Sam Peckinpah
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David Samuel "Sam" Peckinpah (February 21, 1925 – December 28, 1984) was an American film director. He became one of the major filmmakers of the 1970s through his innovative and explicit depiction of action and violence, as well as his revisionist approach to the Western genre. Peckinpah's films generally dealt with the conflict between values and ideals, and the corruption and violence of human society. His characters are often loners or losers who desire to be honorable and idealistic but are forced to compromise themselves in order to survive in a world of nihilism and brutality.
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