FILM DIRECTOR

Sam Peckinpah

1925 - 1984

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David Samuel Peckinpah (; February 21, 1925 – December 28, 1984) was an American film director and screenwriter. His 1969 Western epic The Wild Bunch received an Academy Award nomination and was ranked No. 80 on the American Film Institute's top 100 list. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sam Peckinpah has received more than 2,528,015 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). Sam Peckinpah is the 100th most popular film director (up from 117th in 2019), the 695th most popular biography from United States (up from 797th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular American Film Director.

Sam Peckinpah is most famous for the westerns he directed in the 1960s and 1970s. His films are known for their graphic violence and their critical examination of the myth of the American West.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Sam Peckinpah ranks 100 out of 2,041. Before him are Robert Bresson, René Clair, George Cukor, Sidney Lumet, Michael Mann, and Zhang Yimou. After him are Ang Lee, Marcel Carné, Jean-Pierre Melville, Walter Hill, Mel Brooks, and Joris Ivens.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Sam Peckinpah ranks 42. Before him are Peter Brook, Oona O'Neill, Pierre Boulez, Bert Hellinger, Gerald Durrell, and George Kennedy. After him are Maya Plisetskaya, Zvi Zamir, Robert Edwards, Robert Altman, Ieng Sary, and Andrea Camilleri. Among people deceased in 1984, Sam Peckinpah ranks 21. Before him are Ray Kroc, Stanislaw Ulam, Martin Ryle, Carl Ferdinand Cori, Karl Wolff, and Irwin Shaw. After him are Ahmed Sékou Touré, Anna Anderson, Truman Capote, Oleg Antonov, Pyotr Kapitsa, and Marvin Gaye.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Sam Peckinpah ranks 695 out of 20,380. Before him are David Bohm (1992), Irwin Shaw (1913), Burgess Meredith (1907), Ray Liotta (1954), Douglas Fairbanks (1883), and Bradley Cooper (1975). After him are Jack Palance (1919), Murray Rothbard (1926), Anne Bancroft (1931), Cyndi Lauper (1953), Floyd Mayweather Jr. (1977), and Hattie McDaniel (1893).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Sam Peckinpah ranks 23. Before him are Terry Gilliam (1940), Jim Jarmusch (1953), William Friedkin (1935), George Cukor (1899), Sidney Lumet (1924), and Michael Mann (1943). After him are Walter Hill (1942), Mel Brooks (1926), John Carpenter (1948), Robert Altman (1925), David Fincher (1962), and John Huston (1906).

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Filmography

The Wild Bunch
Director
An aging group of outlaws look for one last big score as the "traditional" American West is disappearing around them.
Jun 19o 19697.6 / 10
Straw Dogs
Director
David Sumner, a mild-mannered academic from the United States, marries Amy, an Englishwoman. In order to escape a hectic stateside lifestyle, David and his wife relocate to the small town in rural Cornwall where Amy was raised. There, David is ostracized by the brutish men of the village, including Amy's old flame, Charlie. Eventually the taunts escalate, and two of the locals rape Amy. This sexual assault awakes a shockingly violent side of David.
Nov 25o 19717.1 / 10
The Getaway
Director
A recently released ex-convict and his loyal wife go on the run after a heist goes wrong.
Dec 13o 19727.1 / 10