Birthday: February 21, 2025
Believing real-life turmoil bred peerless creativity, Sam Peckinpah left an indelible mark on post-1960s cinema with a relatively small body of work that was not for the faint of heart, either in the audience or his collaborators. Once noting "the outlaws of the old West have always fascinated me...I suppose I'm a bit of an outlaw myself," Peckinpah's unruly, incendiary vision turned such ...more- 1969
- Directors Guild of America
- Best Director
- The Wild Bunch
- nom
- 1969
- Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie
- Best Original Screenplay
- The Wild Bunch
- nom
- 1980
- Il Visitatore
- Dr. Collins
- 1978
- China 9, Liberty 37
- Wilbur Olsen, The Writer
- 1973
- Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid
- Will
- 1955
- An Annapolis Story
- Pilot
- 1983
- The Osterman Weekend
- Director
- 1978
- Convoy
- Director
- 1976
- Cross of Iron
- Director
- 1975
- The Killer Elite
- Director
- 1974
- Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
- Director














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