One of the highlights of The Seattle International Film Festival, which wrapped up last night, was the Lifetime Achievement Award given to William Friedkin, the Oscar winning director of The French ...
Director William Friedkin (The French Connection, The Exorcist) discusses his iconic career; beginning in the mailroom of a television station to winning the DGA Feature Film Award and becoming a ...
When the late, legendary filmmaker William Friedkin called Kiefer Sutherland to gauge his interest in playing the lead in the Showtime and Paramount+ film The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial, the actor ...
LOS ANGELES -- William Friedkin, the filmmaker behind 1973's adaptation of novelist William Peter Blatty's horror novel "The Exorcist," has died at age 87. Stephen Galloway, dean of Dodge College of ...
Most fans are well aware of the great artists who emerged from the 1970s in Hollywood cinema. The New Hollywood era saw the rise of a director's first movement, where craft was prioritized over studio ...
Los Angeles – Directors Guild of America President Lesli Linka Glatter made the following statement upon learning of the passing of William Friedkin: “When it comes to directorial influence, Billy was ...
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William Friedkin was one of the all-time great go-for-broke sort of directors and, honestly, might well have been up there as one of the greatest directors in general. Sure, he didn’t churn out ...