The 1969 film 'Easy Rider' was produced and directed by which two people?

'Easy Rider' was a 1969 film written by Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper and Terry Southern. It was produced by Fonda (1940-2019), and directed by Hopper (1936-2010). In addition to their producer and director roles, together they played two bikers traveling through the American Southwest and South carrying the proceeds from a cocaine deal.

Working with a budget of $360,000-4000,00 USD, their box office proceeds were $60 million worldwide (2019 = $419 million)

The success of 'Easy Rider' helped spark a New Hollywood era of filmmaking during the early 1970s. Critics commented that the film was a landmark counterculture film and a "touchstone for a generation' that "captured the national imagination". It explored the societal landscape, contemporary issues, and the emergent tensions in the US during the 1960s, including the hippie movement, drug use, and communal lifestyle. Of note, real drugs were used in scenes showing the use of marijuana and other substances.

The plot finds them taking the cocaine from Mexico on their motorcycles, smuggled across the US border, sold in Los Angeles and then traveling across the country with the cash proceeds hidden in a plastic tube inside the Stars & Stripes-painted fuel tank of their California-style chopper bike. They were headed to New Orleans for the Mardi Gras festival.

Multiple adventures and encounters ensue along the trip south. Toward the end of their journey, both are killed, shotgunned down on the highway by two local men.