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Dee

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'''Dee''' or '''DEE''' may refer to:
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== People ==
=== Surname ===
* Dee, an alternate spelling of the Welsh surname [[Day (surname)|Day]]
* Dee, a romanization of several Chinese surnames, including:
** Those listed at [[Di (surname)]]
** Some Hokkien pronunciations of the surname [[Li (surname 李)|Li]] ({{lang|zh|李}})
* [[Di Renjie]] (630–700), Duke Wenhui of Liang, a Tang dynasty official
* [[AJ Dee]] (born 1983), Filipino actor, swimmer and brother of actor Enchong Dee
* [[Arthur Dee]] (1579–1651), English physician and alchemist
* [[Billy Dee]], African American adult film actor
* [[Bob Dee]] (1933–1979), American football defensive end
* [[Daisy Dee]] (born 1970), Dutch singer, actress and TV host
* [[Dave Dee]] (1943–2009), English singer-songwriter, musician, A&R manager, fundraiser and businessman
* [[Ed Dee]] (born 1940), American author
* [[Enchong Dee]] (born 1998), Filipino actor
* [[Frances Dee]] (1909–2004), American actress
* [[Gerry Dee]] (born 1968), Canadian comedian
* [[Jack Dee]] (born 1961), British comedian
* [[Jeff Dee]] (born 1961), American artist and game designer
* Joey Dee (born 1940), American singer, of [[Joey Dee and the Starliters]]
* [[John Dee (disambiguation)]]
** [[John Dee]] (1527–1608 or 1609), English mathematician and alchemist
* [[Kiki Dee]] (born 1947), English singer
* [[Leo Dee]] (1931–2004), American artist
* [[Marvin R. Dee]] (1917–1977), American lawyer, businessman, and politician
* [[Merri Dee]] (1936–2022), American journalist and philanthropist
* [[Michelle Dee]] (born 1995), Filipino actress and beauty pageant titleholder
* [[Mike Dee]], American sports executive
* [[Mike Dee (baseball coach)]] (born 1958), American college baseball coach
* [[Mikkey Dee]] (born 1963), Swedish drummer with the band [[Motörhead]]
* [[Roger Dee]] (1914–2004), American author
* [[Ruby Dee]] (1922–2014), African-American actress and activist
* [[Sandra Dee]] (1942–2005), American actress
* [[Simon Dee]] (1935–2009), British television interviewer and radio disc jockey

=== Given name ===
* [[Dee Benson]], American judge
* [[Dee Bradley Baker]] (born 1962), American voice actor
* [[Dee Brock]] (born 1930), American educator
* [[Dee Brown (politician)]] (born 1948), American politician
* [[Dee D. Jackson]] (born 1954), British singer
* [[Dee Delaney]] (born 1995), American football player
* [[Dee Hepburn]] (born 1961), Scottish actress
* [[Dee Palmer]] (born 1937), English musician
* [[Dee Roscioli]] (born 1977), American actress
* [[Dee Scarr]], scuba diver and environmentalist in Bonaire
* [[Dee Snider]] (born 1955), American musician and lead singer of [[Twisted Sister]]
* [[Dee Wallace]] (born 1948), American actress

=== Stage name or nickname ===
* [[Dee (nickname)]], a list of people nicknamed "Dee"
* [[Dee (singer)]], Canadian singer, songwriter, disc jockey, producer and multi-instrumentalist Martin Granger
* [[Dee (artist)]], Swedish singer and dancer Dilnarin Demirbag (born 1973)
* [[Dee Harvey]], American R&B singer Demetrius Harvey (1965–2012)
* [[Dee C. Lee]], British singer Diane Catherine Sealy (born 1961)
* [[Kool Moe Dee]], American hip hop MC Mohandas Dewese (born 1962)
* [[Papa Dee]], Swedish rap, ragga and dancehall musician David Wahlgren (born 1966)

== Fictional characters ==
*[[Judge Dee]], a semi-fictional character based on Di Renjie, Duke Wenhui of Liang
*[[Anastasia Dualla]] or Dee, from the television series ''Battlestar Galactica''
*[[Deandra Reynolds]], "Sweet Dee" of the television series ''It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia''
* Dee, a secret [[List of Darkstalkers characters#Dee|character in the ''Darkstalkers'']] fighting game series
*[[Gandra Dee]], a ''Duck Tales'' character
*[[Waddle Dee]], a ''Kirby'' character
* Dee Thomas, from the sitcom ''[[What's Happening!!]]''
* Dee Vasquez, from ''[[Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney]]''

== Places ==
* {{transclude list | River Dee (disambiguation) }}
* [[Dee, Pennsylvania]], United States, an unincorporated community
* [[Dee Island]], Antarctica
* [[De'e]], a town in Longlin Various Nationalities Autonomous County, Guangxi, China

==As an acronym or code==
* [[Department of the Environment and Energy]], Australia
* [[Dundee railway station]], station code
* [[Yuzhno-Kurilsk Mendeleyevo Airport]], IATA code
* [[Dead-end elimination]]

== Other uses ==
* [[HMS Dee|HMS ''Dee'']], various Royal Navy ships
* [[Dee (gender identity)]], a gender identity in Thailand
* [[Dee Events Center]], a multi-purpose indoor arena on the campus of Weber State University, Ogen, Utah, United States
* Dee, a song in the album ''[[Blizzard of Ozz]]''
* A D-shaped electrode in a [[cyclotron]]
* A D-shaped ring, a [[D-ring]] or dee-ring
* The letter "D" in [[English alphabet#Letter names]]
* Dee, the concept car ''[[BMW i Vision Dee]]''
* Dee, one of the mascots of [[PBS Kids]] since 2013

== See also ==
*[[D (disambiguation)]]
*[[Dhee (disambiguation)]]
*[[Deedee (disambiguation)]], including DeeDee and Dee Dee

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William Friedkin

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{{Short description|American director and producer (1935–2023)}}
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{{Use American English|date= August 2023}}
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| image = William Friedkin, Festival de Sitges 2017 (cropped).jpg
| caption = Friedkin in 2017
| name = William Friedkin
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| birth_name = William David Friedkin
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1935|8|29}}
| birth_place = Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2023|8|7|1935|8|29}}
| death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.
| occupation = {{hlist|Director|producer|screenwriter}}
| education = [[Senn High School]]
| years_active = 1962–2023
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| children = 2
| spouse = {{Unbulleted list|{{marriage|[[Jeanne Moreau]]|1977|1979|end=divorced}}|{{marriage|[[Lesley-Anne Down]]|1982|1985|end=divorced}}|{{marriage|[[Kelly Lange]]|1987|1990|end=divorced}}|{{marriage|[[Sherry Lansing]]|1991}}}}
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'''William David Friedkin''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|f|r|iː|d|k|ɪ|n}}; 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/139759/american-new-wave-retrospective|title=The American New Wave: A Retrospective {{!}} H-Announce {{!}} H-Net|website=networks.h-net.org|language=en|access-date=February 19, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=O'Connell |first=Michelle |date=June 21, 2017 |title=June 1977: When New Hollywood Got Weird |url=https://thefilmstage.com/features/june-1977-when-new-hollywood-got-weird/ |access-date=February 19, 2018 |work=The Film Stage |language=en-US}}</ref> Beginning his career in documentaries in the early 1960s, he is best known for his crime thriller film ''[[The French Connection (film)|The French Connection]]'' (1971), which won five [[Academy Awards]], including [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]] and [[Academy Award for Best Director|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 film)|The Boys in the Band]]'' (1970), considered a milestone of [[queer cinema]]; the originally deprecated, now lauded thriller ''[[Sorcerer (film)|Sorcerer]]'' (1977); the crime comedy drama ''[[The Brink's Job]]'' (1978); the controversial thriller ''[[Cruising (film)|Cruising]]'' (1980);<ref>{{cite web |title=The Controversy of CRUISING {{!}} Cinematheque |url=http://cinema.wisc.edu/blog/2017/04/14/controversy-cruising |url-status=dead |access-date=February 19, 2018 |website=cinema.wisc.edu |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Guthmann|first=Edward|date=1980|title=THE CRUISING CONTROVERSY: William Friedkin vs. the Gay Community|jstor=41685938|journal=Cinéaste|volume=10|issue=3|pages=2–8}}</ref> and the neo-noir thriller ''[[To Live and Die in L.A. (film)|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 film)|Bug]]'' (2006), the crime film ''[[Killer Joe (film)|Killer Joe]]'' (2011), and the legal drama film ''[[The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (2023 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.

==Early life and education ==
Friedkin was born in Chicago, Illinois, on August 29, 1935, the son of Rachael (née Green) and Louis Friedkin. His father was a semi-professional softball player, merchant seaman, and men's clothing salesman. His mother, whom Friedkin called "a saint," was a nurse.<ref name="Biskind200">Biskind, p. 200.</ref><ref name="AP-Obit"/> His parents were [[History of the Jews in Ukraine|Jewish emigrants from Ukraine]], in the [[Russian empire]].<ref>[http://www.jewishjournal.com/the_ticket/item/killer_joes_william_friedkin_i_could_have_been_a_very_violent_person_video_/ Pfefferman, Naomi. "'Killer Joe's' William Friedkin: 'I Could Have Been a Very Violent Person'." ''Jewish Journal.'' August 2, 2012.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822030143/http://www.jewishjournal.com/the_ticket/item/killer_joes_william_friedkin_i_could_have_been_a_very_violent_person_video_ |date=August 22, 2016 }} Accessed April 29, 2013.</ref> His grandparents, parents, and other relatives fled Russia during a particularly violent [[Anti-Jewish pogroms in the Russian Empire#1903–1906|anti-Jewish pogrom]] in 1903.<ref>Friedkin, ''The Friedkin Connection'', p. 1.</ref> Friedkin's father was somewhat uninterested in making money, and the family was generally lower middle class while he was growing up. According to film historian [[Peter Biskind]], "Friedkin viewed his father with a mixture of affection and contempt for not making more of himself."<ref name="Biskind200" />

After attending public schools in Chicago, Friedkin enrolled at [[Senn High School]], where he played basketball well enough to consider turning professional.<ref name="Biskind201">Biskind, p. 201.</ref> He was not a serious student and barely received grades good enough to graduate,<ref>Segaloff, p. 25.</ref> which he did at the age of 16.<ref>Wakeman, p. 372.</ref> He said this was because of [[social promotion]] and not because he was bright.<ref>Friedkin, ''Conversations at the American Film Institute...'', p. 186.</ref>

Friedkin began going to movies as a teenager,<ref name="Biskind201" /> and cited ''[[Citizen Kane]]'' as one of his key influences. Several sources claim that Friedkin saw this motion picture as a teenager,<ref>Emery, p. 237; Claggett, p. 3.</ref> but Friedkin himself said that he did not see the film until 1960, when he was 25 years old. Only then, Friedkin said, did he become a true [[Cinephilia|cineaste]].<ref>Friedkin, ''The Friedkin Connection'', p. 9.</ref> Among the movies that he also saw as a teenager and young adult were ''[[Les Diaboliques (film)|Les Diaboliques]]'', ''[[The Wages of Fear]]'' (which many consider he remade as ''[[Sorcerer (film)|Sorcerer]]''), and ''[[Psycho (1960 film)|Psycho]]'' (which he viewed repeatedly, like ''Citizen Kane''). Televised documentaries such as 1960's ''[[Harvest of Shame]]'' were also important to his developing sense of cinema.<ref name="Biskind201" />

Friedkin began working in the mail room at [[WBKB-TV]] immediately after high school.<ref>Stevens, p. 184.</ref> Within two years (at the age of 18),<ref name="LitFilmQ">Walker and Johnson, p. 15.</ref> he started his [[television director|directorial]] career doing live television shows and documentaries.<ref>Derry, p. 361; Edmonds and Mimura, p. 211.</ref> His efforts included ''[[The People vs. Paul Crump]]'' (1962), which won an award {{which|date=March 2025}} at the [[San Francisco International Film Festival]] and contributed to the commutation of [[Paul Crump|Crump's]] [[death sentence]].<ref name="LitFilmQ" /><ref>Hamm, p. 86-87.</ref> Its success helped Friedkin get a job with producer [[David L. Wolper]].<ref name="LitFilmQ" /> He also made the football-themed documentary ''[[Mayhem on a Sunday Afternoon]]'' (1965).<ref>Charles Champlin, "Friedkin Damns the Torpedoes", ''The Los Angeles Times'', March 24, 1967. Retrieved via Newspapers.com.</ref>

==Career==
=== 1965–1979 ===
As mentioned in his voice-over commentary on the DVD re-release of [[Alfred Hitchcock]]'s ''[[Vertigo (film)|Vertigo]]'', Friedkin directed one of the last episodes of ''[[The Alfred Hitchcock Hour]]'' in 1965, called "Off Season". Hitchcock admonished Friedkin for not wearing a tie while directing.<ref>"Vertigo: The Legacy Series" Universal, 2008</ref>

In 1965, Friedkin moved to Hollywood and two years later released his first feature film, ''[[Good Times (film)|Good Times]]'' starring [[Sonny and Cher]]. He has referred to the film as "unwatchable".<ref>{{Citation | title = The Directors: William Friedkin }}</ref> Several other films followed: ''[[The Birthday Party (1968 film)|The Birthday Party]]'', based on an unpublished screenplay by [[Harold Pinter]], which he adapted from his own play; the musical comedy ''[[The Night They Raided Minsky's]]'', starring [[Jason Robards]] and [[Britt Ekland]]; and the adaptation of [[Mart Crowley]]'s play ''[[The Boys in the Band (1970 film)|The Boys in the Band]]''.<ref>{{cite AV media|first=William|last=Friedkin|year=2008|title=The Boys in the Band|url=https://www.amazon.com/Boys-Band-Kenneth-Nelson/dp/B001CQONPE|medium=DVD|format=Interview|at=Extras, "The Boys in the Band, 40 Years Later"|publisher=[[CBS Television Distribution]]|asin=B001CQONPE|access-date=August 8, 2023}}</ref>

[[File:William Friedkin, Owen Roizman and William Peter Blatty making The Exorcist in the streets of Georgetown.jpg|thumb|left|alt=Friedkin and others during the filming of the ''Exorcist''|From left: Friedkin, [[Owen Roizman]] and [[William Peter Blatty]] on set of ''The Exorcist'']]
His next film, ''[[The French Connection (film)|The French Connection]]'', was released to wide critical acclaim in 1971. Shot in a gritty style more suited for documentaries than Hollywood features, the film won five [[Academy Awards]], including [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]] and [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Lee |first=Benjamin |date=August 7, 2023 |title=William Friedkin, director of The Exorcist and The French Connection, dies at 87 |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/aug/07/william-friedkin-dies-age-87-director-the-exorcist |access-date=August 7, 2023 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Friedkin's next film was 1973's ''[[The Exorcist]]'', based on [[William Peter Blatty]]'s best-selling novel, which revolutionized the horror genre and is considered by some critics to be one of the greatest horror movies of all time. ''The Exorcist'' was nominated for 10 [[Academy Awards]], including Best Picture and Best Director. It won for [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Screenplay]] and [[Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing|Best Sound]]. Following these two pictures, Friedkin, along with [[Francis Ford Coppola]] and [[Peter Bogdanovich]], was deemed one of the premier directors of [[New Hollywood]]. In 1973, the trio announced the formation of an independent production company at [[Paramount Pictures]], [[The Directors Company]]. Whereas Coppola directed ''[[The Conversation]]'' and Bogdanovich, the [[Henry James]] adaptation, ''[[Daisy Miller (film)|Daisy Miller]]'', Friedkin abruptly left the company, which was soon closed by Paramount.<ref>{{Cite book | title = Infamous Players: A Tale of Movies, the Mob, (and Sex) | publisher = Weinstein Books | date = May 9, 2011 | first = Peter | last = Bart}}</ref>

Friedkin's later movies did not achieve the same success. ''[[Sorcerer (film)|Sorcerer]]'' (1977), a $22 million American [[remake]] of the French classic ''[[The Wages of Fear (film)|The Wages of Fear]]'', co-produced by both Universal and Paramount, starring [[Roy Scheider]], was overshadowed by the [[Blockbuster (entertainment)|blockbuster]] box-office success of ''[[Star Wars (film)|Star Wars]]'', which had been released exactly one week prior.<ref name=":0" /> Friedkin considered it his finest film, and was personally devastated by its financial and critical failure (as mentioned by Friedkin himself in the 1999 documentary series ''The Directors''). ''Sorcerer'' was shortly followed by the crime-comedy ''[[The Brink's Job]]'' (1978), based on the real-life [[Great Brink's Robbery]] in [[Boston]], Massachusetts, which was also unsuccessful at the box-office.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Knoedelseder |first1=William |title=De Laurentiis: Producer's Picture Darkens |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-08-30-fi-5144-story.html |access-date=August 8, 2023 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=August 30, 1987}}</ref>

=== 1980–1999 ===
In 1980, Friedkin directed an adaptation of the [[Gerald Walker (writer)|Gerald Walker]] crime thriller ''[[Cruising (film)|Cruising]]'', starring [[Al Pacino]], which was protested during production and remains the subject of heated debate. It was critically assailed but performed moderately at the box office.<ref>{{Cite book | title = Hurricane Billy: The Stormy Life and Films of William Friedkin | publisher = William Morrow & Co | date = January 1, 1990 | location = New York | isbn = 9780688078522 | first = Nat | last = Segaloff}}</ref>

Friedkin had a heart attack on March 6, 1981, due to a genetic defect in his [[Circumflex branch of left coronary artery|circumflex left coronary artery]], and nearly died. He spent months in rehabilitation.<ref>Biskind, p. 413.</ref> His next picture was 1983's ''[[Deal of the Century]]'', a satire about [[Arms trafficking|arms dealing]] starring [[Chevy Chase]], [[Gregory Hines]], and [[Sigourney Weaver]].

In 1985, Friedkin directed the music video for [[Barbra Streisand]]'s rendition of the ''[[West Side Story]]'' song "[[Somewhere (song)|Somewhere]]",<ref>{{cite web |last1=Howe |first1=Matthew |title=Streisand Music Videos - "Somewhere" (1985) |url=https://www.barbra-archives.info/somewhere-1985-music-video |website=Barbra Archives |access-date=August 8, 2023 |date=2023}}</ref> which she recorded for her twenty-fourth studio LP, ''[[The Broadway Album]]''. He later appears as Streisand's interviewer (uncredited) on the television special, "Putting It Together: The Making of the Broadway Album".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Howe |first1=Matthew |title=Streisand/Television - "Putting It Together: The Making Of The Broadway Album" (1986) |url=https://www.barbra-archives.info/putting-it-together-making-the-broadway-album |website=Barbra Archives |access-date=August 8, 2023}}</ref>

The action/crime movie ''[[To Live and Die in L.A. (film)|To Live and Die in L.A.]]'' (1985), starring [[William Petersen]] and [[Willem Dafoe]], was a critical favorite and drew comparisons to Friedkin's own ''The French Connection'' (particularly for its car chase sequence), while his courtroom drama/thriller ''[[Rampage (1987 film)|Rampage]]'' (1987) received a fairly positive review from [[Roger Ebert]].<ref>{{cite news|first=Roger |last=Ebert |authorlink=Roger Ebert |title=Rampage |url=http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/rampage-1992 |date=October 30, 1992 |access-date=July 28, 2017}}</ref> He next directed the cult classic horror film ''[[The Guardian (1990 film)|The Guardian]]'' (1990) and the thriller ''[[Jade (1995 film)|Jade]]'' (1995), starring [[Linda Fiorentino]]. Though the latter received an unfavorable response from critics and audiences, he said it was one of the favorite films he directed.<ref>{{cite book | last=William | first=Linda Ruth | title=The Erotic Thriller in Contemporary Cinema | publisher=[[Indiana University Press]] | date=2005 | page=140 | isbn=0-253-21836-5}}</ref>

=== 2000–2023 ===
[[File:William Friedkin.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=Friedkin speaking at a podium|Friedkin at the [[2012 Deauville American Film Festival]]]]
In 2000, ''The Exorcist'' was re-released in theaters with extra footage and grossed $40 million in the U.S. alone. Friedkin directed the 2006 film ''[[Bug (2006 film)|Bug]]'' due to a positive experience watching [[Bug (play)|the stage version]] in 2004. He was surprised to find that he was, metaphorically, on the same page as the playwright and felt that he could relate well to the story.<ref>{{cite web |date=May 18, 2007 |title=EXCL: Bug Director William Friedkin |url=https://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=20415 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The film won the [[FIPRESCI]] prize at the [[Cannes Film Festival]]. Later, Friedkin directed an episode of the TV series ''[[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation]]'' titled "Cockroaches", which re-teamed him with ''To Live and Die in L.A.'' star [[William Petersen]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Dimond |first1=Anna |title=CSI Exclusive: The Secrets Behind This Week's Repeat |url=https://www.tvguide.com/news/dream-netflix-iu-homeless-world-cup-korean-movie/ |website=TV Guide |access-date=August 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210517110801/https://www.tvguide.com/news/csi-exclusive-secrets-10967/ |archive-date=May 17, 2021 |date=January 28, 2008 |url-status=live}}</ref> He directed again for ''CSI''{{'}}s 200th episode, "Mascara".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Chamberlin |first1=James |title=CSI: "Mascara" Review |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2009/04/03/csi-mascara-review |website=IGN |access-date=August 8, 2023 |date=April 3, 2009}}</ref>

In 2011, Friedkin directed ''[[Killer Joe (film)|Killer Joe]]'', a black comedy written by [[Tracy Letts]] based on [[Killer Joe (play)|Letts' play]], and starring [[Matthew McConaughey]], [[Emile Hirsch]], [[Juno Temple]], [[Gina Gershon]], and [[Thomas Haden Church]]. ''Killer Joe'' premiered at the [[68th Venice International Film Festival]], prior to its North American debut at the [[2011 Toronto International Film Festival]]. It opened in U.S. theaters in July 2012, to some favorable reviews from critics but did poorly at the box office, possibly because of its restrictive NC-17 rating. In April 2013, Friedkin published a memoir, ''The Friedkin Connection''.<ref>Friedkin, William. ''The Friedkin Connection: A Memoir.'' New York: HarperCollins, 2013.</ref> He was presented with a lifetime achievement award at the [[70th Venice International Film Festival]] in September.<ref name="Friedkin">{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-22387152 |title=William Friedkin to receive Venice honour | work=BBC News|date=May 2, 2013 }}</ref> In 2017, Friedkin directed the documentary ''[[The Devil and Father Amorth]]'' about the ninth [[exorcism]] of a woman in the Italian village of [[Alatri]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2016/10/father-amorth-the-vatican-exorcist|title=The Devil and Father Amorth: Witnessing "the Vatican Exorcist" at Work|first=William|last=Friedkin|website=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]] |date=October 31, 2016 |publisher=}}</ref> In August 2022, it was announced officially that Friedkin would be returning to film directing to helm [[The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (2023 film)|an adaptation]] of the two-act play ''[[The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (play)|The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial]]'' with [[Kiefer Sutherland]] starring as Lt. Commander Queeg.<ref>{{cite web|last=Fleming|first=Mike Jr.|title=William Friedkin Directing Kiefer Sutherland In Update Of Herman Wouk's 'The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial' For Showtime & Paramount Global|url=https://deadline.com/2022/08/william-friedkin-kiefer-sutherland-the-caine-mutiny-court-martial-showtime-herman-wouk-1235101967/|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=August 29, 2022}}</ref> The film was completed before Friedkin's death, and debuted in September 2023 in the out-of-competition category at the [[Venice Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Buchanan |first1=Kyle |title=William Friedkin's Final Film to Premiere at the Venice Film Festival |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/07/movies/william-friedkin-venice-film-festival-caine-mutiny-court-martial.html |access-date=August 8, 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=August 7, 2023}}</ref>

==Influences==
Friedkin cited [[Jean-Luc Godard]], [[Federico Fellini]], [[François Truffaut]], and [[Akira Kurosawa]] as influences.<ref name="Fleming">{{cite web |author1=Fleming Jr |first=Mike |date=August 6, 2015 |title=William Friedkin Q&A: '70s Maverick Revisits A Golden Era With Tales Of Glory And Reckless Abandon |url=https://deadline.com/2023/08/william-friedkin-q-and-a-70s-moviemaking-tales-of-glory-and-reckless-abandon-1201491441/ |access-date=September 14, 2022 |website=Deadline |publisher=Deadline Hollywood, LLC. |quote=Friedkin: ".... But none of us in the 70s thought we were operating in a golden age; we all had been influenced by Godard, Fellini, Truffaut, Kurosawa."}}</ref> Friedkin named [[Woody Allen]] as "the greatest living filmmaker".<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVgp2sJxylE|title= William Friedkin on Woody Allen|website= Youtube|date= May 21, 2021|accessdate= August 7, 2023}}</ref>

In regard to influences of specific films on his films, Friedkin noted that ''The French Connection''['s] documentary-like realism was the direct result of the influence of having seen ''[[Z (1969 film)|Z]]'', a French film by [[Costa-Gavras]]:

{{Blockquote|After I saw ''Z'', I realized how I could shoot ''The French Connection''. Because he shot ''Z'' like a documentary. It was a fiction film but it was made like it was actually happening. Like the camera didn't know what was gonna happen next. And that is an induced technique. It looks like he happened upon the scene and captured what was going on as you do in a documentary. My first films were documentaries too. So I understood what he was doing but I never thought you could do that in a feature at that time until I saw ''Z''.<ref>{{cite web | title=William Friedkin's Favorite Films of all Time | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-APzEjrklc | via=YouTube | work=[[Fade In (magazine)|Fade In Magazine]] | date=June 12, 2013 | access-date=January 20, 2022}}</ref>}}

==Personal life==
[[File:William Friedkin Sherry Lansing Deauville 2012.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Friedkin with wife Sherry Lansing in 2012]]
Friedkin was married four times:
* [[Jeanne Moreau]], married February 8, 1977, and divorced in 1979.<ref>Martin, Judith. "Personalities." ''Washington Post.'' February 9, 1977, p. B3.</ref><ref>"Filing for Divorce." ''[[Newsweek]].'' June 25, 1979, p. 99.</ref>
* [[Lesley-Anne Down]], married in 1982 and divorced in 1985.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110110064136/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20091621,00.html Sanders, Richard. "Director Billy Friedkin and Lesley-Anne Down Make a Home Movie-Divorce Hollywood Style."] ''[[People (magazine)|People]].'' September 2, 1985. Accessed April 29, 2013.</ref><ref name="Names">"Names in the News." ''Associated Press.'' August 15, 1985.</ref>
* [[Kelly Lange]], married on June 7, 1987, and divorced in 1990.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1987-07-29 |title=Director William Friedkin Marries News Anchor Kelly Lange |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=jwYyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nQYEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3882,7211054 |access-date=2025-03-04 |website=Ocala Star-Banner via Google news |page=2A}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ryon |first=Ruth |date=1992-05-31 |title=Still Anchored in the Hills |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-05-31-re-1383-story.html |access-date=2025-03-04 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[Sherry Lansing]], married on July 6, 1991.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Anderson |first=Susan Heller |date=1991-07-11 |title=Chronicle: Lansing, producer, and Friedkin, director, wed |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1991/07/11/issue.html |access-date=2025-03-04 |work=The New York Times |pages=B20 |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>[http://blogs.laweekly.com/arts/2013/04/william_friedkin_exorcist.php Teetor, Paul. "'The Exorcist' Director William Friedkin Tells All in His No-Bullshit Memoir." ''Los Angeles Times.'' April 11, 2013.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130420150543/http://blogs.laweekly.com/arts/2013/04/william_friedkin_exorcist.php |date=April 20, 2013 }} Accessed April 29, 2013.</ref>

While filming ''The Boys in the Band'' in 1970, Friedkin began a relationship with [[Kitty Hawks]], daughter of director [[Howard Hawks]]. It lasted two years, during which the couple announced their [[engagement]], but the relationship ended about 1972.<ref>Segaloff, p. 98.</ref> Friedkin began a four-year relationship with Australian dancer and choreographer [[Jennifer Nairn-Smith]] in 1972. Although they announced an engagement twice, they never married. They had a son, Cedric, on November 27, 1976.<ref>(* 1976) {{Cite web |url=https://movies.yahoo.com/person/william-friedkin/biography.html |title=William Friedkin – Biography |website=Movies.Yahoo.com |date=2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130630172110/http://movies.yahoo.com/person/william-friedkin/biography.html |archive-date=June 30, 2013 |access-date=August 8, 2023|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>[https://www.independent.ie/life/failing-better-every-time/26871419.html "Failing Better Every Time."], ''[[Sunday Independent (Ireland)|Sunday Independent]].'' July 1, 2012.</ref> Friedkin and his second wife, Lesley-Anne Down, also had a son, Jack, born in 1982.<ref name="Names" /> Friedkin was raised Jewish, but called himself an agnostic later in life, although he said that he strongly believed in the teachings of [[Jesus Christ]].<ref>{{YouTube|id=MYG_n4zoVRY|title=The Exorcist & The French Connection Dir. William Friedkin on Religion, Crime & Film}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author1=Brent Lang |title=Director William Friedkin on Clashes With Pacino, Hackman and Why an Atheist Couldn't Helm 'Exorcist' |url=https://www.thewrap.com/william-friedkin-why-atheist-couldnt-direct-exorcist-84886/ |website=The Wrap |access-date=October 4, 2020 |date=April 12, 2013 |quote=My personal beliefs are defined as agnostic. I'm someone who believes that the power of God and the soul are unknowable, but that anybody who says there is no God is not being honest about the mystery of fate. I was raised in the Jewish faith, but I strongly believe in the teachings of Jesus.}}</ref>

==Death==
Friedkin died from [[heart failure]] and [[pneumonia]] at his home in the [[Bel Air, Los Angeles|Bel Air]] neighborhood of Los Angeles on August 7, 2023.<ref name="AP-Obit">{{cite news |last1=Bahr |first1=Lindsey |title=William Friedkin, Oscar-winning director of 'The Exorcist' and 'The French Connection,' dead at 87 |url=https://apnews.com/article/william-friedkin-dead-exorcist-french-connection-director-79c5a8a32479f4accff3533c19c15094 |access-date=August 12, 2023 |work=AP News |date=August 7, 2023 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Dagan |first1=Carmel |title=William Friedkin, 'The Exorcist' Director, Dies at 87 |url=https://variety.com/2023/film/news/william-friedkin-dead-the-exorcist-1235689676/ |access-date=August 7, 2023 |publisher=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=August 7, 2023}}</ref>

== Work ==
=== Film ===
'''Narrative films'''
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
! Year
! Title
! width=65| Director
! width=65| Writer
! width=65| Producer
! {{Tooltip|Ref(s)|Reference}}
|-
|1967
|''[[Good Times (film)|Good Times]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{Partial|Uncredited}}
|{{no}}
|<ref name="BFI">{{cite web |title=William Friedkin |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f439359 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160520025851/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f439359 |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 20, 2016 |website=BFI |access-date=August 8, 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan="2"|1968
|''{{sortname|The|Birthday Party|dab=1968 film}}''
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|<ref name="RT">{{cite web |title=William Friedkin - Rotten Tomatoes |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/william_friedkin |website=rottentomatoes.com |access-date=August 8, 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|''{{sortname|The|Night They Raided Minsky's}}''
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|<ref name="BFI"/>
|-
|1970
|''{{sortname|The|Boys in the Band|The Boys in the Band (1970 film)}}''
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|<ref name="BFI"/>
|-
|1971
|''{{sortname|The|French Connection|dab=film}}''
|{{yes}}
|{{Partial|Uncredited}}
|{{no}}
|<ref name="BFI"/>
|-
|1973
|''{{sortname|The|Exorcist}}''
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|<ref name="BFI"/>
|-
|1977
|''[[Sorcerer (film)|Sorcerer]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{Partial|Uncredited}}
|{{yes}}
|<ref name="BFI"/>
|-
|1978
|''{{sortname|The|Brink's Job}}''
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|<ref name="BFI"/>
|-
|1980
|''[[Cruising (film)|Cruising]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|<ref name="BFI"/>
|-
|1983
|''[[Deal of the Century]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|<ref name="BFI"/>
|-
|1985
|''[[To Live and Die in L.A. (film)|To Live and Die in L.A.]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|<ref name="BFI"/>
|-
|1987
|''[[Rampage (1987 film)|Rampage]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|<ref name="BFI"/>
|-
|1990
|''{{sortname|The|Guardian|dab=1990 film}}''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|<ref name="BFI"/>
|-
|1994
|''[[Blue Chips]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|<ref name="BFI"/>
|-
|1995
|''[[Jade (1995 film)|Jade]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{Partial|Uncredited}}
|{{no}}
|<ref name="BFI"/>
|-
|2000
|''[[Rules of Engagement (film)|Rules of Engagement]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|<ref name="BFI"/>
|-
|2003
|''{{sortname|The|Hunted|dab=2003 film}}''
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|<ref name="BFI"/>
|-
|2006
|''[[Bug (2006 film)|Bug]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|<ref name="BFI"/>
|-
|2011
|''[[Killer Joe (film)|Killer Joe]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|<ref name="BFI"/>
|}

'''Documentary films'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! width=65| Director
! width=65| Writer
! width=65| Producer
! {{Tooltip|Ref(s)|Reference}}
|-
|1962
|''[[The People vs. Paul Crump]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|<ref name="BFI" />
|-
|rowspan="2"|1965
|''[[The Bold Men]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|<ref name="BFI"/>
|-
|''[[Mayhem on a Sunday Afternoon]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|<ref>{{cite web |title=Pro Football: Mayhem on a Sunday afternoon |url=https://www.torinofilmfest.org/en/21-torino-film-festival/film/pro-football:-mayhem-on-a-sunday-afternoon/6507/ |website=Torino Film Fest |access-date=August 8, 2023}}</ref>
|-
|1966
|''[[The Thin Blue Line (1966 film)|The Thin Blue Line]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{Partial|Story}}
|{{yes}}
|<ref name="BFI"/>
|-
|1975
|''Fritz Lang Interviewed by William Friedkin''
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|<ref name="BFI"/>
|-
|1986
|''Putting It Together: The Making of the Broadway Album''
|{{Partial|Uncredited}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|<ref name="BFI"/>
|-
|2007
|''The Painter's Voice''
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|<ref>{{cite news |last1=Muchnic |first1=Suzanne |title=KCET to air 'The Painter's Voice' |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-jun-05-et-kcet5-story.html |access-date=August 8, 2023 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=June 5, 2007}}</ref>
|-
|2017
|''[[The Devil and Father Amorth]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|<ref name="RT"/>
|}

'''Music videos'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Artist
! {{Tooltip|Ref(s)|Reference}}
|-
|1984
|"[[Self Control (Raf song)#Laura Branigan version|Self Control]]"
|[[Laura Branigan]]
|<ref>{{cite web |last1=Steen |first1=Theodoor |title=Sound And Vision: William Friedkin |url=https://screenanarchy.com/2023/08/sound-and-vision-william-friedkin.html |website=[[Screen Anarchy]] |access-date=14 April 2024 |date=14 August 2023}}</ref>
|-
|1985
|"[[Somewhere (song)#Barbra Streisand version|Somewhere]]"
|[[Barbra Streisand]]
|<ref>{{cite web |last1=O'Connor |first1=John J. |author1-link=John J. O'Connor (journalist) |title=Streisand on Making Her Album |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/01/10/arts/streisand-on-making-her-album.html |website=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=14 April 2024 |date=10 January 1986}}</ref>
|-
|1998
|"Ce que je sais"
|[[Johnny Hallyday]]
|<ref>{{cite web|last=Kohn|first=Eric|url=https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/william-friedkin-interview-the-exorcist-sequels-horror-1201891092/|title='The Exorcist' Director William Friedkin Has Never Seen the Sequels or Series, but He Loved 'It' — Q&A|website=[[IndieWire]]|date=October 27, 2017|access-date=June 26, 2024}}</ref>
|}

=== Television ===
'''TV series'''
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Episode
! {{Tooltip|Ref(s)|Reference}}
|-
|1965
|''[[The Alfred Hitchcock Hour]]''
| "Off Season" (S3 E29)
|<ref name="RT"/>
|-
|1967
|''The Pickle Brothers''
|TV pilot (S1 E1)
|<ref name="BFI"/>
|-
|1985
|''[[The Twilight Zone (1985 TV series)|The Twilight Zone]]''
|"[[Nightcrawlers (The Twilight Zone)|Nightcrawlers]]" (S1 E4c)
|<ref>{{cite web |title=Nightcrawlers - episode of The Twilight Zone |url=https://www.torinofilmfest.org/en/21-torino-film-festival/film/nightcrawlers---episode-of-the-twilight-zone/6423/ |website=Torino Film Fest |access-date=August 8, 2023}}</ref>
|-
|1992
|''[[Tales from the Crypt (TV series)|Tales from the Crypt]]''
|"On a Deadman's Chest" (S4 E3)
|<ref name="RT"/>
|-
|2007
| rowspan="2"| ''[[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation]]''
|"Cockroaches" (S8 E9)
|<ref name="RT"/>
|-
|2009
|"Mascara" (S9 E18)
|<ref name="RT"/>
|}

'''TV movies'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Director
! Writer
! Executive producer
! {{Tooltip|Ref(s)|Reference}}
|-
|1986
|''[[C.A.T. Squad]]''
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
|<ref name="BFI"/>
|-
|1988
|''[[C.A.T. Squad: Python Wolf]]''
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
|<ref name="BFI"/>
|-
|1994
|''[[Jailbreakers]]''
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
|<ref name="BFI"/>
|-
|1997
|''[[12 Angry Men (1997 film)|12 Angry Men]]''
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
|<ref name="RT"/>
|-
|2023
|''[[The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (2023 film)|The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|<ref name="RT"/>
|-
|}

=== Stage ===
'''Operas'''
{| class=wikitable
|-
! Year
! Title and Composer
! Country / Opera House
! {{Tooltip|Ref(s)|Reference}}
|-
|1998
|''[[Wozzeck]]'', [[Alban Berg]]
|Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Theatre
|<ref>{{cite news|last=Fabrikant|first=Geraldine|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/20/arts/music/20frie.html|title=At the Opera House, the Friedkin Connection|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=September 20, 2006|access-date=August 26, 2023}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan="2"|2002
|''[[Bluebeard's Castle|Duke Bluebeard's Castle]]'', [[Béla Bartók]]
|rowspan="4"|[[Los Angeles Opera]]
|<ref name="Bluebeard">{{cite magazine|last=Oxman|first=Steven|url=https://variety.com/2002/music/reviews/duke-bluebeard-s-castle-gianni-schicchi-duke-bluebeard-s-castle-gianni-schicchi-1200549247/|title=Duke Bluebeard's Castle/Gianni Schicchi Duke Bluebeard's Castle/ Gianni Schicchi|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=June 3, 2002|access-date=August 26, 2023}}</ref><ref name="Samson">{{cite news|last=Pasles|first=Chris|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-apr-06-et-quick6.2-story.html|title=L.A. to share 'Samson' with Israelis|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=April 6, 2004|access-date=August 26, 2023}}</ref>
|-
|''[[Gianni Schicchi]]'', [[Giacomo Puccini]]
|<ref name="Bluebeard"/><ref name="Samson"/>
|-
|2003
|''[[La damnation de Faust]]'', [[Hector Berlioz]]
|<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Variety Staff|url=https://variety.com/2003/scene/vpage/celebs-gather-forfaust-fest-1117892472/|title=Celebs gather for 'Faust' fest|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=September 14, 2003}}</ref>
|-
|2004
|''[[Ariadne auf Naxos]]'', [[Richard Strauss]]
|<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Ginell|first=Richard S.|url=https://variety.com/2004/legit/markets-festivals/ariadne-auf-naxos-1200531117/|title=Ariadne Auf Naxos|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=September 13, 2004|access-date=August 26, 2023}}</ref><ref name="Samson"/>
|-
|rowspan="2"|2005
|''[[Samson and Delilah (opera)|Samson and Delilah]]'', [[Camille Saint-Saëns]]
|June, [[Israeli Opera|New Israeli Opera]] October, Los Angeles Opera
|<ref name="Samson"/>
|-
|''[[Aida]]'', [[Giuseppe Verdi]]
|[[Teatro Regio (Turin)|Teatro Regio Torino]]
|<ref name="Aida">{{cite web|last=Luraghi|first=Silvia|url=https://theoperacritic.com/tocreviews2.php?review=sl/2015/toraida1015.html|title=A successful Aida revival in Turin|website=The Opera Critic|date=October 25, 2015|access-date=August 26, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Salazar|first=Francisco|url=https://operawire.com/teatro-regio-di-torino-announces-cast-change-for-aida/|title=Teatro Regio di Torino Announces Cast Change for 'Aida'|website=OperaWire|date=February 23, 2023|access-date=August 26, 2023}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan="2"|2006
|''[[Salome (opera)|Salome]]'', Richard Strauss
|rowspan="2"|[[Bavarian State Opera]]
|<ref name="Hoffmann">{{cite web|last=Daunt|first=Tina|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/william-friedkin-tales-of-hoffmann-opera-vienna-303453/|title=William Friedkin's Latest Opera a Viennese Hit|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=March 22, 2012|access-date=August 26, 2023}}</ref>
|-
|''Das Gehege'', [[Wolfgang Rihm]]
|<ref>{{cite web|last=Ashley|first=Tim|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2006/nov/03/classicalmusicandopera2|title=Das Gehege/Salome, Nationaltheater, Munich|website=[[The Guardian]]|date=November 2, 2006|access-date=December 21, 2023}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan="2"|2008
|''[[Il tabarro]]'', Giacomo Puccini
|rowspan="2"|Los Angeles Opera
|<ref name="Trittico">{{cite news|last=Swed|first=Mark|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-trittico8-2008sep08-story.html|title='Il Trittico,' the Los Angeles Opera|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=September 8, 2008|access-date=August 26, 2022}}</ref>
|-
|''[[Suor Angelica]]'', Giacomo Puccini
|<ref name="Trittico"/>
|-
|2011
|''[[The Makropulos Affair (opera)|The Makropulos Case]]'', [[Leoš Janáček]]
|Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Theatre
|<ref>{{cite news|last=Aftab|first=Kareem|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/william-friedkin-we-don-t-set-out-to-promote-violence-7858725.html|title=William Friedkin: 'We don't set out to promote violence'|work=[[The Independent]]|date=June 8, 2012|access-date=August 26, 2023}}</ref>
|-
|2012
|''[[The Tales of Hoffmann]]'', [[Jacques Offenbach]]
|[[Theater an der Wien]]
|<ref name="Hoffmann"/>
|-
|2015
|''[[Rigoletto]]'', Giuseppe Verdi
|Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Theatre
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.magentaflorence.com/fall-classical-music-in-florence/|title=Fall Classical Music In Florence|website=Magenta Florence|date=October 4, 2015}}</ref>
|}

'''Plays'''
{| class=wikitable
|-
! Year
! Title
! Theatre
! Principal Cast
! {{Tooltip|Ref(s)|Reference}}
|-
|1981
|''Duet for One''
|[[Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre|Royale Theatre]]
|[[Max von Sydow]], [[Anne Bancroft]]
|<ref>{{cite news|last=Rich|first=Frank|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/12/18/theater/stage-duet-for-one-musician-s-story-at-royale.html|title=STAGE: 'DUET FOR ONE,' MUSICIAN'S STORY, AT ROYALE|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=December 18, 1981|access-date=August 26, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://playbill.com/production/duet-for-one-royale-theatre-vault-0000010210#carousel-cell219170|title=Duet for One (Broadway, Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, 1981) | Playbill|website=[[Playbill]]}}</ref>
|}

=== Unrealized projects ===
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
!scope="col"| Year
!scope="col"| Title and description
!scope="col"| {{Tooltip|Ref(s)|Reference}}
|-
|-
| rowspan="4" | 1960s
|''[[Gunn (film)|Gunn]]''
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/MovieDetails/23807|title=AFI|Catalog - Gunn|website=[[AFI Catalog of Feature Films]]|access-date=June 18, 2024}}</ref>
|-
|''[[Chastity (1969 film)|Chastity]]''
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/MovieDetails/19703|title=AFI|Catalog - Chastity|website=[[AFI Catalog of Feature Films]]|access-date=June 18, 2024}}</ref>
|-
|''[[They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (film)|They Shoot Horses, Don't They?]]''
|<ref>{{cite book|last=Winkler|first=Irwin|author-link=Irwin Winkler|title=A Life in Movies: Stories from Fifty Years in Hollywood|date=2019|publisher=Abrams Press|location=New York|isbn=9781419734526|pages=525–726}}</ref>
|-
|''The Murders on the Moor'', a film adaptation of [[Emlyn Williams]]' novel ''[[Beyond Belief: A Chronicle of Murder and Its Detection]]''
|<ref name="Aberration">{{Cite book|title = William Friedkin: Films of Aberration, Obsession and Reality|publisher = Silman-James Press|date = August 1, 2002|location = Los Angeles, Calif.|isbn = 9781879505612|first = Thomas D.|last = Clagett}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="10" | 1970s
|A film adaptation of [[Ross Thomas (author)|Ross Thomas]]' novel ''The Brass Go-Between''
|<ref>{{cite news|title=Daily News from New York, New York|newspaper=[[New York Daily News]]|date=January 20, 1970|page=47|quote=Production Merger Phil D'Antoni and William Friedkin have joined forces with Milton Berle Paul W. Benson Productions to do the film version of "The Brass Go-between," a novel by Oliver Bleeck. The suspense-thriller will be shot on locations in Washington, D.}}</ref>
|-
|''The Bunker Hill Boys'', a film for [[The Directors Company]]
|<ref>{{cite news|title=3 FILMS ANNOUNCED BY DIRECTORS GROUP|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1972/09/06/archives/3-films-announced-by-directors-group.html|date=September 6, 1972|work=[[The New York Times]]|page=40}}</ref>
|-
|Untitled [[Science fiction|sci-fi]] film with [[Peter Gabriel]]
|<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Pinnock|first=Tom|url=https://www.uncut.co.uk/features/peter-gabriel-you-could-feel-the-horror-29379/|title=Peter Gabriel: "You could feel the horror..."|magazine=[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]|date=October 19, 2012|access-date=July 24, 2023|quote=I had written a short story on [the sleeve of] ''[[Genesis Live]]'' – one of the stories I used to tell onstage – and William Friedkin, who was the king of Hollywood because of ''[[The Exorcist]]'', wanted me to work with him. Not as a musician, but as a screenwriter and ideas man. That was very exciting to me. In the end, unfortunately, nothing happened; it was one of many Hollywood projects that bit the dust.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Easlea|first=Daryl|url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/genesis-i-was-aware-there-was-something-going-on-with-peter|title=Genesis, Peter Gabriel, and the story of The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway|website=Louder|date=November 18, 2020|access-date=July 24, 2023}}</ref>
|-
|''The Devil's Triangle'', a [[Unidentified flying object|UFO]] thriller starring [[Marlon Brando]], [[Steve McQueen]] and [[Charlton Heston]]
|<ref>{{cite web|last=Winning|first=Josh|title=The Best Films Never Made|url=https://joshuawinning.com/2009/01/01/the-best-films-never-made/|website=Josh Winning|date=January 1, 2009|access-date=July 20, 2022}}</ref>
|-
|''A Safe Darkness'', a documentary about horror cinema featuring interviews with [[Fritz Lang]] and [[Roman Polanski]]
|<ref>{{cite web|last=Cagliari|first=Via|title=Fritz Lang Interviewed by William Friedkin|publisher=torinofilmfest.org|url=https://www.torinofilmfest.org/en/21-torino-film-festival/film/fritz-lang-interviewed-by-william-friedkin/6424/|access-date=July 20, 2022}}</ref><ref name="Aberration"/>
|-
|''[[Born on the Fourth of July (film)|Born on the Fourth of July]]'' starring [[Al Pacino]] as [[Ron Kovic]]
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/MovieDetails/57927|title=AFI|Catalog - Born on the Fourth of July|website=[[AFI Catalog of Feature Films]]|access-date=January 16, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Seitz|first=Matt Zoller|url=https://filmmakermagazine.com/99568-seizure-midnight-express-and-platoon-an-excerpt-from-the-oliver-stone-experience/|title=Seizure, Midnight Express and Platoon: An Excerpt from The Oliver Stone Experience|work=[[Filmmaker (magazine)|Filmmaker]]|date=August 30, 2016|access-date=September 3, 2023}}</ref>
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|A made-for-television film adaptation of [[Will Eisner]]'s comic ''[[Spirit (character)|The Spirit]]'' written by [[Harlan Ellison]]
|<ref name="Spirit">{{cite web|author=Phegley, Kiel|url=https://www.cbr.com/ellison-gets-in-the-spirit/|title=Ellison Gets In "The Spirit"|website=[[Comic Book Resources]]|date=May 21, 2010|access-date=October 16, 2023}}</ref>
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|A film adaptation of [[Harlan Ellison]]'s short story "[[The Whimper of Whipped Dogs]]"
|<ref name="Spirit"/>
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|A 10-hour television adaptation of [[Thomas Thompson (American author)|Thomas Thompson]]'s novel ''Blood and Money''
|<ref>{{cite news|last=Buckley|first=Tom|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1978/12/15/archives/at-the-movies-some-lastminute-shifts-in-friedkins-brinks-caper.html|title=At the Movies|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=December 15, 1978|access-date=July 23, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Maslin|first=Janet|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1979/09/18/archives/friedkin-defends-his-cruising-struck-him-as-unusual.html|title=Friedkin Defends His 'Cruising'|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=September 18, 1979|access-date=July 23, 2023}}</ref>
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|A film adaptation of [[Ron Hansen (novelist)|Ron Hansen]]'s novel ''[[Desperadoes (novel)|Desperadoes]]'' written by [[Walon Green]]
|<ref>{{cite news|last=Buckley|first=Tom|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1979/10/05/archives/at-the-movies.html|title=At the Movies|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=October 5, 1979|access-date=July 30, 2023}}</ref>
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| rowspan="12" | 1980s
|A film adaptation of [[Jerry Hopkins (author)|Jerry Hopkins]] and [[Danny Sugerman]]'s novel ''[[No One Here Gets Out Alive]]''
|<ref>{{Cite book |last=Riordan |first=James |date=September 1996 |title=Stone: A Biography of Oliver Stone |location=New York |publisher=Aurum Pres. |isbn=1-85410-444-6 |page=308}}</ref>
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|A film adaptation of [[Gay Talese]]'s novel ''[[Thy Neighbor's Wife (book)|Thy Neighbor's Wife]]''
|<ref>{{cite book |last=Bach |first=Steven |author-link=Steven Bach |title=Final Cut: Dreams and Disaster in the Making of ''Heaven's Gate'' |date=1985 |publisher=New American Library |location=New York |isbn=0451400364 |page=379|url=https://archive.org/details/finalcutdreamsdi00bach/page/379 }}</ref>
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|A film adaptation of [[Robin Cook (American novelist)|Robin Cook]]'s novel ''[[Brain (novel)|Brain]]''
|<ref>{{cite news|last=Suplee|first=Curt|title=The Passion of the Producer|date=June 7, 1981|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/style/1981/06/07/the-passion-of-the-producer/09bc08c7-2462-48a8-a6b9-d6d871afd579/|access-date=September 1, 2019}}</ref>
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|''[[That Championship Season (1982 film)|That Championship Season]]''
|<ref>{{cite news|title='Championship Season' To Be Made Into Movie|date=July 6, 1981|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/07/06/movies/championship-season-to-be-made-into-movie.html|access-date=June 13, 2022}}</ref>
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|A film adaptation of [[William Peter Blatty]]'s novel ''[[Legion (Blatty novel)|Legion]]''
|<ref>{{cite web|date=August 17, 2020|title="It's The Smiles That Keep Us Going" : "The Exorcist III" at 30|url=https://thespool.net/reviews/movies/the-exorcist-iii-at-30-anniversary/|access-date=May 26, 2021|website=The Spool|language=en-US}}</ref>
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|A film adaptation of [[Frank De Felitta]]'s novel ''Sea Trial'' starring [[Laura Branigan]] and [[Michael Nouri]]
|<ref>{{Cite book|title = Playboy Magazine, July 1981|publisher = Playboy|date = January 1, 1981|editor-first = Hugh M.|editor-last = Hefner}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author= Dunlevy, Dagmar|title= Spielt in einem heißen Krimi: Laura Branigan|newspaper= [[Bravo (magazine)|Bravo]]|date= September 13, 1984|language= German}}</ref>
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|A film adaptation of [[Bob Fosse]] and [[Fred Ebb]]'s stage musical ''[[Chicago (musical)|Chicago]]'' written by [[Arthur Laurents]]
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/MovieDetails/53997|title=AFI|Catalog - Chicago|website=[[AFI Catalog of Feature Films]]|access-date=March 21, 2025}}</ref>
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|''Judgement Day'', a film written by [[Pete Hamill]] starring [[Gregory Peck]]
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/MovieDetails/67349|title=AFI|Catalog - To Live and Die in L.A.|website=[[AFI Catalog of Feature Films]]|access-date=January 1, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Cockrell|first=Eddie|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1985/07/26/film-talk/07a62594-f990-4f98-b9ad-db59b500a09b/|title=Film Talk|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=July 25, 1985|access-date=April 6, 2024}}</ref>
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|A film adaptation of [[Don Pendleton]]'s [[The Executioner (book series)|''The Executioner'' series]] written by [[Hilary Henkin]] starring [[Sylvester Stallone]] and [[Cynthia Rothrock]]
|<ref>{{cite news|title=SHOOTING OF STALLONE FILM RESCHEDULED|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1988-06-23-8801090930-story.html|work=[[Chicago Tribune]]|date=June 23, 1988|access-date=July 23, 2023}}</ref><ref name="Cult">{{cite web|title=The cut in execute|url=https://popcultmaster.com/2020/09/03/the-cut-in-execute/|website=Pop Cult Master|date=September 3, 2020|access-date=July 23, 2023}}</ref>
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|''The Gambler'', a film written by [[Edward Neumeier]] and Michael Miner starring [[Sylvester Stallone]]
|<ref name="Cult"/>
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|''[[Desperate Hours]]''
|<ref>{{cite news|last=Broeske|first=Pat H.|title=Look Who's Back With a New Movie: 'The Deer Hunter' made Michael Cimino a winner, but his next film was the legendary failure 'Heaven's Gate.' With 'Desperate Hours,' the stakes have never been higher.|date=October 7, 1990|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-10-07-ca-3191-story.html|access-date=August 1, 2019}}</ref>
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|Untitled [[Biographical film|biopic]] about 1950s songwriting duo [[Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller]]
|<ref>{{cite news|last=Broeske|first=Pat H.|title=Upbeat, Downbeat|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-11-12-ca-1976-story.html|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=November 12, 1989|access-date=July 23, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Harrington|first=Richard|title=ON THE BEAT|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1989/12/13/on-the-beat/e365068b-6b98-4373-9738-18cf20d449a7/|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=December 13, 1989|access-date=July 23, 2023}}</ref>
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| rowspan="6" | 1990s
|''Elsewhere'', a ghost story with [[William Peter Blatty]]
|<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Marx|first=Andy|url=https://variety.com/1993/film/news/blatty-friedkin-reteaming-109830/|title=Blatty, Friedkin reteaming|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=August 23, 1993|access-date=August 26, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Pond|first=Steve|title=SPIRITED REUNION|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1993/08/27/spirited-reunion/a44e0d16-4016-4ea8-923d-785ded2b7514/|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=August 27, 1993|access-date=July 23, 2023}}</ref>
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|''The Diary of Jack the Ripper'', a biopic about [[James Maybrick]] written by Chris DeVore starring [[Anthony Hopkins]]
|<ref>{{cite news|last=Cox|first=Dan|title=Hopkins commits to 'Jack the Ripper'|url=https://variety.com/1995/film/features/hopkins-commits-to-jack-the-ripper-99128094/|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=April 17, 1995|access-date=July 23, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Sandler|first=Adam|title=New Line, Katja named in Ripper suit|url=https://variety.com/1997/scene/vpage/new-line-katja-named-in-ripper-suit-1117341950/|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=May 5, 1997|access-date=July 23, 2023}}</ref>
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|A film adaptation of John Flood's novel ''Bag Men'' starring [[Michael Keaton]]
|<ref>{{cite news|last=Fleming|first=Michael|title=Friedkin holding the 'Bag'|url=https://variety.com/1997/voices/columns/friedkin-holding-the-bag-1117342152/|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=March 25, 1997|access-date=July 23, 2023}}</ref>
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|A [[remake]] of the 1996 made-for-television film ''Truth or Dare'' written by [[William Davies (screenwriter)|William Davies]]
|<ref>{{cite news|last=Petrikin|first=Chris|title=Friedkin set to tell 'Truth'|url= https://variety.com/1998/film/news/friedkin-set-to-tell-truth-1117468626/ |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=March 10, 1998|access-date=July 23, 2023}}</ref>
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|''Night Train'', a biopic about boxer [[Sonny Liston]] written by [[Shane Salerno]] and Tyger Williams starring [[Ving Rhames]]
|<ref>{{cite news|author=Variety Staff|url=https://variety.com/1998/voices/columns/rhames-from-king-to-ring-1117468883/|title=Rhames: from 'King' to ring|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=March 18, 1998|access-date=July 23, 2023}}</ref><ref name="Zoromski">{{cite web|author=Zoromski, Brian|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2000/10/13/william-friedkin-reveals-details-on-his-upcoming-projects-in-ign-filmforces-chat|title=William Friedkin Reveals Details on His Upcoming Projects in IGN FilmForce's Chat|website=[[IGN]]|date=October 13, 2000|access-date=July 23, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=McNary|first=Dave|url=https://variety.com/2004/scene/markets-festivals/liston-bio-punched-up-1117904671/|title=Liston bio punched up|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=May 10, 2004|access-date=July 23, 2023}}</ref>
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|''Battle Grease'', a film about the account of the [[Florence Maybrick]] murder trial
|<ref>{{cite news|title=William Friedkin (II)|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/1998/oct/22/1|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=October 22, 1998|access-date=October 26, 2015}}</ref>
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| rowspan="8" | 2000s
|A film adaptation of [[Larry Collins (writer)|Larry Collins]]' novel ''[[O Jerusalem!]]'' written by [[James Dearden]]
|<ref>{{cite news|last=Bing|first=Jonathan|title=Friedkin, Seven Arts circle Collins' Mideast material|url=https://variety.com/2000/more/news/friedkin-seven-arts-circle-collins-mideast-material-1117780439/|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=April 11, 2000|access-date=July 23, 2023}}</ref>
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|''[[Shooter (2007 film)|Shooter]]'' starring [[Tommy Lee Jones]]
|<ref name="Zoromski"/>
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|Untitled biopic about [[Howard Hughes]] adapted from [[Richard Hack]]'s biography ''Hughes: The Private Diaries, Memos and Letters''
|<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Archerd|first=Army|url=https://variety.com/2001/voices/columns/helmer-friedkin-to-take-on-hack-s-hughes-1117852361/|title=Helmer Friedkin to take on Hack's Hughes|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=September 6, 2001|access-date=September 23, 2023}}</ref>
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|A film adaptation of [[Thomas Thompson (American author)|Thomas Thompson]]'s novel ''Serpentine''
|<ref>{{cite news|last=Landau|first=Benny|title=He's Got the Keys to the Kingdom|url=https://www.haaretz.com/2002-08-30/ty-article/hes-got-the-keys-to-the-kingdom/0000017f-e48b-d7b2-a77f-e78f98590000|newspaper=[[Haaretz]]|date=August 30, 2002|access-date=July 23, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=B., Scott|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2003/03/11/an-interview-with-william-friedkin|title=An Interview with William Friedkin|website=[[IGN]]|date=March 11, 2003|access-date=July 23, 2023}}</ref><ref name="Devil">{{cite news|last=Macnab|first=Geoffrey|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/william-friedkin-the-devil-in-mr-friedkin-83139.html|title=William Friedkin: The Devil in Mr Friedkin|work=[[The Independent]]|date=December 19, 2003|access-date=July 23, 2023}}</ref>
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|Untitled biopic about [[Giacomo Puccini]] starring [[Plácido Domingo]]
|<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Archerd|first=Army|url=https://variety.com/2003/film/columns/zanuck-advises-polanski-on-next-move-1117886243/|title=Zanuck advises Polanski on next move|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=May 14, 2003|access-date=July 25, 2024|quote=Friedkin will direct a movie based on an incident in Puccini's life — the pic to star Placido, who will be needed (he'll also sing) for three months on the pic!}}</ref>
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|A film adaptation of [[Robert Silverberg]]'s novel ''[[The Book of Skulls]]'' written by [[Jeff Davis (filmmaker)|Jeff Davis]] and [[Terry Hayes]]
|<ref>{{cite news|last=McNary|first=Dave|url=https://variety.com/2003/film/markets-festivals/skulls-in-session-for-paramount-1117890358/|title='Skulls' in session for Paramount|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=August 3, 2003|access-date=July 23, 2023}}</ref><ref name="Devil"/><ref>{{cite web|author=B., Brian|url=https://movieweb.com/terry-hayes-to-pen-book-of-skulls/|title=Terry Hayes to pen Book of Skulls|website=MovieWeb|date=July 27, 2004|access-date=July 23, 2023}}</ref>
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|''The Man Who Kept Secrets'', a biopic about Hollywood lawyer [[Sidney Korshak]]
|<ref>{{cite news|last=Waxman|first=Sharon|title=A Director, Married to the Studio; With a New Assignment from Paramount, Cries of Nepotism Dog William Friedkin|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/09/movies/director-married-studio-with-new-assignment-paramount-cries-nepotism-dog-william.html|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=February 9, 2004|access-date=July 23, 2023}}</ref>
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|A film adaptation of [[Chris Greenhalgh]]'s novel ''[[Coco and Igor]]'' starring [[Mads Mikkelsen]] and [[Marina Hands]]
|<ref>{{cite news|last=Leffler|first=Rebecca|title=Friedkin walks runway for Chanel biopic|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/friedkin-walks-runway-chanel-biopic-135229/|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=May 1, 2007|access-date=July 23, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Mikkelsen Joins Friedkin's Coco & Igor|url=https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/20612-mikkelsen-joins-friedkins-coco-igor?amp|website=ComingSoon.net|date=May 24, 2007|access-date=July 23, 2023}}</ref>
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| rowspan="7" | 2010s
|A film adaptation of [[William Peter Blatty]]'s novel ''[[Dimiter]]''
|<ref>{{cite web|last=Fischer|first=Russ|url=https://www.slashfilm.com/511500/william-friedkin-preparing-to-film-another-william-peter-blatty-adaptation/|title=William Friedkin Preparing To Film Another William Peter Blatty Adaptation?|website=[[/Film]]|date=October 7, 2010|access-date=July 31, 2023}}</ref>
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|''Trapped'', an [[Independent film|indie]] thriller set in Europe starring [[Demián Bichir]]
|<ref>{{cite news|last=Sneider|first=Jeff|title=Demian Bichir lines up pair of projects|url=https://variety.com/2012/film/news/demian-bichir-lines-up-pair-of-projects-1118053443/|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=May 2, 2012|access-date=July 23, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Jagernauth|first=Kevin|title=Demian Bichir Follows Oscar Nom With Roles In 'Machete Kills' & William Friedkin's 'Trapped'|url=https://www.indiewire.com/news/general-news/demian-bichir-follows-oscar-nom-with-roles-in-machete-kills-william-friedkins-trapped-110794/|website=[[IndieWire]]|date=May 2, 2012|access-date=July 23, 2023}}</ref>{{efn|Friedkin said in a 2012 [[Reddit AMA]] that he was working on a thriller from an original story of his to be filmed in Europe in January 2013.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/u2y5r/iama_hollywood_film_director_killer_joe_the/ | title=IamA Hollywood film director (Killer Joe, the Exorcist, French Connection). I'm William Friedkin. AMA. | date=May 24, 2012 }}</ref>}}
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|''[[I Am Wrath]]'' starring [[Nicolas Cage]]
|<ref>{{cite news|last=Fleming|first=Mike Jr.|title=Toronto: Nicolas Cage Back With Emmett/Furla For 'I Am Wrath'|url=https://deadline.com/2012/09/toronto-nicolas-cage-back-with-emmettfurla-with-i-am-wrath-333482/|access-date=March 26, 2015|magazine=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=September 11, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Jagernauth|first=Kevin|title=Nicolas Cage Says 'I Am Wrath' With William Friedkin Is Not Happening, Reveals Dream Project With Roger Corman|url=https://www.indiewire.com/news/general-news/nicolas-cage-says-i-am-wrath-with-william-friedkin-is-not-happening-reveals-dream-project-with-roger-corman-249193/|website=[[IndieWire]]|date=February 19, 2013|access-date=January 1, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Kiang|first=Jessica|title=Interview: William Friedkin on 'Sorcerer,' The 'Killer Joe' TV Show And Life Beyond "Macho Bullsh*t Stories"|url=https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/interview-william-friedkin-on-sorcerer-the-killer-joe-tv-show-and-life-beyond-macho-bullsht-stories-274317/|website=[[IndieWire]]|date=July 21, 2014|access-date=January 1, 2024}}</ref>
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|''Mae'', a biopic about actress [[Mae West]] starring [[Natasha Lyonne]] and [[Bette Midler]]
|<ref>{{cite web|last=Hiler|first=James|date=December 10, 2013|title=Bette Midler to Star in 'Mae West' for HBO Films, William Friedkin Directing|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2013/12/bette-midler-to-star-in-mae-west-for-hbo-films-william-friedkin-directing-241439/|access-date=November 17, 2021|website=[[IndieWire]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet|number=1688624066343874561|user=nlyonne|title=I ♥️ you, #WilliamFriedkin & will cherish this bad boy for always.|date=7 August 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Couch|first=Aaron|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/william-friedkin-remembered-exorcist-ellen-burstyn-1235558010/|title='Exorcist' Stars Ellen Burstyn and Linda Blair Remember William Friedkin: "Undoubtedly a Genius"|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=August 8, 2023|access-date=August 25, 2023}}</ref>
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|A TV pilot based on his film ''[[To Live and Die in L.A. (film)|To Live and Die in L.A.]]'' written by [[Robert Moresco]]
|<ref name="TV">{{cite web|last=Jagernauth|first=Kevin|url=https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/tv-shows-based-on-william-friedkins-killer-joe-to-live-and-die-in-l-a-developing-85046/|title=TV Shows Based On William Friedkin's 'Killer Joe' & 'To Live And Die in L.A.' Developing|website=[[IndieWire]]|date=June 9, 2014|access-date=August 25, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=Nellie |last=Andreeva |url=https://deadline.com/2015/06/to-live-and-die-in-la-tv-series-william-friedkin-wgn-america-1201456085/ |title='To Live And Die In L.A.' Series From William Friedkin & Bobby Moresco In Works At WGN America |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |date=June 25, 2015 |access-date=September 21, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=A Discussion with William Friedkin: 'I See a Diminishing of All Art Forms These Days' |url=https://cinephiliabeyond.org/a-discussion-with-william-friedkin/ |website=Cinephilia & Beyond |last=Mikulec |first=Sven |date=December 7, 2015}}</ref>
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|Untitled ''[[Killer Joe (film)|Killer Joe]]'' spinoff TV series
|<ref name="TV"/><ref>{{cite web|last=Kohn|first=Eric|title=William Friedkin Is Developing 'Killer Joe' TV Series With 'Million Dollar Baby' Producer — Exclusive|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2017/10/william-friedkin-killer-joe-tv-series-matthew-mcconaughey-1201890168/|website=[[IndieWire]]|date=October 23, 2017|access-date=May 17, 2022}}</ref>
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|A film adaptation of [[Don Winslow]]'s novel ''[[The Winter of Frankie Machine]]''
|<ref>{{cite web|last=Fleming|first=Mike Jr.|url=https://deadline.com/2023/08/william-friedkin-q-and-a-70s-moviemaking-tales-of-glory-and-reckless-abandon-1201491441/|title=Remembering William Friedkin: '70s Maverick's Death Defying Tales Making 'The French Connection,' 'The Exorcist,' 'Sorcerer,' To Live & Die In LA' & Others In No Holds Barred Q&A|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=August 7, 2023|access-date=August 25, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite podcast| url=https://trailersfromhell.com/podcast/william-friedkin/| title=William Friedkin - The Movies That Made Me - Trailers From Hell| website=[[Trailers from Hell]]| author1=Olson, Josh| author2=Dante, Joe| author1-link=Josh Olson| author2-link=Joe Dante}}</ref>
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An [[Los Angeles Opera|LA Opera]] production of [[Richard Wagner|Wagner]]'s ''[[Tannhäuser (opera)|Tannhäuser]]'' was announced by Friedkin, but a spokesperson revealed it had been delayed indefinitely.<ref name="Samson"/> Friedkin had also been set to direct the premiere of an opera titled ''An Inconvenient Truth'' to debut in 2011,<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Gallo|first=Phil|url=https://variety.com/2008/legit/markets-festivals/friedkin-to-direct-truth-at-la-scala-1117988581/|title=Friedkin to direct 'Truth' at La Scala|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=July 7, 2008|access-date=August 26, 2023}}</ref> but he later departed from it when creative differences arose between him and the librettist.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Vivarelli|first=Nick|url=https://variety.com/2009/legit/news/friedkin-departs-inconvenient-opera-1117999308/|title=Friedkin departs 'Inconvenient' opera|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=January 30, 2009|access-date=August 26, 2023}}</ref> In 2013, it was reported that he would helm a stage production of [[Harold Pinter]]'s ''[[The Birthday Party (play)|The Birthday Party]]'' (which he had already directed as [[The Birthday Party (1968 film)|a feature film in 1968]]), for [[Geffen Playhouse]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Purcell|first=Carey|url=https://playbill.com/article/the-birthday-party-starring-frances-barber-steven-berkoff-tim-roth-and-nick-ullett-to-play-the-geffen-playhouse-com-214408|title=The Birthday Party, Starring Frances Barber, Steven Berkoff, Tim Roth and Nick Ullett, to Play the Geffen Playhouse|website=[[Playbill]]|date=December 17, 2013|access-date=August 26, 2023}}</ref> A cast including [[Katie Amess]], [[Frances Barber]], [[Steven Berkoff]], [[Tim Roth]] and [[Nick Ullett]] was assembled, but the production was soon postponed for an unknown reason, and never revived.<ref>{{cite web|last=Purcell|first=Carey|url=https://playbill.com/article/geffen-playhouse-postpones-revival-of-the-birthday-party-com-212929|title=Geffen Playhouse Postpones Revival of The Birthday Party|website=[[Playbill]]|date=January 31, 2014|access-date=August 26, 2023}}</ref>

==Awards and nominations ==
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! Year
! Award
! Category
! Title
! Result
! scope="col" class="unsortable"| {{Tooltip|Ref(s)|Reference}}
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|rowspan=3|1972
|[[Academy Awards|Academy Award]]
|[[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
|rowspan=4|''[[The French Connection (film)|The French Connection]]''
|{{won}}
|<ref>{{cite web |title=1972 {{!}} Oscars.org {{!}} Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1972 |website=www.oscars.org |date=October 5, 2014 |access-date=August 8, 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
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|[[Directors Guild of America]]
|Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
|{{won}}
|<ref>{{cite web |title=AFI Catalog of Feature Films: The First 100 Years 1893–1993 - The French Connection (1971) |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/53919 |website=AFI Catalog |publisher=American Film Institute |access-date=August 9, 2023}}</ref>
|-
|[[Golden Globes]]
|Best Director
|{{won}}
|<ref>{{cite web |title=Winners & Nominees 1972 |url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/winners-nominees/1972 |website=Golden Globes |access-date=August 8, 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
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|1973
|[[BAFTA Award]]
|[[BAFTA Award for Best Direction|Best Direction]]
|{{nom}}
|<ref>{{cite web |title=Film in 1973 {{!}} BAFTA Awards |url=https://awards.bafta.org/award/1973/film |website=awards.bafta.org |access-date=August 8, 2023}}</ref>
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|rowspan=3|1974
|[[Academy Awards|Academy Award]]
|[[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
|rowspan=3|''The Exorcist''
|{{nom}}
|<ref>{{cite web |title=1974 {{!}} Oscars.org {{!}} Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1974 |website=www.oscars.org |date=October 4, 2014 |access-date=August 8, 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|[[Directors Guild of America]]
|[[Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film|Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures]]
|{{nom}}
|<ref>{{cite web |title=26th Annual DGA Awards Honoring Outstanding Directorial Achievement for 1973 |url=https://www.dga.org/Awards/History/1970s/1973.aspx?value=1973 |website=dga.org |publisher=Directors Guild of America |access-date=August 9, 2023}}</ref>
|-
|[[Golden Globes]]
|[[Golden Globe Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
|{{won}}
|<ref>{{cite web |title=Winners & Nominees 1974 |url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/winners-nominees/1974 |website=Golden Globes |access-date=August 8, 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
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|rowspan=2|1981
|rowspan=2|[[Razzie Awards]]
|Worst Director
|rowspan=2|''Cruising''
|{{nom}}
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|Worst Screenplay
|{{nom}}
|<ref name="Razzies"/>
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|1986
|[[Cognac Festival du Film Policier]]
|Audience Award
|''To Live and Die in L.A.''
|{{won}}
|{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}
|-
|1988
|[[Deauville Film Festival]]
|Critics Award
|''Rampage''
|{{nom}}
|{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}
|-
|1991
| rowspan="2" |[[Saturn Award]]
|George Pal Memorial Award
|
|{{won}}
|{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}
|-
|1993
|Best Director
|''Rampage''
|{{nom}}
|<ref>{{cite web | url=https://theenvelope.latimes.com/extras/lostmind/year/1992/1992sat.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061017175755/https://theenvelope.latimes.com/extras/lostmind/year/1992/1992sat.htm | archive-date=October 17, 2006 | title=Past Winners Database }}</ref>
|-
|rowspan=2|1998
|[[Directors Guild of America]]
|[[Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Miniseries or TV Film|Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Specials]]
|rowspan=2|''[[12 Angry Men (1997 film)|12 Angry Men]]''
|{{nom}}
|<ref>{{cite web |title=50th Annual DGA Awards Honoring Outstanding Directorial Achievement for 1997 |url=https://www.dga.org/Awards/History/1990s/1997.aspx?value=1997 |website=dga.org |publisher=Directors Guild of America |access-date=August 9, 2023}}</ref>
|-
|[[Primetime Emmy Awards]]
|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie|Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries or a Movie]]
|{{nom}}
|<ref>{{cite web |title=Outstanding Directing For A Miniseries Movie Or A Dramatic Special Nominees / Winners 1998 |url=https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1998/outstanding-directing-for-a-miniseries-movie-or-a-dramatic-special |website=Television Academy |access-date=August 8, 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan=2|1999
|[[Saturn Award]]
|President's Award
|
|{{won}}
|<ref>{{cite web | url=https://variety.com/1999/film/news/sci-fi-acad-sends-pix-into-orbit-with-saturns-1117503072/ | title=Sci-fi acad sends pix into orbit with Saturns | date=June 15, 1999 }}</ref>
|-
|[[Empire Awards]]
|Movie Masterpiece Award
|''The Exorcist''
|{{won}}
|<ref>{{cite web |title=The Movie Masterpiece Award |url=http://www.empireonline.co.uk/features/awards99/masterpiece.html |website=empireonline.co.uk |access-date=August 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000819093337/http://www.empireonline.co.uk/features/awards99/masterpiece.html |archive-date=August 19, 2000}}</ref>
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|2000
|[[Palm Beach International Film Festival]]
|Lifetime Achievement Award
|
|{{won}}
|<ref>{{cite news |title=CONFUSING LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT WITH STAR POWER |url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/2000/02/09/confusing-lifetime-achievement-with-star-power/ |access-date=August 13, 2023 |newspaper=[[Sun Sentinel]] |date=February 9, 2000 |quote=Ms. Burke handed over the dais to producer Richard Zanuck (Jaws, Driving Miss Daisy), who would present the evening’s first Lifetime Achievement Award to director William Friedkin.}}</ref>
|-
|2006
|[[Cannes Film Festival]]
|FIPRESCI
|''Bug''
|{{won}}
|<ref>{{cite web |title=Festival Awards |url=https://fipresci.org/awards/2006/ |website=fipresci.org |access-date=August 8, 2023}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan=2|2007
|[[Munich Film Festival]]
|CineMerit Award
|
|{{won}}
|<ref>{{cite web |title=CineMerit Award |url=https://www.filmfest-muenchen.de/de/festival/preise-preistrager/cinemerit-award/ |website=www.filmfest-muenchen.de |publisher=[[Filmfest München]] |access-date=August 13, 2023}}</ref>
|-
|[[Sitges - Catalan International Film Festival]]
|Time-Machine Honorary Award
|
|{{won}}
|<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mayorga |first1=Emilio |title=William Friedkin to Be Honored at Spain's Sitges Festival |url=https://variety.com/2017/film/festivals/william-friedkin-honored-spains-sitges-festival-1202448863/ |website=Variety |access-date=August 13, 2023 |date=May 31, 2017}}</ref>
|-
|2009
|[[Locarno International Film Festival]]
|Leopard of Honor
|
|{{won}}
|<ref>{{cite web |title=The Festival - Special awards - Pardo d'onore Manor |url=https://www.locarnofestival.ch/en/festival/special-awards/pardo-donore-manor.html |website=Locarno Film Festival |access-date=August 8, 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
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|rowspan=2|2011
|rowspan=2|[[Venice Film Festival]]
|Golden Lion
|rowspan=4|''Killer Joe''
|{{nom}}
|<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/blogs/24-frames/story/2011-09-10/venice-film-festival-faust-wins-golden-lion-award | title=Venice Film Festival: 'Faust' wins Golden Lion award | website=[[Los Angeles Times]] | date=September 10, 2011 }}</ref>
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|Golden Mouse
|{{won}}
|<ref>{{cite news |last1=Aftab |first1=Kaleem |title=Killer instincts |url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/movies/killer-instincts-20120607-1zx5k.html |access-date=August 12, 2023 |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=June 7, 2012 |language=en |quote=Was in competition at Venice, where it won the Golden Mouse (online critics' best film).}}</ref>
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|rowspan=4|2013
|[[Belgian Film Critics Association]]
|[[Grand Prix (Belgian Film Critics Association)|Grand Prix]]
|{{nom}}
|<ref>{{cite web |title='Beasts of the Southern Wild' reçoit le Grand Prix de l'Union de la Critique de Cinéma |url=https://www.rtbf.be/article/beasts-of-the-southern-wild-recoit-le-grand-prix-de-l-union-de-la-critique-de-cinema-7902702 |website=RTBF.be |access-date=August 12, 2023 |language=fr |date=January 6, 2013 |quote=Cinq films étaient en lice pour cette récompense: "Beasts of the Southern Wild", de Benh Zeitlin, "Take Shelter", de Jeff Nichols, "Shame", de Steve McQueen, "Ernest et Célestine", de Benjamin Renner, Vincent Patar et Stéphane Aubier, et "Killer Joe", de William Friedkin.}}</ref>
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|rowspan=2|[[Saturn Award]]
|Best Director
|{{nom}}
|<ref>{{cite web |last1=Busis |first1=Hillary |title=Saturn Award nominations announced |url=https://ew.com/article/2013/02/20/saturn-award-nominations-hobbit-fringe/ |website=EW.com |publisher=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |access-date=August 12, 2023 |language=en |date=February 20, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Truitt |first1=Brian |title='The Hobbit' leads Saturn Awards with nine nominations |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2013/02/20/the-hobbit-saturn-awards-movie-tv-nominations/1933067/ |access-date=August 12, 2023 |work=[[USA Today]] |date=February 20, 2013}}</ref>
|-
|Lifetime Award
|
|{{won}}
|<ref name="Saturn Lifetime Award">{{cite web |last1=Cohen |first1=David S. |title=Saturn Awards Honor William Friedkin |url=https://variety.com/2013/scene/news/saturn-awards-honor-william-friedkin-1200502460/ |publisher=Penske Media Corporation|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |access-date=August 12, 2023 |date=June 27, 2013}}</ref>
|-
|[[Venice Film Festival]]
|Special Lion for Lifetime Achievement
|
|{{won}}
|<ref name="LATimes20130827GoldenLionLifetime">{{cite news |last1=Turan |first1=Kenneth |title=William Friedkin celebrates a Golden Lion, restored 'Sorcerer' |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-william-friedkin-20130827-story.html |access-date=August 12, 2023 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=August 27, 2013}}</ref>
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== Bibliography ==
* Friedkin, William. ''The Friedkin Connection: A Memoir.'' New York: HarperCollins, 2013. {{ISBN|978-0-06-177512-3}}
* Friedkin, William. ''Conversations at the American Film Institute With the Great Moviemakers: The Next Generation.'' George Stevens, Jr., ed. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2012. {{ISBN|978-0-307-27347-5}}

==References==
{{Reflist|colwidth=30em}}

==Notes==
{{Notelist}}

==Further reading==
* Biskind, Peter. ''Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex-Drugs-And Rock 'N Roll Generation Saved Hollywood.'' New York: Simon and Schuster, 1998. {{ISBN|0-684-80996-6}}
* Claggett, Thomas D. ''William Friedkin: Films of Aberration, Obsession, and Reality.'' Los Angeles: Silman-James Press, 2003. {{ISBN|0-89950-262-8}}
* Derry, Charles, ed. ''Dark Dreams 2.0: A Psychological History of the Modern Horror Film From the 1950s to the 21st Century.'' Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Co., 2009. {{ISBN|978-0-7864-3397-1}}
* Edmonds, I. G. and Mimura, Reiko. ''The Oscar Directors.'' San Diego: A.S. Barnes, 1980. {{ISBN|0-498-02444-X}}
* Emery, Robert J., ed. ''The Directors: In Their Own Words.'' Vol. 2. New York: TV Books, 1999. {{ISBN|1-57500-129-2}}
* Hamm, Theodore. ''Rebel and a Cause: Caryl Chessman and the Politics of the Death Penalty in Postwar California, 1948–1974.'' Berkeley, Calif.: University of California Press, 2001. {{ISBN|0-520-22427-2}}
* Segaloff, Nat. ''Hurricane Billy: The Stormy Life and Films of William Friedkin.'' New York: Morrow, 1990. {{ISBN|0-688-07852-4}}
* Stevens, Jr., George, ed. ''Conversations at the American Film Institute With the Great Moviemakers: The Next Generation.'' New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2012. {{ISBN|978-0-307-27347-5}}
* Wakeman, John. ''World Film Directors, 1945–1985.'' New York: Wilson, 1988. {{ISBN|0-8242-0757-2}}
* Walker, Elsie M. and Johnson, David T., eds. ''Conversations With Directors: An Anthology of Interviews From 'Literature/Film Quarterly'.'' Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 2008. {{ISBN|978-0-8108-6122-0}}

== External links ==
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* {{IMDb name|1243}}
* {{TCMDb name| id= 66225{{!}}155614 | name= William Friedkin }}
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* {{discogs artist|William Friedkin}}
* [https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6070626 "From 'Popeye' Doyle to Puccini: William Friedkin"] NPR's Robert Siegel interviews Friedkin, September 14, 2006
* [https://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=20415 EXCL: Bug Director William Friedkin ]
* [http://www.thereeler.com/features/as_best_as_i_can_define_it.php ''The Reeler'' interview with Friedkin]
* [https://academycollection.org/web/arena/search#/entity/academy/collections%3A796/william-friedkin-papers William Friedkin papers], Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

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Zen Gesner

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| occupation = Actor
| alma_mater = [[London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art]]
| years_active = 1994–Active
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'''Zen Brant Gesner''' (born June 23, 1970) is an American television and movie actor. He is perhaps most recognized for his roles as Sinbad in the syndicated television series ''[[The Adventures of Sinbad]]'', and was a regular cast member on the ABC daytime drama ''[[All My Children]]'' as bad boy and rapist Braden Lavery. More recently he's appeared in Miller Lite's "[[Man Laws]]" commercials as one of the "Men Of The Square Table". Gesner also appeared on an episode of the popular sitcom ''[[Friends]]'' in which he played Rachel Green's date. A graduate of the prestigious [[London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art]] (LAMDA), Gesner has appeared in several films directed by the [[Farrelly brothers]] since making his cinematic debut as "Dale's Man #1" in the 1994 comedy ''[[Dumb & Dumber]]'', including ''[[Osmosis Jones]]'' (as Emergency Room Doctor #1), ''[[Me, Myself & Irene]]'' (Agent Peterson), ''[[Shallow Hal]]'' (Ralph), and ''[[There's Something About Mary]]'' (as a bartender). In 2005, he had a small part in the romantic comedy ''[[Fever Pitch (2005 film)|Fever Pitch]]'' starring [[Drew Barrymore]] and [[Jimmy Fallon]].

==Early life==
Gesner was born in [[Van Nuys, California]], the son of stage actress [[Nan Martin]] and architect [[Harry Gesner]].<ref>[http://www.filmreference.com/film/92/Zen-Gesner.html Zen Gesner Biography (1970–)]</ref> His parents named him after the Japanese Buddhist sect that preaches enlightenment through meditation. He has an older half-brother, Casey Martin Dolan, from his mother's first marriage to musician [[Robert E. Dolan]], and two older half-siblings from his father's prior marriages, Jason Gesner (Hydroelectric Manager), and Tara Tanzer-Cartwright (Teacher).

Gesner was interested in music as a boy, and plays both the piano and trumpet. He became an aspiring actor while attending [[Santa Monica High School]] after landing a small part in the school's production of Hamlet, and went on to play leading roles in the school's rendition of "Nicholas Nickleby" and "The Sound of Music". Upon graduation, Gesner joined [[South Coast Repertory]] Theatre in Orange County, CA, performing in small roles and watching experienced actors ply their craft.

==Career==
After touring the audition circuit, Gesner sought admission to [[LAMDA]]'s intensive summer programme on [[Shakespeare]] and was accepted. Towards the end of the course, he was offered a position in the general three-year programme at the Academy, whose North American alumni include such actors as [[Alexis Denisof]], [[John Lithgow]] and [[Donald Sutherland]].

As a student at LAMDA, Gesner not only performed in such plays as ''[[Richard III (play)|Richard III]]'', ''[[The Cherry Orchard]]'' and ''[[Anything Goes]]'', but also studied everything from poetry to archery to fire-blowing. He especially excelled in fencing and during his second year, earned an advanced certificate from The Society of British Fight Directors. Post-graduation from the Academy, the actor worked as Assistant Fight Director to the [[Royal Opera, London]]. Gesner made his feature film debut in ''[[Dumb & Dumber]]'' and put his real-life [[surfing]] skills to use as a surfer in the [[Chris Isaak]] music video, "[[Somebody's Crying]]".

After four auditions and a screen test, Gesner won the title role in the syndicated fantasy-action series, ''[[The Adventures of Sinbad]]''. The series was filmed in [[Cape Town, South Africa]], and involved heavy stuntwork and use of special effects. Between shoots, Gesner added to his physical performance skills by picking up tricks from a local circus troupe, such as tightrope walking, inverted rope-climbing, kicking/flipping up from the ground (known as "kipping"), and stunt flips. Although listed on the fall lineup for a third season, the well-rated series ended its run after the second season due to contract disputes between the production company and series distributors.

Since the conclusion of ''Sinbad'' in 1998, Gesner has appeared on television series such as ''[[Friends]]'' and ''[[All My Children]]''. He played the role of David Patrick in the 2005 movie ''[[The Ringer (2005 film)|The Ringer]]'', a film about the [[Special Olympics]]. He was also the spokesperson for [[Chicken of the Sea|Chicken Of The Sea]]'s 2005 "What Women Want" marketing campaign.

Gesner is brother-in-law to the [[Farrelly Brothers]], and has received several small roles in their movies, including ''[[Dumb & Dumber]]'', ''[[Fever Pitch]]'', ''[[Kingpin (1996 film)|Kingpin]]'', ''[[Me, Myself & Irene]]'', ''[[Osmosis Jones]]'', ''[[Shallow Hal]]'' and ''[[There's Something About Mary]]''. Gesner also played (Ron) a gay man in the movie ''[[Boat Trip (film)|Boat Trip]]''. He appeared in the [[Man Laws]] commercials for [[Miller Lite]].

Gesner was the "Mystery Man" in the opening of each episode of ''[[Take the Money and Run (TV series)|Take the Money & Run]]''. He hands the briefcase containing $100,000 to the two-person team of contestants and relays instructions.

==Personal life==
Gesner moved back to the United States, where he met and married his wife [[Cynthia Farrelly Gesner]] (sister of the writer-directors [[Farrelly brothers|Peter and Bobby Farrelly]]) in 1995. They moved to Hollywood, where Gesner worked part-time in construction while auditioning for television and movie roles.

They have three sons: Finn Harry Gesner (b. July 24, 1997 in [[Cape Town, South Africa]]), Rory Farrelly Gesner (b. October 9, 2000 in [[Santa Monica, California]], and Tuck John Gesner (b. July 11, 2003 in [[Santa Monica, California]]). Gesner currently resides with his family in [[Malibu, California]].<ref>https://malibutimes.com/article_d57a66a3-4b0e-536f-9def-63f6de082a5a</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb name|315143|Zen Gesner}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20091027095403/http://geocities.com/Hollywood/Makeup/6025/ Sinbad Gallery]

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