William Friedkin
Directing
Born: 1935-08-29 in Chicago, Illinois, USA
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article William Friedkin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
The Simpsons
Dr. Kenneth Humphries (voice)
Through the Night with...
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100 Years of Warner Bros.
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Leçon de Cinéma
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Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Without Limits
TV Director
Algren
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Friedkin Uncut
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Henri Langlois vu par...
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Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders
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Fear and Love: The Story of The Exorcist
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A Decade Under the Influence
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I Am Alfred Hitchcock
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Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange'
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Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist
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Fear in the Dark
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A Fuller Life
Self - Reader (segment "My Ballsy Yarns")
The Devil and Father Amorth
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Hollywood Halloween
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Don't Say No Until I Finish Talking: The Story of Richard D. Zanuck
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Miller's Tale
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Putting It Together: The Making of the Broadway Album
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Fellini of the Spirits
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The Visions of Stanley Kubrick
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The Fear of God: 25 Years of The Exorcist
Self - Director
Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of
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The Master's Touch: Hitchcock's Signature Style
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Shadows of Suspense
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The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't
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Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy
Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001
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Godard Made in USA
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The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. Alonzo
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Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot
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The History of 'Cruising'
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In the Master's Shadow: Hitchcock's Legacy
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View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'
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Exorcising 'Cruising'
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