William Friedkin
Gender: Male
Born: 29th August 1935 (currently 75 years old)
Nationality: United States of America
Movies: 12 Angry Men, 12 Angry Men, Blue Chips, Bug, Cruising, Deal of the Century, Fritz Lang Interviewed by William Friedkin , Good Times, Jade, Jailbreakers, Rampage, Rules of Engagement, Sorcerer, The Birthday Party, The Boys in the Band, The Brink's Job, The Exorcist, The Exorcist series, The French Connection, The Guardian, The Hunted, The Night They Raided Minsky's, The People vs. Paul Crump, To Live and Die in L.A.
William Friedkin (born August 29, 1935) is an American film director, producer and screenwriter best known for directing The French Connection in 1971 and The Exorcist in 1973; for the former, he won the Academy Award for Best Director. His recent film, Bug (2006) won the FIPRESCI prize at the Cannes Film Festival.
After seeing the movie Citizen Kane as a boy, Friedkin became fascinated with movies and began working for WGN-TV immediately after high school. He eventually started his directorial career doing live television shows and documentaries, including The People vs. Paul Crump which won several awards and contributed to the commutation of Crump's death sentence. As mentioned in Friedkin's voice over commentary on the DVD re-release of Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo, Friedkin also directed one of the last episodes of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour in 1965, called "Off Season". Hitchcock admonished Friedkin for not wearing a tie while directing. In 1965 Friedkin moved to Hollywood and two years later released his first feature film, Good Times starring Sonny and Cher. Several other "art" films followed (including the gay-themed movie The Boys in the Band), although Friedkin didn't
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