
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.

Putting It Together: The Making of the Broadway Album

ハリウッド・ナイトメア

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

The Twilight Zone

エクソシスト

12人の怒れる男 評決の行方

CSI:科学捜査班

フレンチ・コネクション

Rebel Highway

恐怖の報酬

To Live and Die in L.A.

真夜中のパーティー

Conversation with Fritz Lang

The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial

クルージング

キラー・スナイパー

The Birthday Party

英雄の条件

ハンテッド

Bug

Blue Chips

ブリンクス

Rampage

The Guardian

The Night They Raided Minsky's

Jade

Jailbreakers

Good Times

The Devil and Father Amorth

Deal of the Century

Henri Langlois vu par...

C.A.T. Squad

C.A.T. Squad: Python Wolf

The People vs. Paul Crump

Pro Football: Mayhem on a Sunday Afternoon

The Bold Men

The Painter's Voice

The Thin Blue Line

The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz

Fear in the Dark

Putting It Together: The Making of the Broadway Album

Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy

The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection'

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Counterfeit World: Making 'To Live and Die in L.A.'

Durch die Nacht mit …

A Decade Under the Influence

The History of 'Cruising'

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Victor Fleming: Master Craftsman

View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'

Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist

The Fear of God: 25 Years of The Exorcist

The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't

I AM アルフレッド・ヒッチコック

Miller's Tale

フリードキン・アンカット

Conversation with Fritz Lang

Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connection

Leçon de Cinéma

The Visions of Stanley Kubrick

The Master's Touch: Hitchcock's Signature Style

North by Northwest: One for the Ages

In the Master's Shadow: Hitchcock's Legacy

Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of

Fellini degli spiriti

A Fuller Life

Without Limits

Casablanca: An Unlikely Classic

Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles

Exorcising 'Cruising'

Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange'

Don't Say No Until I Finish Talking: The Story of Richard D. Zanuck

Raising Hell: Filming the Exorcist

Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy

Algren

Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001

Hollywood Halloween

The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. Alonzo

Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot

The Devil and Father Amorth

Making the Boys

SORCERERS: Une conversation entre William Friedkin et Nicolas Winding Refn

Anatomy of a Chase

Henri Langlois vu par...

Pure Cinema: Through the Eyes of Hitchcock

Breaking Barriers: The Sound of Hitchcock

Fear and Love: The Story of The Exorcist

The Exorcist Locations: Georgetown Then and Now

Godard Made in USA

Shadows of Suspense

Narc: The Friedkin Connection