William Friedkin, the generation-defining director who brought a visceral realism to 1970s hits “The French Connection” and “The Exorcist" and was quickly anointed one of Hollywood's top directors ...
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 ...
William Friedkin's 1971 action thriller features a famous chase scene that has gone down as one of the best in cinema, but filming the scene was quite risky. Friedkin's The French Connection opened to ...