Quick Facts

• NAME: Sam Peckinpah
• OCCUPATION: Film Actor, Director
• BIRTH DATE: February 21, 1925
• DEATH DATE: December 28, 1984
• EDUCATION: University of Southern California
• PLACE OF BIRTH: Frenso, California
• PLACE OF DEATH: Inglewood, California
• Full Name: David Samuel Peckinpah

Best Known For

American filmmaker and screenwriter Sam Peckinpah achieved prominence following the release of his Western epic The Wild Bunch (1969).