William Friedkin
Born
1935-08-29
Place of birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Died
2023-08-07
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...
Known for
The Simpsons
Dr. Kenneth Humphries (voice)
The Devil and Father Amorth
Self
Without Limits
TV Director
Friedkin Uncut
Self
Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist
Self
A Decade Under the Influence
Self
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
100 Years of Warner Bros.
Self
The Fear of God: 25 Years of The Exorcist
Self - Director
I Am Alfred Hitchcock
Self (archive footage)
Fellini of the Spirits
Self
Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy
Movie
A Fuller Life
Self - Reader (segment "My Ballsy Yarns")
The Visions of Stanley Kubrick
Self
Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange'
Self