Samuel Louis "Sam" Warner (August 10, 1887 – October 5, 1927) was an American film producer who was the co-founder and chief executive officer of Warner Bros. Studios. He established the studio along with his brothers Harry, Albert, and Jack Warner. Sam Warner is credited with procuring the technology that enabled Warner Bros. to produce the film industry's first feature-length talking picture, The Jazz Singer. He died in 1927, the day before the film's enormously successful premiere.

Biography

Il a créé le studio avec ses frères Harry, Albert, et Jack Warner. Mais il est surtout crédité pour avoir apporté la technologie qui permit au studio de produire le premier long-métrage parlant de l'industrie du cinéma, Le Chanteur de jazz (The Jazz Singer). Il meurt en 1927, la veille de la première triomphale du film.