Sam Crews was an Australian theatre practitioner and film director. According to

W. J. Lincoln William Joseph Lincoln (1870 – 18 August 1917) was an Australia, Australian playwright, theatre manager, film director and screenwriter in the silent film, silent era. He produced, directed and/or wrote 23 films between 1911 and 1916. One ob ...

, he was the director of the movie ''

The Story of the Kelly Gang ''The Story of the Kelly Gang'' is a 1906 Australian bushranger film directed by Charles Tait (film director), Charles Tait. It traces the exploits of the 19th-century Kelly gang of bushrangers and outlaws, led by Ned Kelly. The silent film was ...

'', arguably the world's first feature film. This claim has been backed by a number of others. Others said it was his idea to make the movie. Crews assisted Lincoln on a number of films.

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