1959Winner
Best Director
Some Like It Hot
Sam Nelson
Actor · Director · Producer · Writer
Whttier, California, USA
May 11, 1896
Biography
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
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1957Nominee
Best Director
3:10 to Yuma
1947Nominee
Best Performance
The Lady from Shanghai
Career Highlights
1949Highlight
Best Director
All the King's Men
1955Highlight
Best Director
The Last Frontier
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Some Like It Hot
3:10 to Yuma
The Lady from Shanghai