Sam Shepard
American playwright and actor (1943-2017) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 73
Samuel Shepard Rogers III was an American playwright, actor, director, screenwriter, author and musician whose career spanned half a century. He wrote 58 plays and several books of short stories, essays, and memoirs.
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Ridley Scott Produced The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)
Jessica Lange Produced Country (1984)
Brad Pitt Produced The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)
Julia Roberts Also in Charlotte's Web and The Pelican Brief
Wim Wenders Directed Paris, Texas and Don't Come Knocking
Kathleen Kennedy Produced Snow Falling on Cedars and Baby Boom
Andrew Dominik Directed The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)
Jeff Nichols Directed Mud and Midnight Special
Ryan Kavanaugh Produced Brothers and Out of the Furnace
Sean Penn Directed The Pledge (2001)
Kathy Bates Directed Dash and Lilly (1999)
Casey Affleck Also in The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)
Dermot Mulroney Sam directed Silent Tongue (1995)
Tess Harper Sam directed Far North (1988)- Billy Beck Sam directed Silent Tongue (1995)
Timothy Scott Sam directed Silent Tongue (1995)
Harvey Weinstein Produced August: Osage County (2014)
Aaron Ryder Produced The Return (2006)
Denzel Washington Also in Safe House and The Pelican Brief
Diane Keaton Also in Crimes of the Heart and Baby Boom
Val Kilmer Also in Felon and Thunderheart
Tommy Lee Jones Directed The Good Old Boys (1995)
Michelangelo Antonioni Directed Zabriskie Point (1970)
Richard Harris Sam directed Silent Tongue (1995)
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His accolades include the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, the Drama Desk Award, the PEN/Laura Pels Theater Award, and a record 10 Obie Awards. He was nominated for two Tony Awards, an Academy Award, an Emmy Award, a BAFTA Award, and a Golden Globe. He was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 1994. The New York magazine described Shepard as "the greatest American playwright of his generation."
