William Friedkin
William David Friedkin (August 29, 1935 – August 7, 2023) was an American film and television director, producer and screenwriter closely identified with the "New Hollywood" movement of the 1970s. Beginning his career in documentaries in the early 1960s, he directed the crime thriller film The French Connection (1971), which won five Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Director, and the supernatural horror film The Exorcist (1973), which earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Director. His other films included the drama The Boys in the Band (1970), the thriller Sorcerer (1977), the crime comedy-drama The Brink's Job (1978), the crime thriller Cruising (1980),[3][4] the neo-noir thriller To Live and Die in L.A. (1985), the psychological horror film Bug (2006) and the black comedy Killer Joe (2011).
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