# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-peckinpah
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:14:06.780Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-peckinpah"
name: "David Peckinpah"
slug: "david-peckinpah"
description: "David Ernest Peckinpah was a Canadian television writer, producer and director. David was the nephew of film director Sam Peckinpah and son of Denver \"Denny\" Peckinpah, a Fresno County Superior Court Judge. He was the writer and producer of several series including the cable TV shows DEA, Silk Stalkings, Sliders and Beauty and the Beast. He also had a number of series in development at the time of his death."
tagline: "American television director and producer (1951-2006)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1951-09-05"
deathDate: "2006-04-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.54
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.957165333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0669757/"
    handle:    "nm0669757"
sources:
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_E._Peckinpah"
    title: "David E. Peckinpah"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%DA%A4%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D9%BE%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%87"
    title: "ديڤيد پيكينپاه"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_E._Peckinpah"
    title: "David E. Peckinpah"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Peckinpah"
    title: "David Peckinpah"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_E._Peckinpah"
    title: "David E. Peckinpah"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://jbo.wikipedia.org/wiki/deivid.pekinpas"
    title: "deivid.pekinpas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q360280"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/936290"
    title: "David E. Peckinpah"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump