William Friedkin

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author film director film producer human screenwriter

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.

Aliases (2)

Friedkin ×1
William David Friedkin ×1

Statements (62)

Predicate	Object
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 American →
familyName	Friedkin →
fullName	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 →
religion	Judaism →
spouse	Jeanne Moreau → Kelly Lange → Sherry Lansing →
wrote	The Friedkin Connection: A Memoir →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
The Exorcist → The Night They Raided Minsky's →	director
William Friedkin ("Friedkin") →	familyName
William Friedkin ("William David Friedkin") →	fullName
New Hollywood →	notableDirector