David Samuel Peckinpah (/ ˈpɛkɪnˌpɑː /; [1] 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.

Sam Peckinpah. Writer: The Wild Bunch. "If they move", commands stern-eyed William Holden, "kill 'em". So begins The Wild Bunch (1969), Sam Peckinpah's bloody, high-body-count eulogy to the mythologized Old West. "Pouring new wine into the bottle of the Western, Peckinpah explodes the bottle", observed critic Pauline Kael.

Dec 24, 2024 · Sam Peckinpah, American motion-picture director and screenwriter who was known for ultraviolent but often lyrical films that explored issues of morality and identity. His movies included The Wild Bunch, The Battle of Cable Hogue, Straw Dogs, Junior Bonner, and Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid.

Sam Peckinpah. Writer: The Wild Bunch. "If they move", commands stern-eyed William Holden, "kill 'em". So begins The Wild Bunch (1969), Sam Peckinpah's bloody, high-body-count eulogy to the mythologized Old West. "Pouring new wine into the bottle of the Western, Peckinpah explodes the bottle", observed critic Pauline Kael.

Feb 10, 2024 · Sam Peckinpah, active in the 1960s and '70s, was a tough-as-nails director famous for his action movies and brutal Westerns. His most well-known works are the thriller Straw Dogs starring Dustin...

Dec 17, 2023 · The Wild Bunch, Ride the High Country, and more rank on the official list of our Sam Peckinpah favorites. Most of the films and television shows that Sam Peckinpah directed concerned the...

PECKINPAH, David Samuel ("Sam")(b. 21 February 1925 in Fresno, California; d. 28 December 1984 in Inglewood, California), actor, television and motion picture scriptwriter, and film director whose 1969 film The Wild Bunch reflected the violence and social upheaval of the late 1960s.

May 29, 2018 · Known for the graphic violence and beauty of his challenging films, director Sam Peckinpah (1925-1984) was a Hollywood maverick whose movies were highly controversial. He was best known for such bloody, exquisitely crafted westerns as The Wild Bunch.

Sam Peckinpah (1925-1984), the iconoclastic director who changed the way we look at Westerns and crime dramas, is celebrated with four of his classics and the TCM premiere of a recent documentary about the filmmaker.

Sam Peckinpah was probably the greatest, and surely the most influential, director of action in the past half-century of movies: a virtuoso of speed, chaos, the intimate blur of violence.