Sam Peckinpah | Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos | AllMovie (original) (raw)
Active - 1955 - 2022 | Birth - Feb 21, 1925 | Death - Dec 28, 1984 | |
David Samuel Peckinpah was an American film director and screenwriter who achieved prominence following the release of the Western epic The Wild Bunch (1969). He was known for the visually innovative and explicit depiction of action and violence as well as his revisionist approach to the Western genre.
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Bloody Sam, David Edward Samuel Ernest Peckinpah Jr., David Peckinpah, David S. Peckinpah, Mad Sam, Peck, Sam 'The Man' Peckinpah, Sam Peckimpah
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Drama, Action-Adventure, Western, Documentary, Biography, Thriller, Crime, Romance, Comedy, War, Comedy Drama, History, Horror, Science Fiction, Spy Film, Mystery-Suspense
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