Sam Firstenberg

Sam Firstenberg (1950, Wałbrzych, Poland) grew up in Jerusalem. Before he completed formal education as a filmmaker at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, he had directed 22 theatrical feature films. At Cannon Films, he worked his way up from a production assistant and director's assistant to one of the label's principal directors. He became known for directing low-budget B-films of virtually all genres, ranging from comedies and musicals to action films and thril- lers to horrors and sci-fi. The first two parts of the American Ninja series and the sequel Breaking 2: Electric Boogaloo that he directed, rank among the studio's biggest smash hits.

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