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 two Academy Award nominations and was ranked No. 80 on the American Film Institute's top 100 list. His films employed a visually innovative and explicit depiction of action and violence as well as a revisionist approach to the Western genre. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sam Peckinpah is the 120th most popular film director (down from 100th in 2019), the 1,025th most popular biography from United States (down from 695th in 2019) and the 35th 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 120 out of 2,041. Before him are Costa-Gavras, John Woo, Jules Dassin, William Hanna, Wes Craven, and Michael Curtiz. After him are Kenji Mizoguchi, Peter Jackson, Victor Fleming, Claude Lelouch, René Clément, and Giuseppe Tornatore.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Sam Peckinpah ranks 57. Before him are George Kennedy, Robert Altman, Leo Esaki, Baruch Samuel Blumberg, Maya Plisetskaya, and Bülent Ecevit. After him are Paul Mauriat, Milton Obote, Juan Alberto Schiaffino, Ieng Sary, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, and Bill Gates Sr.. Among people deceased in 1984, Sam Peckinpah ranks 28. Before him are Ahmed Sékou Touré, Martin Niemöller, Ray Kroc, Janaki Ammal, Karl Wolff, and Anna Anderson. After him are Lionel Robbins, Jiro Miyake, Stanley Milgram, Oleg Antonov, Philippe Ariès, and Vincent J. McMahon.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Sam Peckinpah ranks 1,025 out of 20,380. Before him are Lillian Gish (1893), Hulk Hogan (1953), Karl Malden (1912), Bill Cosby (1937), Wes Craven (1939), and Harold Ramis (1944). After him are Walter Matthau (1920), Carl Barks (1901), Powers Boothe (1948), Sondra Locke (1944), Ernest King (1878), and Linda Hamilton (1956).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Sam Peckinpah ranks 35. Before him are Robert Altman (1925), Walter Hill (1942), Mel Brooks (1926), Jules Dassin (1911), William Hanna (1910), and Wes Craven (1939). After him are Victor Fleming (1889), James Gunn (1966), Joseph L. Mankiewicz (1909), David Fincher (1962), Michael Cimino (1939), and George A. Romero (1940).

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