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 David Friedkin 1

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instanceOf author ⓘ
film director ⓘ
film producer ⓘ
human ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
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
familyName William Friedkin self-linksurface differs ⓘ
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 Exorcist → director → William Friedkin ⓘ
The Night They Raided Minsky's → director → William Friedkin ⓘ
William Friedkin → familyName → William Friedkin self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Friedkin
William Friedkin → fullName → William Friedkin self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: William David Friedkin
New Hollywood → notableDirector → William Friedkin ⓘ