William Friedkin, the Oscar-winning director of 'The French Connection' and 'The Exorcist,' who was one of the most admired directors to emerge from a wave of brilliant filmmakers who made their mark in the 1970s, has died:
who was one of the most admired directors to emerge from a wave of brilliant filmmakers who made their mark in the 1970s, died Monday. He was 87.
It would have surprised Hitchcock that Friedkin revered the master’s work, as he did that of Orson Welles, whose he saw for the first time when he was 25. A true cineaste, he in turn was revered by a younger generation; indeed, shortly before Damien Chazelle became the youngest director to win an Oscar , he made a pilgrimage to Friedkin’s home high up in Bel-Air just to meet the filmmaker.
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