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 ...

This week, cinephiles and filmmakers around the world came together to mourn the loss of William Friedkin. The iconic director passed away at the age of 87, leaving behind a catalog of films that is ...

Had William Friedkin — who passed away last week at age 87 — only directed “The French Connection” and “The Exorcist,” he’d be in the Filmmaker Hall of Fame. Both are classics in the sense that they ...

In his real life, retired NYPD Detective Randy Jurgensen busted cop killers, drug dealers and street corner goons — but in ...

“I wouldn’t do anything like this today,” says the Oscar-winning director. By Carolyn Giardina Tech Editor Director William Friedkin claimed “the only thing we had permits for was to shoot on the ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — William Friedkin, the Oscar winning director who became a top filmmaker in his 30s with the gripping “The French Connection” and the horrifying “The Exorcist” and struggled in the ...

The Oscar winner "never played by the rules, often to my own detriment," he said. By Stephen Galloway William Friedkin, the Oscar winner behind The French Connection and The Exorcist who was one of ...

Variety reports Friedkin died Monday in Los Angeles. Born in Chicago, Friedkin made his directing debut with an episode of “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour” in 1965. Other television credits include “The ...

William Friedkin, the Academy Award-winning director who helmed such classics as “The Exorcist” and “The French Connection,” died Aug. 7 from heart failure and pneumonia, his family said in a ...

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — 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 ...