Sam Shepard (born Samuel Shepard Rogers IV; November 5, 1943) is an American playwright, actor, and television and film director. He is the author of several books of short stories, essays, and memoirs, and received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1979 for his play Buried Child. Shepard was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of pilot Chuck Yeager in The Right Stuff (1983). Shepard received the PEN/Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater Award as a master American dramatist in 2009. This book is your ultimate resource for Sam Shepard. Here you will find the most up-to-date information, photos, and much more. In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about Sam Shepard's Early life, Career and Personal life right away. A quick look inside: Sam Shepard, 14th Screen Actors Guild Awards, 54th Tony Awards, A Lie of the Mind, Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, Action (play), American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medals, Angel City (play), BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, Baby Boom (film), Bandidas, Black Hawk Down (film), Blackthorn (film), Bob Dylan, Bright Angel, Brownsville Girl, Buried Child, Charlotte's Web (2006 film), Chuck Yeager, Country (film), Cowboy Mouth (play), Crimes of the Heart (film), Curse of the Starving Class, Darling Companion, Dash and Lilly, Days of Heaven, Don't Come Knocking, Fair Game (2010 film), Family Trilogy, Far North (1988 film), Felon (film), Fool for Love (film), Fool for Love (play), Francesand more pages!Contains selected content from the highest rated entries, typeset, printed and shipped, combining the advantages of up-to-date and in-depth knowledge with the convenience of printed books. A portion of the proceeds of each book will be donated to the Wikimedia Foundation to support their mission.