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

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

Our movie database offers a vast collection of films, allowing users to explore movies by year, genre, and more. Browse through top-rated blockbusters, independent films, and hidden gems.

Genres

Production

Services

Powered by Powerxsoft Ltd using the TMDB API