William Friedkin
Personal Info
Know For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1935-08-29 (88 years old)
Deathday
2023-08-07
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Also known As
윌리엄 프리드킨
윌리암 프리드킨
William Friedkin
Biography
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 q...
Acting
2010
2008
2007
2008
2008
1998
as Self - Director
2004
as Self
2011
as Self
2024
2009
as Self
2013
1975
as Self
2013
2003
as Self
2003
as Self
2003
as Self
2023
as Self (archive footage)
2012
2007
2014
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2012
as Self
2024
as Self (archive footage)
1991
as Self
2009
2013
as Self - Reader (segment "My Ballsy Yarns")
2003
as Self
2007
as Self
2007
as Self
2008
2011
as Self
1998
2018
as Self
2018
as Self
2021
as Self
2009
2014
as Self
2010
as Self
2020
as Self
1997
1997
as Self
2021
as Self
2006
as Self
1998
as TV Director
2003
2007
as Self
Production
1971
as Director
2000
as Director
2003
as Director
1983
as Director
1995
as Director
1978
as Director
1990
as Director
2007
as Director
1997
as Director
1985
as Director
1985
as Screenplay
1973
as Director
1970
as Director
1980
as Writer
1980
as Director
1968
as Director
1977
as Director
2012
as Director
1994
as Director
1998
1962
as Director
1987
as Director
1987
as Writer
1968
as Director
1967
as Director
1994
as Director
1988
as Director
1967
as Director
2023
as Teleplay
1986
as Director
1986
as Executive Producer
1975
as Director
1990
as Screenplay
2023
as Director
2015
as Stage Director
1965
as Director
1977
as Screenplay
1971
as Screenplay
1965
as Director
2007
as Director
2018
as Director
1987
as Producer
1986
2018
as Writer
1984
as Director
1967
as Producer
1966
as Producer
1966
as Director
1967
as Screenplay
1962
as Producer
1977
as Producer
2014
as Director
1988
as Story
1988
as Executive Producer
1966
as Story
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