윌리엄 프리드킨

소개

윌리엄 프리드킨(William Friedkin, 1935년 8월 29일~2023년 8월 7일)은 미국의 영화 감독이다.

William David Friedkin was an American film, television and opera director, producer, and screenwriter who was closely identified with the New Hollywood movement of the 1970s. Beginning his career in documentaries in the early 1960s, he is best known for his crime thriller film The French Connection (1971), which won five Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director, and the horror film The Exorcist (1973), which earned him another Academy Award nomination for Best Director.