Sam Firstenberg
Director 76 years old

Sam Firstenberg

Poland

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... Read full bio →

Directed Films

Every film this person directed

9 titles
Cyborg Cop II

Cyborg Cop II

Sam Firstenberg 1994 1h 33m

Jack, a cop, loses his partner to a crazed terrorist during a hostage rescue sending the man to death row. What Jack doesn't know is that the terrorist will be taken and turned into a cyborg for the "Anti-Terrorist Group".

Cyborg Cop

Cyborg Cop

Sam Firstenberg 1993 1h 35m

Ex-D.E.A. Agent Jack receives an emergency message from his brother Phillip, whose team was ambushed on the Caribbean island of St. Keith. Jack goes to St. Keith to find his brother, who has been turned into a cyborg by the drug runner he was after.

Delta Force 3: The Killing Game

Delta Force 3: The Killing Game

Sam Firstenberg 1991 1h 37m

A terrorist places an atomic bomb somewhere in an American metropolis. The president of the U.S. has no other choice; he has to call Delta Force.

American Ninja 2: The Confrontation

American Ninja 2: The Confrontation

Sam Firstenberg 1987 1h 30m 5.3

On a remote Caribbean island, Army Ranger Joe Armstrong saves an old friend from the clutches of "The Lion", an evil super-criminal who has kidnapped a local scientist and mass-produced an army of mutant Ninja warriors.

Avenging Force

Avenging Force

Sam Firstenberg 1986 1h 44m

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" style.

American Ninja

American Ninja

Sam Firstenberg 1985 1h 35m 6.5

Joe Armstrong, an orphaned drifter with little respect for much other than martial arts, finds himself on an American Army base in the Philippines after a judge gives him a choice of enlistment or prison. On one of his first missions driving a convoy, his platoon is attacked by a group of rebels who try to steal the weapons the platoon is transp...

Ninja III: The Domination

Ninja III: The Domination

Sam Firstenberg 1984 1h 34m

A female aerobic instructor is possessed by an evil spirit of a fallen ninja when coming to his aid. The spirit seeks revenge on those who killed him and uses the female instructor's body to carry out his mission. The only way the spirit will leave aerobic instructor's body is with the help of another ninja.

Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo

Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo

Sam Firstenberg 1984 1h 34m

The dance crew from "Breakin'" bands together to save a community center from a greedy developer bent on building a shopping center in its place.

Revenge of the Ninja

Revenge of the Ninja

Sam Firstenberg 1983 1h 31m

After his family is killed in Japan by ninjas, Cho and his son Kane come to America to start a new life. He opens a doll shop but is unwittingly importing heroin in the dolls. When he finds out that his friend has betrayed him, Cho must prepare for the ultimate battle he has ever been involved in.

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