William Friedkin
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Born August 29, 1935 · 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 Bo…
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The Simpsons
Through the Night with...
100 Years of Warner Bros.
Leçon de Cinéma
A Decade Under the Influence
Pure Cinema: Through the Eyes of Hitchcock
The Master's Touch: Hitchcock's Signature Style
The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. Alonzo
The Visions of Stanley Kubrick
Stanley Kubrick in Focus
Without Limits
Filming “The Hunted”
The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection'
Henri Langlois vu par...
Shadows of Suspense
Friedkin Uncut
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
I Am Alfred Hitchcock
A Fuller Life
Pursuing “The Hunted”
Howard Hawks: American Artist
Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot
Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders
Godard Made in USA
The History of 'Cruising'
Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy
Miller's Tale
Putting It Together: The Making of the Broadway Album
Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy
Don't Say No Until I Finish Talking: The Story of Richard D. Zanuck
The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't
The Devil and Father Amorth
Exorcising 'Cruising'
Counterfeit World: Making 'To Live and Die in L.A.'
Fellini of the Spirits
The Fear of God: 25 Years of The Exorcist
Return to the Genre
Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of
Fear in the Dark
View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'