Heaven's Gate
1980
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David Samuel Peckinpah (February 21, 1925 – December 28, 1984) was an American film director and screenwriter. His 1969 Western epic The Wild Bunch received an Academy Award nomination and was ranked No. 80 on the American Film Institute's top 100 list. His films employed a visually innovative and explicit depiction of action and violence as well as a revisionist approach to the Western genre. Wikipedia
- February 21, 1925, Fresno, California, United States
- December 28, 1984, Inglewood, California, United States
- Heart failure
- 5'9" (1.75m)
- Joie Gould(m 1971 - 1972), Begoña Palacios(m 1964 - 1965), Marie Selland(m 1947 - 1960)
- Matthew Peckinpah, Lupita Peckinpah, Kristen Peckinpah, Sharon Peckinpah
- David Edward Peckinpah, Fern Louise Church
- University of Southern California, Fresno High School, USC School of Cinematic Arts, California State University, Fresno
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