William Friedkin
Biography
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.
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Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1935-08-29
Place of birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Cast
A Little Solitaire
2004
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Miller's Tale
2011
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Anatomy of a Chase
2009
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Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot
2013
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Conversation with Fritz Lang
1975
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Pursuing “The Hunted”
2003
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The Cutting Edge
2003
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Filming “The Hunted”
2003
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The Exorcist Untold
2023
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Casablanca: An Unlikely Classic
2012
6.50
The Visions of Stanley Kubrick
2007
6.90
Stanley Kubrick in Focus
2012
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Fear in the Dark
1991
10.00
A Fuller Life
2013
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A Decade Under the Influence
2003
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The History of 'Cruising'
2007
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Exorcising 'Cruising'
2007
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Making the Boys
2011
5.10
Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy
1998
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The Devil and Father Amorth
2018
4.97
Friedkin Uncut
2018
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Algren
2021
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Victor Fleming: Master Craftsman
2009
7.50
Henri Langlois vu par...
2014
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Godard Made in USA
2010
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Fellini of the Spirits
2020
6.60
Howard Hawks: American Artist
1997
5.80
Hollywood Halloween
1997
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Return to the Genre
2016
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I Am Alfred Hitchcock
2021
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Shadows of Suspense
2006
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Without Limits
1998
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Narc: The Friedkin Connection
2003
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