--- name: "Sam Peckinpah" canonical: "https://film.one/person/sam-peckinpah" fi1m_id: "sam-peckinpah" imdb_id: "nm0001603" tmdb_id: 7767 wikidata_id: "Q51461" roles: ["Director","Writer"] born: "21 February 1925" died: "28 December 1984" reviewed_on_fi1m: 2 average_as: "director" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-26T17:45:58.738115+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Sam Peckinpah ## Identity Sam Peckinpah - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/sam-peckinpah - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** sam-peckinpah - **IMDb ID:** nm0001603 - **TMDB ID:** 7767 - **Wikidata ID:** Q51461 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Peckinpah, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q51461, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001603/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7767 Director and writer. Born 21 February 1925 in Fresno, California, United States. Died 28 December 1984. ## Details - **Work:** Director, Writer - **Born:** 21 February 1925, Fresno, California, United States - **Died:** 28 December 1984 - **Active:** 1955–1974 - **Also known as:** 샘 페킨파, 샘 패킨파, David Samuel Peckinpah - **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 directing, 1 crew - **Frequently works with:** [Warren Oates](https://film.one/person/warren-oates.md) - **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Peckinpah, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q51461, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001603/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7767 ## Biography Sam Peckinpah was an American film director and screenwriter. He was born David Samuel Peckinpah on 21 February 1925 in Fresno, California, and died on 28 December 1984 in Inglewood, California. He studied drama at California State University, Fresno, and earned a master's degree from the University of Southern California. He began his career writing and directing for television series including *Gunsmoke* (1955). Peckinpah's feature films include *Ride the High Country* (1962), *The Wild Bunch* (1969), for which he also wrote the screenplay, *Straw Dogs* (1971), *Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid* (1973), and *Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia* (1974), on which he served as director, screenwriter and story writer. Other notable works are *The Getaway* (1972) and *Cross of Iron* (1977). *Sources: britannica.com, en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (2) ### Directed (1) — the average rests on these - *The Wild Bunch* (1969), Fi1m 84, Screenplay, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/the-wild-bunch.md) ### Crew (1) - *One-Eyed Jacks* (1961), Fi1m 78, Additional Writing — [page](https://film.one/film/one-eyed-jacks.md) ## Complete filmography (39) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Straw Dogs* (2011), Original Film Writer - *Passion & Poetry: Sam Peckinpah's War* (2011), In Memory Of - *The Osterman Weekend* (1983), as Maxwell Danforth's Aide (uncredited) · Director - *The Visitor* (1979), as Dr. Sam Collins - *China 9, Liberty 37* (1978), as Wilbur Olsen - *Convoy* (1978), as News Crew Director (uncredited) · Director - *Cross of Iron* (1977), Director - *The Killer Elite* (1975), Director - *Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia* (1974), Screenplay, Director, Story, Songs - *Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid* (1973), as Will (uncredited) · Director - *The Getaway* (1972), Director - *Junior Bonner* (1972), as Man in Palace Bar (uncredited) · Director - *Straw Dogs* (1971), Director, Screenplay - *The Ballad of Cable Hogue* (1970), Director, Producer - *The Wild Bunch* (1969), Director, Screenplay — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-wild-bunch.md) - *Villa Rides* (1968), Screenplay - *Noon Wine* (1966), Director, Screenplay - *ABC Stage 67* (1966), series, Writer, Director - *The Glory Guys* (1965), Writer - *Major Dundee* (1965), Director, Screenplay - *The Losers* (1963), Story, Producer, Director - *Ride the High Country* (1962), Director, Additional Writing - *The Deadly Companions* (1961), Director - *One-Eyed Jacks* (1961), as Additional Writing — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/one-eyed-jacks.md) - *Route 66* (1960), series, Writer, Director - *The Westerner* (1960), series, Writer, Director, Creator - *The Rifleman* (1958), series, Writer, Director, Creator - *Tom Tit Tot* (1958), Director, Writer - *Have Gun, Will Travel* (1957), series, Writer - *Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre* (1956), series, Director - *Broken Arrow* (1956), series, Director, Writer - *Invasion of the Body Snatchers* (1956), as Charlie the Meter Reader - *The 20th Century Fox Hour* (1955), series, Writer - *Gunsmoke* (1955), series, Writer, Director, Screenplay - *Wichita* (1955), as Bank Teller (uncredited) - *An Annapolis Story* (1955), as Pilot (uncredited) - *Dial Red O* (1955), as Cook in Diner (uncredited) - *Private Hell 36* (1954), Dialogue - *Portrait of a Madonna* (1952), Director, Writer ## Gallery - ![Sam Peckinpah](https://film.one/media/person/3726540/gallery-20400832f9c3.jpg) Sam Peckinpah — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/34/Sam_Peckinpah.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Production still for the film The Wild Bunch. (1968)](https://film.one/media/person/3726540/gallery-3aeaa3288086.jpg) Production still for the film The Wild Bunch. (1968) — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Wild_Bunch_Peckinpah_%26_Holden.jpg/1280px-Wild_Bunch_Peckinpah_%26_Holden.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Production still for the film The Wild Bunch. Director Sam Peckinpah on right. (1968)](https://film.one/media/person/3726540/gallery-bc26ebd81eda.jpg) Production still for the film The Wild Bunch. Director Sam Peckinpah on right. (1968) — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Wild_Bunch_Agua_Verde.jpg/1280px-Wild_Bunch_Agua_Verde.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Sam Peckinpah](https://film.one/media/person/3726540/gallery-14492d1c2b32.jpg) Sam Peckinpah — Image via TMDB ## Awards ### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated - 1970: Best Writing, Original Screenplay (nominated), for *The Wild Bunch* *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/sam-peckinpah