William Friedkin

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William David Friedkin (August 29, 1935 – August 7, 2023) was an American film, television and opera director, producer, and screenwriter who was closely identified with the "New Hollywood" movement of the 1970s. Beginning his career in documentaries in the early 1960s, he is best known for his crime thriller film The French Connection (1971), which won five Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director, and the horror film The Exorcist (1973), which earned him another Academy Award nomination for Best Director. Friedkin's other films in the 1970s and 1980s include the drama The Boys in the Band (1970), considered a milestone of queer cinema; the originally deprecated, now lauded thriller Sorcerer (1977); the crime comedy drama The Brink's Job (1978); the controversial thriller Cruising (1980); and the neo-noir thriller To Live and Die in L.A. (1985). Although Friedkin's works suffered an overall commercial and critical decline in the late 1980s, his last three feature films, all based on plays, were positively received by critics: the psychological horror film Bug (2006), the crime film Killer Joe (2011), and the legal drama film The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (2023), released two months after his death. He also worked extensively as an opera director from 1998 until his death, and directed various television films and series episodes for television. Description above from the Wikipedia article William Friedkin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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  • wc Gender: Male
  • calendar_month Birth Date: 1935-08-29
  • event Death Date 2023-08-07
  • school Known for: Directing
  • star Popularity: 7.4
  • info Birth Place Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Raising Hell: Filming the Exorcist

2010-05-10

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The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't

2008-06-03

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Tatort Oper - Wie Filmemacher Oper machen

2007-07-21

9.5

Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy

2005-10-04

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Breaking Barriers: The Sound of Hitchcock

2008-10-07

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Pure Cinema: Through the Eyes of Hitchcock

2008-10-07

7.3

The Fear of God: 25 Years of The Exorcist

1998-06-13

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A Little Solitaire

2004-07-12

7.1

Miller's Tale

2011-03-05

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Fear and Love: The Story of The Exorcist

2024-03-26

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Anatomy of a Chase

2009-02-24

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Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange'

2007-10-23

5.7

Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot

2013-01-15

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The Exorcist Locations: Georgetown Then and Now

2010-10-05

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Conversation with Fritz Lang

1975-02-24

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The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz

2013-10-01

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Filming “The Hunted”

2003-08-12

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Pursuing “The Hunted”

2003-08-12

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The Cutting Edge

2003-08-12

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Fasten Your Seatbelt: The Thrilling Art of Alfred Hitchcock

2009-11-24

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The Exorcist Untold

2023-12-11

6.5

Casablanca: An Unlikely Classic

2012-03-27

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Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connection

2001-09-25

7.4

View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'

2007-10-23

6.9

The Visions of Stanley Kubrick

2007-10-23

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Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles

2014-12-12

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Stanley Kubrick in Focus

2012-11-30

7.5

Peter Lorre : Derrière le masque du maudit

2024-06-07

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Fear in the Dark

1991-10-29

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The Master's Touch: Hitchcock's Signature Style

2009-11-03

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North by Northwest: One for the Ages

2009-11-03

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A Fuller Life

2013-08-28

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A Decade Under the Influence

2003-04-25

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The History of 'Cruising'

2007-09-18

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Exorcising 'Cruising'

2007-09-18

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In the Master's Shadow: Hitchcock's Legacy

2008-10-07

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Making the Boys

2011-03-11

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Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy

1998-02-04

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The Devil and Father Amorth

2018-04-20

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Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of

2012-01-01

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Counterfeit World: Making 'To Live and Die in L.A.'

2003-12-02

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Friedkin Uncut

2018-11-05

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Putting it Together: The Making of the Broadway Album

1986-01-11

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Algren

2021-10-21

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Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001

2007-10-23

7.5

Victor Fleming: Master Craftsman

2009-09-22

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Sorcerers: A Conversation with William Friedkin and Nicolas Winding Refn

2015-12-02

7.3

Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist

2023-10-05

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Henri Langlois vu par...

2014-07-27

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Godard Made in USA

2010-12-11

6.6

Fellini of the Spirits

2020-08-31

5.8

Howard Hawks: American Artist

1997-01-01

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Hollywood Halloween

1997-01-01

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Return to the Genre

2016-09-27

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The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. Alonzo

2007-01-01

6.1

Don't Say No Until I Finish Talking: The Story of Richard D. Zanuck

2013-04-28

6.9

I Am Alfred Hitchcock

2021-05-02

8.3

The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection'

2000-01-15

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Shadows of Suspense

2006-08-22

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The Lost Print: The Making of Orson Welles’ The Magnificent Ambersons

2022-07-01

7.7

100 Years of Warner Bros.

2023-05-25

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Through the Night with...

2002-05-10

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Leçon de Cinéma

2004-03-20

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The Simpsons

1989-12-17

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AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies

1998-06-23

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Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955-10-02

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The French Connection

1971-10-09

7.7

Rules of Engagement

2000-04-07

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The Hunted

2003-03-11

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Deal of the Century

1983-11-04

7.7

Jade

1995-10-13

7.7

The Brink's Job

1978-12-08

7.7

The Guardian

1990-04-27

7.7

Bug

2007-02-21

7.7

12 Angry Men

1997-08-17

7.7

To Live and Die in L.A.

1985-11-01

7.7

To Live and Die in L.A.

1985-11-01

7.7

The Exorcist

1973-12-26

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The Boys in the Band

1970-03-16

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Cruising

1980-02-15

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Cruising

1980-02-15

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The Night They Raided Minsky's

1968-12-22

7.7

Sorcerer

1977-06-24

7.7

Killer Joe

2012-06-07

7.7

Blue Chips

1994-02-18

7.7

The Fear of God: 25 Years of The Exorcist

1998-06-13

7.7

The People vs. Paul Crump

1962-05-01

7.7

Rampage

1987-09-01

7.7

Rampage

1987-09-01

7.7

The Birthday Party

1968-12-09

7.7

Good Times

1967-04-11

7.7

Jailbreakers

1994-09-09

7.7

C.A.T. Squad: Python Wolf

1988-05-23

7.7

The Pickle Brothers

1967-01-01

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The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial

2023-09-03

7.7

C.A.T. Squad

1986-07-27

7.7

C.A.T. Squad

1986-07-27

7.7

Conversation with Fritz Lang

1975-02-24

7.7

The Guardian

1990-04-27

7.7

The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial

2023-09-03

7.7

Verdi Aida

2015-04-03

7.7

Pro Football: Mayhem on a Sunday Afternoon

1965-11-15

7.7

Sorcerer

1977-06-24

7.7

The French Connection

1971-10-09

7.7

The Bold Men

1965-03-02

7.7

The Painter's Voice

2007-05-29

7.7

The Devil and Father Amorth

2018-04-20

7.7

Rampage

1987-09-01

7.7

Putting it Together: The Making of the Broadway Album

1986-01-11

7.7

The Devil and Father Amorth

2018-04-20

7.7

Self Control

1984-04-19

7.7

Muggins

1967-01-01

7.7

The Thin Blue Line

1966-03-09

7.7

The Thin Blue Line

1966-03-09

7.7

Good Times

1967-04-11

7.7

The People vs. Paul Crump

1962-05-01

7.7

Sorcerer

1977-06-24

7.7

Henri Langlois vu par...

2014-07-27

7.7

C.A.T. Squad: Python Wolf

1988-05-23

7.7

C.A.T. Squad: Python Wolf

1988-05-23

7.7

The Thin Blue Line

1966-03-09

7.7

The Twilight Zone

1985-09-27

7.7

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

2000-10-06

7.7

Tales from the Crypt

1989-06-10

7.7

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

1962-09-20

7.7

Rebel Highway

1994-07-07