William Friedkin
Profile info
Known forDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday29 August 1935
Died7 August 2023 (age 87)
Place of birthChicago, Illinois, USA
Known credits105
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…
Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders
2026 · Self (archive footage)
Fear and Love: The Story of The Exorcist
2024 · Self
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
2023 · Teleplay
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
2023 · Director
100 Years of Warner Bros.
2023 · Self
The Lost Print: The Making of Orson Welles’ The Magnificent Ambersons
2022 · Self
Algren
2021 · Self
I Am Alfred Hitchcock
2021 · Self (archive footage)
Fellini of the Spirits
2020 · Self
Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist
2019 · Self
Friedkin Uncut
2018 · Self
Stringman: The Jack Nitzsche Story
2018 · Self
The Devil and Father Amorth
2018 · Self
The Devil and Father Amorth
2018 · Director
The Devil and Father Amorth
2018 · Writer
Return to the Genre
2016
Sorcerers: A Conversation with William Friedkin and Nicolas Winding Refn
2015
Verdi Aida
2015 · Stage Director
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
2014 · Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Henri Langlois vu par...
2014 · Self
Henri Langlois vu par...
2014 · Director
The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz
2013 · Self
A Fuller Life
2013 · Self - Reader (segment "My Ballsy Yarns")
Don't Say No Until I Finish Talking: The Story of Richard D. Zanuck
2013 · Self
Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot
2013 · Self
Stanley Kubrick in Focus
2012 · Self
Killer Joe
2012 · Director
Casablanca: An Unlikely Classic
2012 · Self
Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of
2012 · Self
Making the Boys
2011 · Self
Miller's Tale
2011 · Self
Godard Made in USA
2010 · Self
The Exorcist Locations: Georgetown Then and Now
2010 · Self
Raising Hell: Filming the Exorcist
2010 · Self
Fasten Your Seatbelt: The Thrilling Art of Alfred Hitchcock
2009 · Self
The Master's Touch: Hitchcock's Signature Style
2009 · Self
North by Northwest: One for the Ages
2009 · Self
Victor Fleming: Master Craftsman
2009 · Self
Anatomy of a Chase
2009 · Self
Breaking Barriers: The Sound of Hitchcock
2008 · Self
Pure Cinema: Through the Eyes of Hitchcock
2008 · Self
In the Master's Shadow: Hitchcock's Legacy
2008 · Self
The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't
2008 · Self
Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange'
2007 · Self
View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'
2007 · Self
The Visions of Stanley Kubrick
2007 · Self
Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
2007 · Self
Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001
2007 · Self
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