William Friedkin
William "Billy" Friedkin (born August 29, 1935) is an American film and television director, producer and screenwriter closely identified with the "New Hollywood" movement of the 1970s. Beginning his career in documentaries in the early 1960s, he directed the crime thriller film The French Connection (1971), which won five Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Director, and the supernatural horror film The Exorcist (1973), which earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Director. His other films include the drama The Boys in the Band (1970), the thriller Sorcerer (1977), the crime comedy drama The Brink's Job (1978), the crime thriller Cruising (1980), the neo-noir thriller To Live and Die in L.A. (1985), the psychological horror film Bug (2006) and the black comedy Killer Joe (2011).
Filmography
Titles and credit roles
Director credits
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The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
The Devil and Father Amorth
Henri Langlois vu par...
Killer Joe
Bug
The Hunted
Rules of Engagement
12 Angry Men
Jade
Jailbreakers
Blue Chips
The Guardian
C.A.T. Squad: Python Wolf
Rampage
C.A.T. Squad
To Live and Die in L.A.
Deal of the Century
Cruising
The Brink's Job
Sorcerer
Conversation with Fritz Lang
The Exorcist
The French Connection
The Boys in the Band
The Night They Raided Minsky's
The Birthday Party
Good Times
Actor credits
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Algren
I Am Alfred Hitchcock
Fellini of the Spirits- THThe Exorcist Confidential
Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist
Friedkin Uncut
Sorcerers: A Conversation with William Friedkin and Nicolas Winding Refn
Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot
Stanley Kubrick in Focus
Casablanca: An Unlikely Classic
Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of
Miller's Tale
Fasten Your Seatbelt: The Thrilling Art of Alfred Hitchcock
North by Northwest: One for the Ages
The Master's Touch: Hitchcock's Signature Style
Pure Cinema: Through the Eyes of Hitchcock
In the Master's Shadow: Hitchcock's Legacy
The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't
Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange'
The Visions of Stanley Kubrick
Exorcising 'Cruising'
The History of 'Cruising'
The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. Alonzo
Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy
Counterfeit World: Making 'To Live and Die in L.A.'- FIFilming “The Hunted”
- PUPursuing “The Hunted”
- THThe Cutting Edge
A Decade Under the Influence
The Fear of God: 25 Years of The Exorcist
Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy
The Uttmost- HOHoward Hawks: American Artist
Fear in the Dark