Sam Firstenberg
March 13, 1950 · 76 years old
Sam Firstenberg (born March 13, 1950, Poland) is an American film director. Born in Poland, Sam Firstenberg grew up in Jerusalem and obtained his higher education in Los Angeles, California. He is best known for working on the American Ninja series and Ninja Trilogy for Cannon Films. Sam Firstenberg…
Known For
6 titles
American Ninja
American soldier, obviously very skilled in martial arts, single-handedly takes on mercenaries in the Philippines.
American Ninja 2: The Confrontation
On a remote Caribbean island, Army Ranger Joe Armstrong investigates the disappearance of several marines, which leads him to The Lion, a super-criminal who has kidnapped a local scientist and mass-produced an army of mutant Ninja...
Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo
A developer tries to bulldoze a community recreation center. The local breakdancers try to stop it.
Avenging Force
A senator is targeted by the Pentangle, a right wing paramilitary group. His pal, a former CIA agent and martial artist, tries to help him. The group kidnaps the agent's sister and tries to hunt him down, "The Most Dangerous Game"...
American Samurai
An American reporter teams up with a martial arts expert, whose half-brother is a "yakuza" - Japanese mafia - drug dealer to battle swordsmen from around the world in a Turkish arena.
In Search of the Last Action Heroes
A comprehensive retrospective of the 80's and 90's action film genre.