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William Friedkin

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Nascita
29 agosto 1935 · Chicago, Illinois, USA
Morte
7 agosto 2023

Biografia

William David Friedkin (August 29, 1935 – August 7, 2023) was an American film, television and opera director, producer, and screenwriter who was closely identified with the "New Hollywood" movement of the 1970s. Beginning his career in documentaries in the early 1960s, he is best known for his crime thriller film The French Connection (1971), which won five Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director, and the horror film The Exorcist (1973), which earned him another Academy Award nomination for Best Director. Friedkin's other films in the 1970s and 1980s include the drama The Boys in the Band (1970), considered a milestone of queer cinema; the originally deprecated, now lauded thriller Sorcerer (1977); the crime comedy drama The Brink's Job (1978); the controversial thriller Cruising (1980); and the neo-noir thriller To Live and Die in L.A. (1985). Although Friedkin's works suffered an overall commercial and critical decline in the late 1980s, his last three feature films, all based on plays, were positively received by critics: the psychological horror film Bug (2006), the crime film Killer Joe (2011), and the legal drama film The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (2023), released two months after his death. He also worked extensively as an opera director from 1998 until his death, and directed various television films and series episodes for television. Description above from the Wikipedia article William Friedkin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Locandina di I Simpson
I Simpson
Serie · 1989 · ★ 8,0
Locandina di L'esorcista
L'esorcista
Film · 1973 · ★ 7,8
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Il braccio violento della legge
Film · 1971 · ★ 7,5
Locandina di Killer Joe
Killer Joe
Film · 2012 · ★ 6,5
Locandina di CSI: Scena del crimine
CSI: Scena del crimine
Serie · 2000 · ★ 7,6
Locandina di I racconti della cripta
I racconti della cripta
Serie · 1989 · ★ 8,0
Locandina di The Hunted - La preda
The Hunted - La preda
Film · 2003 · ★ 6,2
Locandina di Vivere e morire a Los Angeles
Vivere e morire a Los Angeles
Film · 1985 · ★ 7,1
Locandina di Regole d'onore
Regole d'onore
Film · 2000 · ★ 6,3
Locandina di Il salario della paura
Il salario della paura
Film · 1977 · ★ 7,5
Locandina di Cruising
Cruising
Film · 1980 · ★ 6,6
Locandina di Bug - La paranoia è contagiosa
Bug - La paranoia è contagiosa
Film · 2007 · ★ 6,1

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