William Friedkin
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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Acting
TV
The Simpsons
as Dr. Kenneth Humphries (voice)
1989
Movie
The Devil and Father Amorth
as Self
2018
Movie
Without Limits
as TV Director
1998
Movie
Friedkin Uncut
as Self
2018
Movie
Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist
as Self
2019
Movie
A Decade Under the Influence
as Self
2003
Movie
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2014
TV
100 Years of Warner Bros.
as Self
2023
Movie
The Fear of God: 25 Years of The Exorcist
as Self - Director
1998
Movie
I Am Alfred Hitchcock
as Self (archive footage)
2021
Movie
Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy
2005
Movie
Fellini of the Spirits
as Self
2020
Movie
A Fuller Life
as Self - Reader (segment "My Ballsy Yarns")
2013
Movie
Conversation with Fritz Lang
as Self
1975
Movie
The Visions of Stanley Kubrick
as Self
2007
Movie
Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange'
as Self
2007
Movie
Making the Boys
as Self
2011
Movie
Don't Say No Until I Finish Talking: The Story of Richard D. Zanuck
as Self
2013
Movie
Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001
as Self
2007
Movie
View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'
as Self
2007
Movie
The Master's Touch: Hitchcock's Signature Style
as Self
2009
Movie
The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't
as Self
2008
Movie
Stanley Kubrick in Focus
as Self
2012
Movie
Howard Hawks: American Artist
as Self
1997
Crew
Movie
The Exorcist
Director
1973
Movie
The French Connection
Director
1971
Movie
Killer Joe
Director
2012
TV
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Director
2000
TV
Tales from the Crypt
Director
1989
Movie
The Hunted
Director
2003
Movie
Paper Moon
Executive Producer
1973
Movie
Rules of Engagement
Director
2000
Movie
To Live and Die in L.A.
Director
1985
Movie
Sorcerer
Director
1977
Movie
Cruising
Director
1980
Movie
Bug
Director
2007