William Friedkin | WatchedThis

William Friedkin

William Friedkin

Directing

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 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.

Filmography Movies

Acting

Poster for Raising Hell: Filming the Exorcist
MOVIE

Raising Hell: Filming the Exorcist

6.0(0.0K)
Raising Hell: Filming the Exorcist
Self
Poster for The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't
MOVIE

The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't

7.2(0.0K)
The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't
Self
Tatort Oper - Wie Filmemacher Oper machenMOVIE
MOVIE

Tatort Oper - Wie Filmemacher Oper machen

Tatort Oper - Wie Filmemacher Oper machen
Self
Poster for Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy
MOVIE

Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy

9.4(0.0K)
Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy
Poster for Breaking Barriers: The Sound of Hitchcock
MOVIE

Breaking Barriers: The Sound of Hitchcock

Breaking Barriers: The Sound of Hitchcock
Self
Poster for Pure Cinema: Through the Eyes of Hitchcock
MOVIE

Pure Cinema: Through the Eyes of Hitchcock

Pure Cinema: Through the Eyes of Hitchcock
Self
Poster for The Fear of God: 25 Years of The Exorcist
MOVIE

The Fear of God: 25 Years of The Exorcist

7.4(0.0K)
The Fear of God: 25 Years of The Exorcist
Self - Director
A Little SolitaireMOVIE
MOVIE

A Little Solitaire

A Little Solitaire
Self
Poster for Miller's Tale
MOVIE

Miller's Tale

7.1(0.0K)
Miller's Tale
Self
Poster for Fear and Love: The Story of The Exorcist
MOVIE

Fear and Love: The Story of The Exorcist

Fear and Love: The Story of The Exorcist
Self

Production

Poster for The French Connection
MOVIE

The French Connection

7.5(2.1K)
The French Connection
Director
Poster for Rules of Engagement
MOVIE

Rules of Engagement

6.3(0.8K)
Rules of Engagement
Director
Poster for The Hunted
MOVIE

The Hunted

6.2(0.9K)
The Hunted
Director
Poster for Deal of the Century
MOVIE

Deal of the Century

4.7(0.1K)
Deal of the Century
Director
Poster for Jade
MOVIE

Jade

5.5(0.3K)
Jade
Director
Poster for The Brink's Job
MOVIE

The Brink's Job

6.2(0.1K)
The Brink's Job
Director
Poster for The Guardian
MOVIE

The Guardian

5.7(0.2K)
The Guardian
Director
Poster for Bug
MOVIE

Bug

6.1(0.6K)
Bug
Director
Poster for 12 Angry Men
MOVIE

12 Angry Men

7.7(0.4K)
12 Angry Men
Director
Poster for To Live and Die in L.A.
MOVIE

To Live and Die in L.A.

7.1(0.8K)
To Live and Die in L.A.
Director

Gallery

William Friedkin portrait
William Friedkin portrait
William Friedkin portrait
William Friedkin portrait
William Friedkin portrait
William Friedkin portrait
William Friedkin portrait
William Friedkin portrait
William Friedkin portrait