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Sam Peckinpah
Born
21 February 1925
Died
28 December 1984
Place
Fresno, California, United States
Directing

Sam Peckinpah

David Samuel "Sam" Peckinpah (February 21, 1925 – December 28, 1984) was an American filmmaker.

As director

The Osterman Weekend

1983 · Director

Convoy

1978 · Director

Cross of Iron

1977 · Director

The Killer Elite

1975 · Director

Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia

1974 · Director

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

1973 · Director

The Getaway

1972 · Director

Junior Bonner

1972 · Director

Straw Dogs

1971 · Director

The Ballad of Cable Hogue

1970 · Director

The Wild Bunch

1969 · Director

Noon Wine

1966 · Director

Major Dundee

1965 · Director

The Losers

1963 · Director

Ride the High Country

1962 · Director

The Deadly Companions

1961 · Director

Tom Tit Tot

1958 · Director

Portrait of a Madonna

1952 · Director

As actor

Passion & Poetry: Getaway in Texas

2025 · Self (archive footage)

Passion & Poetry: Sam's Final Cut

2022 · Self

Filmmakers in Action

2006 · Self (archive footage)

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

2004 · Self (archive footage)

Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood

2003 · Self

The Osterman Weekend

1983 · Maxwell Danforth's Aide (uncredited)

A Tied Blasé

1981 · Self

The Visitor

1979 · Dr. Sam Collins

China 9, Liberty 37

1978 · Wilbur Olsen

Convoy

1978 · News Crew Director (uncredited)

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

1973 · Will (uncredited)

Junior Bonner

1972 · Man in Palace Bar (uncredited)

On Location: Dustin Hoffman

1971 · Self

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

1956 · Charlie the Meter Reader

Dial Red O

1955 · Cook in Diner (uncredited)

An Annapolis Story

1955 · Pilot (uncredited)

Wichita

1955 · Bank Teller (uncredited)