Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. William Friedkin was one of those legendary Hollywood characters whose career really did begin in the mailroom. It just wasn’t the ...

William Friedkin, the maverick film director who helped revolutionize 1970s Hollywood with the electrifying, era-defining classics “The French Connection” and “The Exorcist,” died Monday, according to ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — William Friedkin, the Oscar winning director who became a top filmmaker in his 30s with the gripping “The French Connection” and the horrifying “The Exorcist” and struggled in the ...

Friedkin also worked on 1977’s 'Sorcerer' and 1985’s 'To Live and Die in L.A.' Primo Barol/Anadolu Agency/Getty William Friedkin, the Oscar-winning director behind such films as The French Connection ...

William Friedkin, the Academy Award-winning director who helmed such classics as “The Exorcist” and “The French Connection,” died Aug. 7 from heart failure and pneumonia, his family said in a ...