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The late "Sorcerer" director left behind a filmography that's a living document of 50 years of Hollywood history. When William Friedkin died at the age of 87 on August 7, the film world lost a ...

When director William Friedkin died this week, he left a gaping hole in a Hollywood that had been shaped and reshaped by his films, including The Exorcist, The French Connection and To Live and Die in ...

Acclaimed filmmaker William Friedkin, best known for directing classics such as “The French Connection” and “The Exorcist,” is being mourned by Hollywood as “one of the most impactful directors of all ...

For a moment, between the ascension of Francis Ford Coppola and that of Steven Spielberg, Hollywood’s hottest young director was William Friedkin. The one-two punch of “The French Connection” (1971) ...

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 ...

Oscar-winning film director William Friedkin died on Monday, August 7, from heart failure and pneumonia three weeks shy of his 88th birthday, according to Variety. Friedkin was best-known for helming ...

Bud S. Smith, an Oscar-nominated film editor who was a regular collaborator with William Friedkin and whose other credits include “Putney Swope,” “Flashdance” and “The Karate Kid,” died Sunday at his ...

Friedkin’s life ended like a true Friedkin film. It’s hard to tell if he won or lost, or something in between, or if those terms even apply. Photo: Laura Lezza/Getty Images Friedkin’s life ended like ...