Samuel Fuller’s shack, Samantha Fuller’s inspiration

Samantha Fuller, left, laughs as she and producer Gillian Horvat look through the “shack,” where her father, Samuel Fuller, worked on writing movies.

“I went back into the shack, cleaning up some spider webs and maintaining it to a minimum,” Samantha Fuller said. “It dawned on me it would be the perfect setting to commemorate him.”  (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times)

A pair of binoculars in the “shack” -- a cranny at Samuel Fuller’s house in the Hollywood Hills, where he worked on writing movies amid piles of World War II mementos, documents and books.  (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times)

A bullet-scarred helmet rests on top of a script for 1951’s “The Steel Helmet,” which Samuel Fuller wrote and directed. The helmet is a World War II relic. “He took it off a corpse, buried it, marked the spot where he buried it and went back years later and found it,” said Fuller’s daughter, Samantha Fuller.  (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times)

Samuel Fuller’s last name is carved into a rifle in his “shack,” where he worked on writing his movies.  (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times)

A strip of film in Samuel Fuller’s “shack” shows the late director’s face. “I would say there are about 20 scripts that are timeless and just waiting [to be filmed],” said Samantha Fuller.  (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times)

Samuel Fuller’s daughter Samantha says she wants to commemorate her father with her documentary, “A Fuller Life.”

“He always reassured me that he would be around for his 100th birthday and we would have a big party,” she said. “He died at the age of 85. I always knew in my head that his centennial would be something personally I would want to celebrate.”  (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times)