Cast
William Friedkin
Directing
Cast
William Friedkin
Known for
Directing
Born
1935-08-29
From
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Died
2023-08-07
Also known as 윌리엄 프리드킨, 윌리암 프리드킨, William David Friedkin
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 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.
★4.0
MOVIE2014
Henri Langlois vu par...
as Self
★6.6
MOVIE2013
A Fuller Life
as Self - Reader (segment "My Ballsy Yarns")
★7.7
MOVIE2007
The History of 'Cruising'
as Self
★6.6
MOVIE2020
Fellini of the Spirits
as Self
★7.4
MOVIE1998
The Fear of God: 25 Years of The Exorcist
as Self - Director
★7.3
MOVIE2021
I Am Alfred Hitchcock
as Self (archive footage)
★6.5
MOVIE2007
Exorcising 'Cruising'
as Self
MOVIE2010
Godard Made in USA
as Self
★9.0
MOVIE1991
Fear in the Dark
as Self
★7.1
MOVIE2011
Miller's Tale
as Self
★5.1
MOVIE2018
The Devil and Father Amorth
as Self
MOVIE2003
Filming “The Hunted”
as Self
★6.3
MOVIE2013
Don't Say No Until I Finish Talking: The Story of Richard D. Zanuck
as Self
MOVIE2006
Shadows of Suspense
as Self
MOVIE2026
Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders
as Self (archive footage)
★6.6
MOVIE1998
Without Limits
as TV Director
★6.8
MOVIE2013
Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot
as Self
★7.2
MOVIE2008
The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't
as Self
★7.1
MOVIE2018
Friedkin Uncut
as Self
★6.2
MOVIE2007
Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001
as Self
★9.4
MOVIE2005
Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy
★4.7
MOVIE2011
Making the Boys
as Self
MOVIE2003
Pursuing “The Hunted”
as Self
★9.0
MOVIE1986
Putting It Together: The Making of the Broadway Album
as Self
★6.2
MOVIE1997
Howard Hawks: American Artist
as Self
★6.9
MOVIE2007
The Visions of Stanley Kubrick
as Self
★6.0
MOVIE1998
Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy
as Self
★7.9
MOVIE2003
A Decade Under the Influence
as Self
★6.8
MOVIE2009
The Master's Touch: Hitchcock's Signature Style
as Self
★6.5
MOVIE2014
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
★6.0
MOVIE2007
The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. Alonzo
as Self
MOVIE2008
Pure Cinema: Through the Eyes of Hitchcock
as Self
★7.4
MOVIE2007
View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'
as Self
★6.8
MOVIE2009
North by Northwest: One for the Ages
as Self
★8.0
MOVIE1997
Hollywood Halloween
as Self
★6.0
MOVIE2012
Stanley Kubrick in Focus
as Self
MOVIE2003
The Cutting Edge
as Self
★6.1
MOVIE2007
Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange'
as Self
★6.7
MOVIE2012
Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of
as Self
MOVIE2004
A Little Solitaire
as Self
★9.0
MOVIE2003
Narc: The Friedkin Connection
as Self
★6.8
MOVIE2008
In the Master's Shadow: Hitchcock's Legacy
as Self
★4.0
MOVIE2009
Anatomy of a Chase
as Self
★6.5
MOVIE2012
Casablanca: An Unlikely Classic
as Self
★7.1
MOVIE1975
Conversation with Fritz Lang
as Self
★10.0
MOVIE2013
The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz
as Self
MOVIE2008
Breaking Barriers: The Sound of Hitchcock
as Self
MOVIE2024
Fear and Love: The Story of The Exorcist
as Self
MOVIE2016
Return to the Genre
★6.0
MOVIE2007
Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
as Self
★7.4
MOVIE2019
Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist
as Self
MOVIE2009
Fasten Your Seatbelt: The Thrilling Art of Alfred Hitchcock
as Self
★6.0
MOVIE2010
Raising Hell: Filming the Exorcist
as Self
★6.0
MOVIE2021
Algren
as Self
MOVIE1974
Oscars, Actors and The Exorcist
as Self
★8.1
MOVIE2000
The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection'
as Self
★7.5
MOVIE2009
Victor Fleming: Master Craftsman
as Self
MOVIE2010
The Exorcist Locations: Georgetown Then and Now
as Self
★7.0
MOVIE2001
Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connection
as Self
MOVIE2022
The Lost Print: The Making of Orson Welles’ The Magnificent Ambersons
as Self
★4.5
MOVIE2015
Sorcerers: A Conversation with William Friedkin and Nicolas Winding Refn
★7.7
MOVIE2003
Counterfeit World: Making 'To Live and Die in L.A.'
as Self
MOVIE2007
Tatort Oper - Wie Filmemacher Oper machen
as Self