威廉·佛瑞金
William Friedkin
個人簡介
William Friedkin is an American film director, producer and screenwriter best known for directing The French Connection in 1971 and The Exorcist in 1973; for the former, he won the Academy Award for Best Director. Some of his other films include Sorcerer, Cruising, To Live and Die in L.A., Jade, Rules of Engagement, The Hunted, Bug, and Killer Joe.As mentioned in Friedkin's voice-over commentary on the DVD re-release of Alfred Hitchcock's 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.
In 1965 Friedkin moved to Hollywood and two years later released his first feature film, Good Times starring Sonny and Cher. Several other "art" films followed, including the adaptation of Mart Crowley's The Boys in the Band and most notably The Birthday Party, based on an unpublished screenplay by Harold Pinter, which he adapted from his own play. Friedkin, however, did not want to be known as an art house director, but rather for action and serious drama through stories about an America upended by crime, hypocrisy, the occult, and amorality. All of which he mounted up into his films to reflect what was going on in an America that was changing in the wake of Vietnam, the Sexual Revolution, and Watergate.
In 1971, his The French Connection was released to wide critical acclaim. Shot in a gritty style more suited for documentaries than Hollywood features, the film won five Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director. Friedkin followed up with 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 the Best Screenplay and Best Sound Mixing.
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, The Directors Company. Whereas Coppola directed The Conversation and Bogdanovich, the Henry James adaptation, Daisy Miller, Friedkin abruptly left the company, which was soon closed by Paramount.
Friedkin's later movies did not achieve the same success.
Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, Friedkin's films received mostly lackluster reviews and moderate ticket sales. However, his action/crime movie 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). In 2011 Friedkin directed Killer Joe, a black comedy written by Tracy Letts, and starring Matthew McConaughey. Killer Joe premiered at the 68th Venice International Film Festival, prior to its North American debut at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival.
In April 2013 Friedkin published a memoir, The Friedkin Connection. He was presented with a lifetime achievement award at the 70th Venice International Film Festival in September.
生日
1935年08月29日其他稱謂
윌리엄 프리드킨 | 윌리암 프리드킨威廉·佛瑞金的電影作品
| 年份 | 電影 | 職務 | 戲院及網上看 |
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| 2026 |
Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders飾演 Self (archive footage)
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飾演 Self (archive footage)
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| 2023 |
凱恩艦譁變導演
Teleplay
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導演
Teleplay
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| 2021 |
I Am Alfred Hitchcock飾演 Self (archive footage)
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飾演 Self (archive footage)
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| 2018 |
Friedkin Uncut飾演 Self
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飾演 Self
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| 2017 |
神父阿摩特與惡魔導演
Writer
飾演 Self
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導演
Writer
飾演 Self
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| 2014 |
電影魔術師：奧遜·威爾斯飾演 Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
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飾演 Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
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| 2013 |
富勒的一生飾演 Self - Reader (segment "My Ballsy Yarns")
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飾演 Self - Reader (segment "My Ballsy Yarns")
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| 2012 |
殺手喬一下導演
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導演
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| 2012 |
Casablanca: An Unlikely Classic飾演 Self
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飾演 Self
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| 2008 |
Pure Cinema: Through the Eyes of Hitchcock飾演 Self
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飾演 Self
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| 2008 |
The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't飾演 Self
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飾演 Self
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| 2007 |
千瘡百孔導演
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導演
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| 2003 |
影響電影界的七十年代飾演 Self
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飾演 Self
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| 2003 |
獵殺導演
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導演
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| 2001 |
Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connection飾演 Self
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飾演 Self
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| 2000 |
火線衝突導演
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導演
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| 2000 |
The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection'飾演 Self
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飾演 Self
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| 1998 |
永無止境飾演 TV Director
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飾演 TV Director
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| 1995 |
玉燄導演
Screenplay
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導演
Screenplay
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| 1994 |
火爆教頭導演
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導演
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| 1991 |
Fear in the Dark飾演 Self
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飾演 Self
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| 1987 |
Rampage導演
Writer
監製
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導演
Writer
監製
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| 1986 |
C.A.T. Squad導演
Executive Producer
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導演
Executive Producer
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| 1985 |
威猛奇兵導演
Screenplay
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導演
Screenplay
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| 1980 |
虎口巡航導演
Writer
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導演
Writer
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| 1977 |
千驚萬險導演
監製
Screenplay
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導演
監製
Screenplay
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| 1973 |
驅魔人導演
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導演
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| 1973 |
紙月亮Executive Producer
Executive Producer
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Executive Producer
Executive Producer
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| 1971 |
密探霹靂火導演
Screenplay
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導演
Screenplay
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| 1968 |
春色滿瀛台導演
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導演
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