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William Friedkin

1935-08-29 (89 years old) in Chicago, Illinois, USA

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.

Movies

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Peter Lorre : Derrière le masque du maudit
75 %|Jun 7, 2024
Documentary, TV Movie
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Fear and Love: The Story of The Exorcist
0 %|Mar 26, 2024
Documentary, Horror
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The Exorcist Untold
0 %|Dec 11, 2023
Documentary
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Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist
73 %|Oct 5, 2023
Documentary, Horror
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Algren
60 %|Oct 21, 2021
Documentary
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I Am Alfred Hitchcock
69 %|May 2, 2021
Documentary
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Fellini of the Spirits
66 %|Aug 31, 2020
Documentary, Animation
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Friedkin Uncut
72 %|Nov 5, 2018
Documentary
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The Devil and Father Amorth
50 %|Apr 20, 2018
Documentary, Horror
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Return to the Genre
0 %|Sep 27, 2016
Documentary
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Henri Langlois vu par...
0 %|Jul 27, 2014
Documentary
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The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz
100 %|Oct 1, 2013
Documentary
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A Fuller Life
66 %|Aug 28, 2013
Documentary
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Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot
57 %|Jan 15, 2013
Documentary
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Stanley Kubrick in Focus
60 %|Nov 30, 2012
Documentary
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Casablanca: An Unlikely Classic
65 %|Mar 27, 2012
Documentary
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Making the Boys
51 %|Mar 11, 2011
Documentary
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Miller's Tale
71 %|Mar 5, 2011
Documentary
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Godard Made in USA
0 %|Dec 11, 2010
Documentary
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Raising Hell: Filming the Exorcist
60 %|May 10, 2010
Documentary
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North by Northwest: One for the Ages
63 %|Nov 3, 2009
Documentary
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Victor Fleming: Master Craftsman
75 %|Sep 22, 2009
Documentary, History
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Anatomy of a Chase
40 %|Feb 24, 2009
Documentary
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The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't
60 %|Jun 3, 2008
Documentary
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The Visions of Stanley Kubrick
69 %|Oct 23, 2007
Documentary
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The History of 'Cruising'
65 %|Sep 18, 2007
Documentary
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Exorcising 'Cruising'
65 %|Sep 18, 2007
Documentary
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Shadows of Suspense
0 %|Aug 22, 2006
Documentary
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A Little Solitaire
0 %|Jul 12, 2004
Documentary
actor
Filming “The Hunted”
0 %|Aug 12, 2003
actor
The Cutting Edge
0 %|Aug 12, 2003
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A Decade Under the Influence
80 %|Apr 25, 2003
Documentary
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The Fear of God: 25 Years of The Exorcist
72.95 %|Jun 13, 1998
Documentary, TV Movie, Horror
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Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy
60 %|Feb 4, 1998
Documentary
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Howard Hawks: American Artist
58 %|Jan 1, 1997
Documentary
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Hollywood Halloween
60 %|Jan 1, 1997
Documentary
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Fear in the Dark
100 %|Oct 29, 1991
Documentary, TV Movie
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Putting it Together: The Making of the Broadway Album
100 %|Jan 11, 1986
Documentary, Music, TV Movie
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Conversation with Fritz Lang
71 %|Feb 24, 1975
Documentary

Series

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100 Years of Warner Bros.
76.53999999999999 %|May 25, 2023
Documentary
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Leçon de Cinéma
70 %|Mar 20, 2004
Documentary, Talk
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Through the Night with...
80 %|May 10, 2002
Talk, Documentary
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AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies
81.67 %|Jun 23, 1998
Documentary
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The Simpsons
80.16999999999999 %|Dec 17, 1989
Family, Animation, Comedy
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Alfred Hitchcock Presents
77 %|Oct 2, 1955
Mystery, Drama, Crime