William Friedkin

Regissör, Skådespelare, Författare, Producent

29 augusti 1935 — 7 augusti 2023 (87 år)
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.

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Filmer och Serier på Plex

  • Bug
    Bug2006
  • Oss fifflare emellan
    Oss fifflare emellan1983

Känd för

  • Exorcisten
    Exorcisten1973
  • French Connection - Lagens våldsamma män
    French Connection - Lagens våldsamma män1971
  • Killer Joe
    Killer Joe2011
  • Bug
    Bug2006
  • Hunted
    Hunted2003
  • Rules of Engagement - Krigets regler
    Rules of Engagement - Krigets regler2000
  • Änglarnas stad
    Änglarnas stad1985
  • Fruktans lön
    Fruktans lön1977
  • Lockbetet
    Lockbetet1980
  • 12 edsvurna män
    12 edsvurna män1997
  • Blue Chips - Vinna eller försvinna
    Blue Chips - Vinna eller försvinna1994
  • Jade
    Jade1995
  • Djävulens barnvakt
    Djävulens barnvakt1990
  • Oss pojkar emellan
    Oss pojkar emellan1970
  • The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
    The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial2023
  • Oss fifflare emellan
    Oss fifflare emellan1983
  • Brinks-stöten
    Brinks-stöten1978
  • Rampage
    Rampage1987
  • CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
    CSI: Crime Scene Investigation15 seasons
  • The Devil and Father Amorth
    The Devil and Father Amorth2018

Filmografi

2005
1998
Without Limits · as Tv Director
1989
The Simpsons · as Dr. Kenneth Humphries (voice)

2017
1990
The Guardian · as Screenplay
1987
1985
To Live and Die in L.A. · as Screenplay
1980
1977
Sorcerer · as Screenplay
1971
The French Connection · as Screenplay
1967
Good Times · as Screenplay

1988
C.A.T. Squad: Python Wolf · as Executive Producer
1987
1986
C.A.T. Squad · as Executive Producer
1977
1977
1973
Paper Moon · as Executive Producer
1962

2025
2024
2023
2022
Heath Ledger: A Tragic Tale · as SelfPå Plex
2021
I Am Alfred Hitchcock · as Self (archive Footage)På Plex
2020
2020
2019
2018
Friedkin Uncut · as SelfPå Plex
2017
2014
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles · as Self - Filmmaker (archive Footage)
2014
Algren · as Self
2013
2013
A Fuller Life · as Self - Reader (segment "my Ballsy Yarns")
2013
2013
2011
Making the Boys · as Self
2009
2009
2009
2009
2009
2008
2008
2008
40 x 15 · as Self
2007
2007
2005
2005
2004
2004
The Culture Show · as Self
2004
2004
Tavis Smiley · as Self - Guest
2003
2003
2003
2002
2001
2001
2000
1998
1998
1997
The Directors · as Self
1997
In the Grip of Evil · as Self - Director Of 'the Exorcist'
1997
1991
Fear in the Dark · as Self
1990
1990
1985
American Masters · as Self
1976
The 48th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Presenter
1975
1972
The 44th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Winner
1964
Late Night Line-Up · as Self - Panellist
1962
The Merv Griffin Show · as Self - Guest
1955

2023
2015
Verdi Aida · as Stage Director
1988