It is the third and final film into the Delta Force trilogy...
  
  
• 1992: American Samurai
  American Samurai (film)
  American Samurai is a martial-arts action film, starring David Bradley and Mark Dacascos and produced by Cannon Films. The movie was filmed in Israel and released in the U.S. in 1992. This movie represents the first major role for actor Mark Alan Dacascos....
  
  
• 1992: Crisscross
  CrissCross
  CrissCross is a 1992 feature film directed by Chris Menges, based on the novel by Scott Sommer. It stars Goldie Hawn, Arliss Howard, Keith Carradine, Steve Buscemi, and David Arnott.- Plot :...
  
  
• 1993: Cyborg Cop
  Cyborg Cop
  Cyborg Cop is a 1993 action adventure film starring David Bradley, John Rhys-Davies, Todd Jensen, Alonna Shaw and Rufus Swart as the Cyborg. It was directed by Sam Firstenberg and written by Greg Latter.- Brief summary :...
  
  
• 1994: Blood Warriors
• 1995: Cyborg Soldier
  Cyborg Soldier
  Cyborg Soldier is a science fiction film released on October 7, 2008, directed by John Stead, and starring Rich Franklin, Tiffani Thiessen, and Bruce Greenwood.-Plot:...
  
  
• 1996: Operation Delta Force
  Operation Delta Force
  Operation Delta Force is a TV movie released in 1997. Directed by Sam Firstenberg, it stars Ernie Hudson and Jeff Fahey. It spawned four sequels:*Operation Delta Force 2: Mayday , also a TV movie...
  
  
• 1997: McCinseys Island
• 1998: Motel Blue
• 1999: The Alternate
• 2000: Mistery of the seas
• 2001: Quicksand
  Quicksand (2002 film)
  Quicksand is a 2002 American-Indian action film that was released direct-to-video in March 2003 after a short initial run in theatres in Los Angeles in March 2002. The film stars Michael Dudikoff, Brooke Theiss, Richard Kind and Dan Hedaya. In UK the film was released on DVD in August 2003...
  
  

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