William Friedkin

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Birth Name: William David Friedkin

Born: 29 August 1935 Died: 7 August 2023

Country of origin: United States

Height: 6' 0"

Relationship Status: Married

Partner: Sherry Lansing

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The Idiot's Guide To Famous (Classic) Filmmakers (85 items)
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Published 11 years, 4 months ago

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Directors:The Filmography of... (207 items)
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Published 13 years, 5 months ago

21 comments

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Gone, but not forgotten (1870 items)
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Published 6 months, 4 weeks ago

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Rest in Peace (475 items)
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Published 13 years, 1 month ago

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42 votes

A Movie for every Director (part 2) (100 items)
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Published 11 years, 2 months ago

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William Friedkin's Favorite Films of all Time

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Description: Friedkin's mother was an operating room nurse. His father was a merchant seaman, semi-pro softball player and ultimately sold clothes in a men's discount chain. Ultimately, his father never earned more than $50/week in his whole life and died indigent. Eventually young Will became infatuated with Orson Welles after seeing Citizen Kane (1941). He went to work for WGN TV immediately after graduating from high school where he started making documentaries, one of which won the Golden Gate Award at the 1962 San Francisco film festival. In 1965, he moved to Hollywood and immediately started directing TV shows, including an episode of ... (more)

Tags: Director (17), American (6), Born 1935 (6), Oscar Winner (4), Died 2023 (3), The Best Director Ever (2), Producer (2), Died Aged 87 (2), Screenwriter (2), Auteur (2), Oscar Winning Director (1), Born In Chicago (1), The French Connection (1), Has A Purpose (1), Directed A Best Picture Winner (1), Died Right Before Birthday (1), Brilliant (1), Born August 29 (1), Born In Illinois (1), The Exorcist (1)

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1. The Exorcist (1973)

Rating:

7.5

3757 Watched

2. The French Connection (1971)

Rating:

7.8

848 Watched

3. Killer Joe (2000)

Rating:

6.9

456 Watched

4. To Live and Die in L.A. (1985)

Rating:

7.6

326 Watched

5. Rules of Engagement

Rating:

6.1

370 Watched

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TV directed by

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1. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

Rating:

7.3

2548 Watched

2. Tales from the Crypt (1989)

Rating:

7.2

551 Watched

3. The Twilight Zone (1985)

Rating:

7.5

326 Watched

4. The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962)

Rating:

8.1

42 Watched

5. C.A.T. Squad: Python Wolf

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1 want to see

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1. To Live and Die in L.A. (1985)

Rating:

7.6

326 Watched

2. Cruising

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6.7

239 Watched

3. The Guardian

Rating:

5.8

54 Watched

4. Rampage (1988)

Rating:

6.2

33 Watched

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1. A Decade Under the Influence (2003)

Rating:

7.6

33 want to see

2. Without Limits (1998)

Rating:

6.9

33 Watched

3. The Devil and Father Amorth

Rating:

4.9

22 Watched

4. The Visions of Stanley Kubrick

Rating:

7.9

9 want to see

5. Making the Boys (2011)

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8 want to see

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1. The Simpsons (1989)

Rating:

7.8

5813 Watched

2. The Merv Griffin Show (1962)

Rating:

8.3

23 Watched

3. Intimate Portrait

Rating:

9.1

19 Watched

4. American Masters

Rating:

8.8

17 Watched

5. Tavis Smiley

Rating:

8.1

17 Watched

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1. C.A.T. Squad: Python Wolf

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Books

1. The Friedkin Connection: A Memoir (2013)

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2. The Friedkin Connection: A Memoir (2013)

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Gone, but not forgotten (1870 person items)

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Rest in Peace (475 person items)

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"Favourite films: The Exorcist, To Live and Die in L.A., and The French Connection "

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Saddest Celebrity Deaths of 2023 (53 person items)

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Greatest Directors (62 person items)

"The Exorcist (1973) The French Connection (1971) To Live and Die in L.A. (1985) Cruising (1980) Killer Joe (2011)"

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Every Best Director Winner (71 person items)

"1971-The French Connection "

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William Friedkin's Favorite Films of all Time

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Films that Director's Never Got to Make or Wanted (81 person items)

"1974 Planned to make a movie about aliens and the myth of Atlantis but when Spielberg's "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" went into production, he decided to make a remake of "The Wages of Fear" instead ("Sorcerer") 1997 "The Ripper Diaries", thriller starring Anthony Hopkins as Jack the Ripper never went into production. "

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Venice Film Festival 2017 (175 person items)

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Die Hard (1970's) (8 movies items)

"Director!"

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