“I made a film where nobody got shot and nobody went to see it.”
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Sam Peckinpah
David Samuel Peckinpah was an American filmmaker and actor. He was known for his revisionist approach to the Western genre, employing a visually innovative and explicit depiction of action and violence. His 1969 film The Wild Bunch received two Academy Award nominations and was ranked No. 80 on the American Film Institute's Top 100 list.
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entertainment · American filmmaker (1925–1984) · film director · film producer · screenwriter · actor · film actor · director · writer · military officer · military personnel · film screenwriter · also Sam Peckinpah, David Samuel Peckinpah, David Samuel "Sam" Peckinpah, David Peckinpah, Peckinpah
Born 21 February 1925 · Died 28 December 1984 · Q51461
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2026· 2 entries
AOL: Sam Peckinpah's 'The Wild Bunch' Rises to No. 8 in IMDb's Best Westerns After Initial Criticism
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2022· 1 entry
Deadline.com: Avatar Entertainment Boards ‘If They Move… ‘Kill Em’ Based On Sam Peckinpah’s Wild Dealings With Cali Cartel; Netflix’s ‘Dogwashers’ Director Carlos Moreno ...
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2018· 2 entries
Yahoo: Sam Peckinpah’s Unproduced Screenplay ‘Castaway’ Acquired By Serbian Producer
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Variety: Wolf C. Hartwig, Producer of Sam Peckinpah’s ‘Cross of Iron,’ Dies at 98
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2016· 1 entry
The Daily Beast: The Stacks: How Sam Peckinpah Fused Beauty and Blood
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2015· 1 entry
ジャパンタイムズ: The ballad of Sam Peckinpah is written in blood
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2010· 1 entry
AV Club: Sam Peckinpah
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2009· 2 entries
The Independent: Sam Peckinpah: A taste for blood
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The two-disc special edition with a running time of 270 minutes was released on DVD
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1991· 1 entry
The UCLA film school's festival of great but forgotten American films included Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
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1988· 1 entry
However, Peckinpah's director's cut was released on video and led to a reevaluation, with many critics hailing it as a mistreated classic and one of the era's best films
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1984· 1 entry
Died 1984-12-28.
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1975· 1 entry
Peckinpah was offered the opportunity to direct the eventual blockbusters King Kong (1976) and Superman (1978)
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1966· 1 entry
When producer Daniel Melnick needed a writer and director to adapt Katherine Anne Porter's short novel Noon Wine for television
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1962· 1 entry
Peckinpah directed two hour-long episodes for The Dick Powell Theater
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1960· 1 entry
Married Mexican actress Begoña Palacios in 1964
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1958· 1 entry
Peckinpah wrote a script for Gunsmoke that was rejected due to content
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1954· 1 entry
Peckinpah was hired as a dialogue coach for the film Riot in Cell Block 11
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1948· 1 entry
Peckinpah enrolled in graduate studies in drama at University of Southern California
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1943· 2 entries
On the verge of utter collapse on the Taman Peninsula on the Eastern Front
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Joined the United States Marine Corps
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1925· 1 entry
Born 1925-02-21.
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1913· 1 entry
Trying to survive within a rapidly approaching modern world
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