He earned a salary of $1.5 million for directing The Getaway in 1972.
Sam Peckinpah was a renowned Director born in Fresno, California in 1925. He was best known for his films The Wild Bunch and Straw Dogs, and earned a salary of $1.5 million for directing The Getaway in 1972. His net worth was estimated to be $58 million at the time of his death.
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Age, Biography and Wiki
💰 Net worth: $58 Million (2024)
About
Uncompromising director of films like The Wild Bunch and 1971's Straw Dogs.
Before Fame
His parents were forced to move him to another school after his frequent fighting landed him in trouble at Fresno High School.
Trivia
He was nicknamed Bloody Sam for his violent revisionist approach to the Western genre.
Family Life
He married Marie Selland in 1947, Begoia Palacios in 1965, and Joey Gould in 1972.
Associated With
He and Albert Brooks were contemporaries.
