William Friedkin

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William Friedkin was an influential American filmmaker best known for directing the landmark 1970s films "The French Connection" and "The Exorcist," which helped define the gritty, auteur-driven era of New Hollywood cinema.

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William Friedkin canonical 34
Friedkin 1
William David Friedkin 1

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awardReceived Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ
BAFTA Award for Best Direction ⓘ
Directors Guild of America Award ⓘ
Golden Globe Award for Best Director ⓘ
causeOfDeath heart failure ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1935-08-29 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2023-08-07 ⓘ
directed Blue Chips ⓘ
Bug ⓘ
Cruising ⓘ
Jade ⓘ
Killer Joe ⓘ
Rampage ⓘ
Rules of Engagement ⓘ
Sorcerer ⓘ
The Boys in the Band ⓘ
The Brink's Job ⓘ
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial ⓘ
The Exorcist ⓘ
The French Connection ⓘ
The Hunted ⓘ
The Night They Raided Minsky's ⓘ
To Live and Die in L.A. ⓘ
earlyCareer worked as a television director in Chicago ⓘ
employer WGN-TV ⓘ
ethnicGroup Jewish Americans ⓘ
surface form: Jewish American
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surface form: Friedkin
fullName William Friedkin self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: William David Friedkin
genreOfWork crime film ⓘ
horror film ⓘ
thriller film ⓘ
givenName William ⓘ
influenced crime thriller genre ⓘ
modern horror cinema ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
movement New Hollywood ⓘ
notableAchievement Helped define the gritty, auteur-driven era of 1970s New Hollywood cinema ⓘ
notableWork Bug ⓘ
Cruising ⓘ
Killer Joe ⓘ
Sorcerer ⓘ
The Exorcist ⓘ
The French Connection ⓘ
To Live and Die in L.A. ⓘ
occupation documentary filmmaker ⓘ
film director ⓘ
film producer ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
television director ⓘ
placeOfBirth Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Los Angeles, California, United States of America ⓘ
surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States
religion Judaism ⓘ
spouse Jeanne Moreau ⓘ
Kelly Lange ⓘ
Sherry Lansing ⓘ
wrote The Friedkin Connection: A Memoir ⓘ

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The Night They Raided Minsky's → director → William Friedkin ⓘ
The Exorcist → director → William Friedkin ⓘ
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The French Connection → director → William Friedkin ⓘ
Sorcerer → director → William Friedkin ⓘ
Buddy Russo in The French Connection → adaptedForFilmBy → William Friedkin ⓘ
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Sherry Lansing → spouse → William Friedkin ⓘ
Blue Chips → director → William Friedkin ⓘ
Rules of Engagement → director → William Friedkin ⓘ
Max von Sydow → workedWith → William Friedkin ⓘ
12 Angry Men (1997 TV film) → director → William Friedkin ⓘ
To Live and Die in L.A. → director → William Friedkin ⓘ
To Live and Die in L.A. → screenwriter → William Friedkin ⓘ
Regan MacNeil → filmDirectedBy → William Friedkin ⓘ
Cruising → director → William Friedkin ⓘ
Cruising → screenwriter → William Friedkin ⓘ
Bug → director → William Friedkin ⓘ
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Killer Joe → director → William Friedkin ⓘ
The Boys in the Band → director → William Friedkin ⓘ
The Brink's Job → director → William Friedkin ⓘ
Rampage → director → William Friedkin ⓘ
Rampage → screenwriter → William Friedkin ⓘ
Rampage → producer → William Friedkin ⓘ
Jade → director → William Friedkin ⓘ
The Hunted → director → William Friedkin ⓘ
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The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial → director → William Friedkin ⓘ
subject surface form: The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (2023 film)
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial → screenwriter → William Friedkin ⓘ
subject surface form: The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (2023 film)
Jeanne Moreau → spouse → William Friedkin ⓘ
The Friedkin Connection: A Memoir → author → William Friedkin ⓘ
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The Friedkin Connection: A Memoir → hasProtagonist → William Friedkin ⓘ
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The Hunted (2003 film score) → associatedWithDirector → William Friedkin ⓘ
Allen Garfield → workedWith → William Friedkin ⓘ