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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
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Directors:The Filmography of...
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Gone, but not forgotten
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A Movie for every Director (part 2)
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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
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1. The Exorcist (1973)
| Rating: | 3802 Watched |
2. The French Connection (1971)
| Rating: | 866 Watched |
3. Killer Joe (2000)
| Rating: | 461 Watched |
4. To Live and Die in L.A. (1985)
| Rating: | 338 Watched |
5. Rules of Engagement (2000)
| Rating: | 377 Watched |
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1. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000)
| Rating: | 2597 Watched |
2. Tales from the Crypt (1989)
| Rating: | 562 Watched |
3. The Twilight Zone (1985)
| Rating: | 328 Watched |
4. The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962)
| Rating: | 42 Watched |
| Rating: | 1 want to see |
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1. To Live and Die in L.A. (1985)
| Rating: | 338 Watched |
2. Cruising (1980)
| Rating: | 251 Watched |
3. The Guardian
| Rating: | 56 Watched |
4. Rampage (1988)
| Rating: | 34 Watched |
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1. A Decade Under the Influence (2003)
| Rating: | 34 Watched |
2. Without Limits (1998)
| Rating: | 33 Watched |
| Rating: | 23 Watched |
4. The Visions of Stanley Kubrick (2007)
| Rating: | 9 want to see |
5. Making the Boys (2011)
| Rating: | 8 want to see |
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1. The Simpsons (1989)
| Rating: | 5910 Watched |
2. The Merv Griffin Show (1962)
| Rating: | 31 Watched |
| Rating: | 28 Watched |
4. Intimate Portrait (1990)
| Rating: | 23 Watched |
5. Tavis Smiley
| Rating: | 23 Watched |
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Favourite Directors (98 person items)"Favourite films: The Exorcist, To Live and Die in L.A., and The French Connection "
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Movies: 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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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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