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Sam Katzman (July 7, 1901 – August 4, 1973) was an American film producer and director. Katzman's specialty was producing low-budget genre films, including serials, which had disproportionately high returns for the studios and his financial backers.
- July 7, 1901, New York City
- 1933–1973
- Film producer and director
- August 4, 1973 (aged 72), Hollywood
75 minutes. Country. United States. Language. English. The Giant Claw is a 1957 American monster film from Columbia Pictures, produced by Sam Katzman, directed by Fred F. Sears, that stars Jeff Morrow and Mara Corday. Both Sears and Katzman were well known as low-budget B film genre filmmakers. [1]
- Clover Productions
- Sam Katzman
- June 1957 (United States)
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Sam Katzman. Producer: Amateur Crook. New York-born Sam Katzman entered the film industry as a prop boy at age 13, and worked his way up the ladder, learning virtually every facet of film production before becoming a producer himself.
- January 1, 1
- New York City, New York, USA
- January 1, 1
- Hollywood, California, USA
July 7, 1901 · New York City, New York, USA. Died. August 4, 1973 · Hollywood, California, USA (undisclosed) Nickname. Jungle Sam. Mini Bio. New York-born Sam Katzman entered the film industry as a prop boy at age 13, and worked his way up the ladder, learning virtually every facet of film production before becoming a producer himself.
- July 7, 1901
- August 4, 1973
Sam Katzman is known as an Producer, Executive Producer, Director, Production Manager, Second Unit Director, Production Supervisor, and Writer. Some of his work includes Earth vs. the Flying Saucers, It Came from Beneath the Sea, The Giant Claw, The Corpse Vanishes, The Werewolf, Invisible Ghost, Voodoo Man, and The Ape Man.
In February 1948 producer Sam Katzman had signed a five-year deal with Johnny Weissmuller to make "jungle movies" starting with two films a year for two years where the budgets would be at least $350,000. Hedda Hopper reported that these would be an adaptation of the Jungle Jim or King of the Jungle comic strips. William Berke would direct the ...
views 3,286,651 updated. KATZMAN, SAM (1901–1973), U.S. motion picture producer. Born in New York, Katzman entered the film industry as a prop boy at age 13 and worked his way up, learning virtually every aspect of film production before becoming a producer himself.
