‘The Exorcist’, ‘The French Connection’ director William Friedkin dead at 87
William Friedkin, the filmmaker behind 1973's adaptation of novelist William Peter Blatty's The Exorcist, has died at 87.Stephen Galloway, dean of Dodge College of Film and Media Arts at Chapman University, and also the biographer of Friedkin’s producer wife, Sherry Lansing, confirmed the news... Read More.