# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sam-peckinpah
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:11:08.897Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sam-peckinpah"
name: "Sam Peckinpah"
slug: "sam-peckinpah"
description: "David Samuel Peckinpah was an American filmmaker and actor. He was known for his revisionist approach to the Western genre, employing a visually innovative and explicit depiction of action and violence. His 1969 film The Wild Bunch received two Academy Award nominations and was ranked No. 80 on the American Film Institute's Top 100 list."
tagline: "American film director (1925–1984)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sam_Peckinpah.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "directors"
profileType:
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  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1925-02-21"
deathDate: "1984-12-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.4792840992325085
  historical:           24.784616
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0001603"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump