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Known For
Directing
Birthday
August 29, 1935
Died
August 7, 2023
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Also Known As
- 윌리엄 프리드킨
- 윌리암 프리드킨
- William David Friedkin
William Friedkin
1.7 Popularity
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
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Self (archive footage)
The Alex Leyba Movie II
2025
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Self
Fear and Love: The Story of The Exorcist
2024
7.0
Self
Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist
2023
7.7
Self
100 Years of Warner Bros.
2023
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Self
The Lost Print: The Making of Orson Welles’ The Magnificent Ambersons
2022
6.0
Self
Algren
2021
7.2
Self
I Am Alfred Hitchcock
2021
6.7
Self
Fellini of the Spirits
2020
7.0
Self
Friedkin Uncut
2018
5.1
Self
The Devil and Father Amorth
2018
Credits
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The Alex Leyba Movie II
as Self (archive footage)
2025
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Fear and Love: The Story of The Exorcist
as Self
2024
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Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist
as Self
2023
7.0
100 Years of Warner Bros.
as Self
2023
7.7
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The Lost Print: The Making of Orson Welles’ The Magnificent Ambersons
as Self
2022
0.0
Algren
as Self
2021
6.0
I Am Alfred Hitchcock
as Self
2021
7.2
Fellini of the Spirits
as Self
2020
6.7
Friedkin Uncut
as Self
2018
7.0
The Devil and Father Amorth
as Self
2018
5.1
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Return to the Genre
2016
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Sorcerers: A Conversation with William Friedkin and Nicolas Winding Refn
2015
4.5
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2014
6.5
Henri Langlois vu par...
as Self
2014
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The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz
as Self
2013
10.0
A Fuller Life
as Self - Reader (segment "My Ballsy Yarns")
2013
6.6
Don't Say No Until I Finish Talking: The Story of Richard D. Zanuck
as Self
2013
6.1
Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot
as Self
2013
5.7
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Stanley Kubrick in Focus
as Self
2012
6.0
Casablanca: An Unlikely Classic
as Self
2012
6.5
Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of
as Self
2012
6.7
Making the Boys
as Self
2011
4.7
Miller's Tale
as Self
2011
7.1
Godard Made in USA
as Self
2010
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The Exorcist Locations: Georgetown Then and Now
as Self
2010
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Raising Hell: Filming the Exorcist
as Self
2010
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Fasten Your Seatbelt: The Thrilling Art of Alfred Hitchcock
as Self
2009
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North by Northwest: One for the Ages
as Self
2009
6.8
The Master's Touch: Hitchcock's Signature Style
as Self
2009
6.8
Victor Fleming: Master Craftsman
as Self
2009
7.5
Anatomy of a Chase
as Self
2009
4.0
In the Master's Shadow: Hitchcock's Legacy
as Self
2008
7.0
Breaking Barriers: The Sound of Hitchcock
as Self
2008
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Pure Cinema: Through the Eyes of Hitchcock
as Self
2008
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The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't
as Self
2008
6.5
Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange'
as Self
2007
6.0
Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
as Self
2007
6.0
The Visions of Stanley Kubrick
as Self
2007
6.9
View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'
as Self
2007
7.4
The History of 'Cruising'
as Self
2007
7.7
Exorcising 'Cruising'
as Self
2007
6.5
The History of 'Cruising'
as Self
2007
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Tatort Oper - Wie Filmemacher Oper machen
as Self
2007
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The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. Alonzo
as Self
2007
6.0
Shadows of Suspense
as Self
2006
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Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy
2005
9.5
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A Little Solitaire
as Self
2004
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Leçon de Cinéma
as Self
2004
7.0
Counterfeit World: Making 'To Live and Die in L.A.'
as Self
2003
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Filming “The Hunted”
as Self
2003
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Pursuing “The Hunted”
as Self
2003
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The Cutting Edge
as Self
2003
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Narc: The Friedkin Connection
as Self
2003
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A Decade Under the Influence
as Self
2003
7.9
Through the Night with...
as Self
2002
8.0
Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connection
as Self
2001
7.0
The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection'
as Self
2000
8.3
Without Limits
as TV Director
1998
6.5
The Fear of God: 25 Years of The Exorcist
as Self - Director
1998
7.3
Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy
as Self
1998
6.0
Hollywood Halloween
as Self
1997
6.0
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Howard Hawks: American Artist
as Self
1997
5.8
Fear in the Dark
as Self
1991
10.0
The Simpsons
as Dr. Kenneth Humphries (voice)
1989
8.0
Putting It Together: The Making of the Broadway Album
as Self
1986
10.0
Conversation with Fritz Lang
as Self
1975
7.0
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Oscars, Actors and The Exorcist
as Self
1974
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