William Friedkin

William Friedkin (born 29 August 1935 in Chicago, Illinois) is an Academy Award-winning American film director, producer and screenwriter best known for directing The Exorcist and The French Connection in the early 1970s. His recent film is Bug (2006) for which he won the FIPRESCI. After seeing the movie Citizen Kane as a boy, Friedkin became fascinated with movies and...

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