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William Friedkin
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Died aged 87
Also known as윌리엄 프리드킨, 윌리암 프리드킨, William David FriedkinGenderMaleNationalityUnited StatesBorn29/08/1935Born inChicago, Illinois, USADied07/08/2023 (aged 87)Died inBel Air, Los AngelesCauseheart failure, pneumoniaWikidataQ51582 ↗TMDb#15175 ↗

William David Friedkin 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.

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Filmography49 titles

YearTitleCharacterAge at
release
2024Fear and Love: The Story of The ExorcistMovieSelf89
2023100 Years of Warner Bros.SeriesSelf88
2021I Am Alfred HitchcockMovieSelf (archive footage)86
2021AlgrenMovieSelf86
2020Fellini of the SpiritsMovieSelf85
2019Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The ExorcistMovieSelf84
2018Friedkin UncutMovieSelf83
2018Stringman: The Jack Nitzsche StoryMovieSelf83
2018The Devil and Father AmorthMovieSelf83
2015Sorcerers: A Conversation with William Friedkin and Nicolas Winding RefnMovie—80
2014Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson WellesMovieSelf - Filmmaker (archive footage)79
2014Henri Langlois vu par...MovieSelf79
2013A Fuller LifeMovieSelf - Reader (segment "My Ballsy Yarns")78
2013Tales from the Warner Bros. LotMovieSelf78
2013Don't Say No Until I Finish Talking: The Story of Richard D. ZanuckMovieSelf78
2012Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard OfMovieSelf77
2012Stanley Kubrick in FocusMovieSelf77
2010Raising Hell: Filming the ExorcistMovieSelf75
2010The Exorcist Locations: Georgetown Then and NowMovieSelf75
2009The Master's Touch: Hitchcock's Signature StyleMovieSelf74
2009North by Northwest: One for the AgesMovieSelf74
2009Fasten Your Seatbelt: The Thrilling Art of Alfred HitchcockMovieSelf74
2008The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn'tMovieSelf73
2007Tatort Oper - Wie Filmemacher Oper machenMovieSelf72
2007Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001MovieSelf72
2007The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. AlonzoMovieSelf72
2007Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001MovieSelf72
2007The Visions of Stanley KubrickMovieSelf72
2007View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'MovieSelf72
2007Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange'MovieSelf72
2003Counterfeit World: Making 'To Live and Die in L.A.'MovieSelf68
2003The Cutting EdgeMovieSelf68
2003Filming “The Hunted”MovieSelf68
2003A Decade Under the InfluenceMovieSelf68
2003100 Greatest Scary MomentsSeries—68
2003Narc: The Friedkin ConnectionMovieSelf68
2002Through the Night with...SeriesSelf67
2001Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French ConnectionMovieSelf66
2000The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection'MovieSelf65
1998The Fear of God: 25 Years of The ExorcistMovieSelf - Director63
1998Billy Wilder: The Human ComedyMovieSelf63
1998Without LimitsMovieTV Director63
1997Howard Hawks: American ArtistMovieSelf62
1997Hollywood HalloweenMovieSelf62
1991Fear in the DarkMovieSelf56
1989The SimpsonsSeriesDr. Kenneth Humphries (voice)54
1986Putting It Together: The Making of the Broadway AlbumMovieSelf51
1975Conversation with Fritz LangMovieSelf40
1974Oscars, Actors and The ExorcistMovieSelf39