Actor
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 n ...

Known For
Movie

Peter Lorre : Derrière le masque du maudit

Movie

Fear and Love: The Story of The Exorcist

Movie

The Exorcist Untold

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Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist

Poster Path

The Lost Print: The Making of Orson Welles’ The Magnificent Ambersons

Acting
2024 -- Peter Lorre : Derrière le masque du maudit | Himself (archive)
2024 -- Fear and Love: The Story of The Exorcist | Himself
2023 -- The Exorcist Untold | Self (archive footage)
2023 -- Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist | Self
2022 -- The Lost Print: The Making of Orson Welles’ The Magnificent Ambersons | Self
2021 -- Algren | Self
2021 -- I Am Alfred Hitchcock | Self
2020 -- Fellini of the Spirits | Self
2018 -- Friedkin Uncut | Self
2018 -- The Devil and Father Amorth | Himself
2016 -- Return to the Genre |
2015 -- Sorcerers: A Conversation with William Friedkin and Nicolas Winding Refn |
2014 -- Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles | Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2014 -- Henri Langlois vu par... | Self
2013 -- The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz | Self
2013 -- A Fuller Life | Self - Reader (segment "My Ballsy Yarns")
2013 -- Don't Say No Until I Finish Talking: The Story of Richard D. Zanuck | Self
2013 -- Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot | Self
2012 -- Stanley Kubrick in Focus | Self
2012 -- Casablanca: An Unlikely Classic | Self
2012 -- Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of | Self
2011 -- Making the Boys | Himself
2011 -- Miller's Tale | Self
2010 -- Godard Made in USA | Self
2010 -- The Exorcist Locations: Georgetown Then and Now | Self
2010 -- Raising Hell: Filming the Exorcist | Self
2009 -- Fasten Your Seatbelt: The Thrilling Art of Alfred Hitchcock | Self
2009 -- North by Northwest: One for the Ages | Self
2009 -- The Master's Touch: Hitchcock's Signature Style | Self
2009 -- Victor Fleming: Master Craftsman | Himself
2009 -- Anatomy of a Chase | Self
2008 -- In the Master's Shadow: Hitchcock's Legacy | Self
2008 -- Breaking Barriers: The Sound of Hitchcock | Self
2008 -- Pure Cinema: Through the Eyes of Hitchcock | Self
2008 -- The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't | Self
2007 -- Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001 | Self
2007 -- View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining' | Self
2007 -- The Visions of Stanley Kubrick | Self
2007 -- Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange' | Self
2007 -- Exorcising 'Cruising' | Self
2007 -- The History of 'Cruising' | Self
2007 -- Tatort Oper - Wie Filmemacher Oper machen | Self
2007 -- The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. Alonzo | Self
2006 -- Shadows of Suspense | Self
2005 -- Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy |
2004 -- A Little Solitaire | Himself
2003 -- Counterfeit World: Making 'To Live and Die in L.A.' | Himself
2003 -- The Cutting Edge | Self
2003 -- Pursuing “The Hunted” | Self
2003 -- Filming “The Hunted” | Self
2003 -- A Decade Under the Influence | Self
2001 -- Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connection | Self
2000 -- The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection' | Self
1998 -- The Fear of God: 25 Years of The Exorcist | Self - Director
1998 -- Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy | Self
1997 -- Hollywood Halloween | Himself
1997 -- Howard Hawks: American Artist | Self
1991 -- Fear in the Dark | Self
1986 -- Putting it Together: The Making of the Broadway Album |
1975 -- Conversation with Fritz Lang | Self
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