William Friedkin

Career Overview

William Friedkin has 123 screen credits in a career dating back to 1962. Their work spans 4 cinematic universes — most prominently C.A.T. Squad Collection with 2 titles. Signature works include The Exorcist, The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial, Rules of Engagement. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For: Directing
Gender: male
Known Credits: 123
Birth Date: 1935-08-29
Birth Place: Chicago, Illinois, USA

Known For

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 4 universes

Frequent Collaborators

Dale Dye (2 collaborations)
Tommy Lee Jones (2 collaborations)
William L. Petersen (2 collaborations)
Ellen Burstyn (1 collaborations)
Linda Blair (1 collaborations)
Jason Miller (1 collaborations)
Max von Sydow (1 collaborations)
Lee J. Cobb (1 collaborations)
William O'Malley (1 collaborations)
Kitty Winn (1 collaborations)

Credits

actors (65 credits)
- Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders
  Self (archive footage)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2026
- Fear and Love: The Story of The Exorcist
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2024
- The Lost Print: The Making of Orson Welles’ The Magnificent Ambersons
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2022
- Algren
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2021
- I Am Alfred Hitchcock
  Self (archive footage)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2021
- Fellini of the Spirits
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2020
- Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2019
- Friedkin Uncut
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2018
- Stringman: The Jack Nitzsche Story
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2018
- The Devil and Father Amorth
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2018
- Return to the Genre
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2016
- Sorcerers: A Conversation with William Friedkin and Nicolas Winding Refn
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2015
- Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
  Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2014
- Henri Langlois vu par...
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2014
- The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2013
- A Fuller Life
  Self - Reader (segment "My Ballsy Yarns")
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2013
- Don't Say No Until I Finish Talking: The Story of Richard D. Zanuck
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2013
- Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2013
- Stanley Kubrick in Focus
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2012
- Casablanca: An Unlikely Classic
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2012
- Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2012
- Making the Boys
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2011
- Miller's Tale
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2011
- Godard Made in USA
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2010
- The Exorcist Locations: Georgetown Then and Now
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2010
- Raising Hell: Filming the Exorcist
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2010
- Fasten Your Seatbelt: The Thrilling Art of Alfred Hitchcock
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2009
- The Master's Touch: Hitchcock's Signature Style
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2009
- North by Northwest: One for the Ages
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2009
- Victor Fleming: Master Craftsman
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2009
- Anatomy of a Chase
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2009
- Pure Cinema: Through the Eyes of Hitchcock
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2008
- In the Master's Shadow: Hitchcock's Legacy
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2008
- Breaking Barriers: The Sound of Hitchcock
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2008
- The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2008
- Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange'
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2007
- View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2007
- The Visions of Stanley Kubrick
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2007
- Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2007
- Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2007
- The History of 'Cruising'
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2007
- Exorcising 'Cruising'
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2007
- Tatort Oper - Wie Filmemacher Oper machen
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2007
- The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. Alonzo
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2007
- Shadows of Suspense
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2006
- Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2005
- A Little Solitaire
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2004
- Counterfeit World: Making 'To Live and Die in L.A.'
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2003
- Filming “The Hunted”
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2003
- The Cutting Edge
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2003
- Pursuing “The Hunted”
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2003
- Narc: The Friedkin Connection
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2003
- A Decade Under the Influence
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2003
- Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connection
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2001
- The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection'
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2000
- Without Limits
  TV Director
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1998
- The Fear of God: 25 Years of The Exorcist
  Self - Director
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1998
- Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1998
- Hollywood Halloween
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1997
- Howard Hawks: American Artist
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1997
- Fear in the Dark
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1991
- The Simpsons
  
  - Treehouse of Horror XXVIII (2017) ... Dr. Kenneth Humphries (voice) actor actors
  
  1989
- Putting It Together: The Making of the Broadway Album
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1986
- Conversation with Fritz Lang
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1975
- Oscars, Actors and The Exorcist
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1974
directing (39 credits)
- The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
  director
  
  directing
  
  2023
- The Devil and Father Amorth
  director
  
  directing
  
  2018
- Verdi Aida
  stage director
  
  directing
  
  2015
- Henri Langlois vu par...
  director
  
  directing
  
  2014
- Killer Joe
  director
  
  directing
  
  2012
- The Painter's Voice
  director
  
  directing
  
  2007
- Bug
  director
  
  directing
  
  2007
- The Hunted
  director
  
  directing
  
  2003
- Rules of Engagement
  director
  
  directing
  
  2000
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
  
  - Mascara (2009) ... director directing
  
  - Cockroaches (2007) ... director directing
  
  2000
- 12 Angry Men
  director
  
  directing
  
  1997
- Jade
  director
  
  directing
  
  1995
- Jailbreakers
  director
  
  directing
  
  1994
- Blue Chips
  director
  
  directing
  
  1994
- The Guardian
  director
  
  directing
  
  1990
- Tales from the Crypt
  
  - None But the Lonely Heart / This'll Kill Ya / On a Deadman's Chest (1992) ... director directing
  
  1989
- C.A.T. Squad: Python Wolf
  director
  
  directing
  
  1988
- Rampage
  director
  
  directing
  
  1987
- C.A.T. Squad
  director
  
  directing
  
  1986
- Putting It Together: The Making of the Broadway Album
  director
  
  directing
  
  1986
- To Live and Die in L.A.
  director
  
  directing
  
  1985
- The Twilight Zone
  
  - Little Boy Lost / Wish Bank / Nightcrawlers (1985) ... director directing
  
  1985
- Deal of the Century
  director
  
  directing
  
  1983
- Cruising
  director
  
  directing
  
  1980
- The Brink's Job
  director
  
  directing
  
  1978
- Sorcerer
  director
  
  directing
  
  1977
- Conversation with Fritz Lang
  director
  
  directing
  
  1975
- The Exorcist
  director
  
  directing
  
  1973
- The French Connection
  director
  
  directing
  
  1971
- The Boys in the Band
  director
  
  directing
  
  1970
- The Night They Raided Minsky's
  director
  
  directing
  
  1968
- The Birthday Party
  director
  
  directing
  
  1968
- Good Times
  director
  
  directing
  
  1967
- The Pickle Brothers
  director
  
  directing
  
  1967
- The Thin Blue Line
  director
  
  directing
  
  1966
- Pro Football: Mayhem on a Sunday Afternoon
  director
  
  directing
  
  1965
- The Bold Men
  director
  
  directing
  
  1965
- The People vs. Paul Crump
  director
  
  directing
  
  1962
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
  
  - Off Season (1965) ... director directing
  
  1962
writing (10 credits)
- The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
  teleplay
  
  writing
  
  2023
- The Devil and Father Amorth
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2018
- The Guardian
  screenplay
  
  writing
  
  1990
- C.A.T. Squad: Python Wolf
  story
  
  writing
  
  1988
- Rampage
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1987
- To Live and Die in L.A.
  screenplay
  
  writing
  
  1985
- Cruising
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1980
- Sorcerer
  screenplay
  
  writing
  
  1977
- Good Times
  screenplay
  
  writing
  
  1967
- The Thin Blue Line
  story
  
  writing
  
  1966
crew (1 credits)
- The Fear of God: 25 Years of The Exorcist
  thanks
  
  crew
  
  1998
production (8 credits)
- C.A.T. Squad: Python Wolf
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  1988
- Rampage
  producer
  
  production
  
  1987
- C.A.T. Squad
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  1986
- Sorcerer
  producer
  
  production
  
  1977
- Paper Moon
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  1973
- Muggins
  producer
  
  production
  
  1967
- The Thin Blue Line
  producer
  
  production
  
  1966
- The People vs. Paul Crump
  producer
  
  production
  
  1962