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.
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.
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Filmography (Movies)
Fear and Love: The Story of The Exorcist
Character:Self
Release Date:26/03/2024
Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist
Character:Self
Release Date:05/10/2023
The Lost Print: The Making of Orson Welles’ The Magnificent Ambersons
Character:Self
Release Date:01/07/2022
Algren
Character:Self
Release Date:21/10/2021
I Am Alfred Hitchcock
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:02/05/2021
Fellini of the Spirits
Character:Self
Release Date:31/08/2020
Friedkin Uncut
Character:Self
Release Date:05/11/2018
The Devil and Father Amorth
Character:Self
Release Date:20/04/2018
Return to the Genre
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Release Date:27/09/2016
Sorcerers: A Conversation with William Friedkin and Nicolas Winding Refn
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Release Date:02/12/2015
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
Character:Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Release Date:12/12/2014
Henri Langlois vu par...
Character:Self
Release Date:27/07/2014
The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Character:Self
Release Date:01/10/2013
A Fuller Life
Character:Self - Reader (segment "My Ballsy Yarns")
Release Date:28/08/2013
Don't Say No Until I Finish Talking: The Story of Richard D. Zanuck
Character:Self
Release Date:28/04/2013
Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot
Character:Self
Release Date:15/01/2013
Stanley Kubrick in Focus
Character:Self
Release Date:30/11/2012
Casablanca: An Unlikely Classic
Character:Self
Release Date:27/03/2012
Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/2012
Making the Boys
Character:Self
Release Date:11/03/2011
Miller's Tale
Character:Self
Release Date:05/03/2011
Godard Made in USA
Character:Self
Release Date:11/12/2010
The Exorcist Locations: Georgetown Then and Now
Character:Self
Release Date:05/10/2010
Raising Hell: Filming the Exorcist
Character:Self
Release Date:10/05/2010
Fasten Your Seatbelt: The Thrilling Art of Alfred Hitchcock
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Release Date:24/11/2009
The Master's Touch: Hitchcock's Signature Style
Character:Self
Release Date:03/11/2009
North by Northwest: One for the Ages
Character:Self
Release Date:03/11/2009
Victor Fleming: Master Craftsman
Character:Self
Release Date:22/09/2009
Anatomy of a Chase
Character:Self
Release Date:24/02/2009
Pure Cinema: Through the Eyes of Hitchcock
Character:Self
Release Date:07/10/2008
Breaking Barriers: The Sound of Hitchcock
Character:Self
Release Date:07/10/2008
In the Master's Shadow: Hitchcock's Legacy
Character:Self
Release Date:07/10/2008
The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't
Character:Self
Release Date:03/06/2008
Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange'
Character:Self
Release Date:23/10/2007
The Visions of Stanley Kubrick
Character:Self
Release Date:23/10/2007
View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'
Character:Self
Release Date:23/10/2007
Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
Character:Self
Release Date:23/10/2007
The History of 'Cruising'
Character:Self
Release Date:18/09/2007
Exorcising 'Cruising'
Character:Self
Release Date:18/09/2007
The History of 'Cruising'
Character:Self
Release Date:18/09/2007
Tatort Oper - Wie Filmemacher Oper machen
Character:Self
Release Date:21/07/2007
The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. Alonzo
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/2007
Shadows of Suspense
Character:Self
Release Date:22/08/2006
Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy
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Release Date:04/10/2005
A Little Solitaire
Character:Self
Release Date:12/07/2004
Counterfeit World: Making 'To Live and Die in L.A.'
Character:Self
Release Date:02/12/2003
Filming “The Hunted”
Character:Self
Release Date:12/08/2003
Pursuing “The Hunted”
Character:Self
Release Date:12/08/2003
The Cutting Edge
Character:Self
Release Date:12/08/2003
Narc: The Friedkin Connection
Character:Self
Release Date:17/06/2003
A Decade Under the Influence
Character:Self
Release Date:25/04/2003
Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connection
Character:Self
Release Date:25/09/2001
The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection'
Character:Self
Release Date:15/01/2000
Without Limits
Character:TV Director
Release Date:11/09/1998
The Fear of God: 25 Years of The Exorcist
Character:Self - Director
Release Date:13/06/1998
Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy
Character:Self
Release Date:04/02/1998
Howard Hawks: American Artist
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1997
Hollywood Halloween
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1997
Fear in the Dark
Character:Self
Release Date:29/10/1991
Putting It Together: The Making of the Broadway Album
Character:Self
Release Date:11/01/1986
Conversation with Fritz Lang
Character:Self
Release Date:24/02/1975
Oscars, Actors and The Exorcist
Character:Self
Release Date:01/04/1974
Television Appearances
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