The provided text offers an extensive biographical overview of the late American director, producer, and screenwriter William Friedkin (1935–2023), drawing from a Wikipedia article. It details his personal history, including his Chicago upbringing and Jewish heritage, as well as his numerous marriages and eventual death from heart failure and pneumonia. The majority of the source focuses on his prolific career in film and television, highlighting his association with the New Hollywood movement and his critical successes, specifically the Academy Award-winning films The French Connection and the revolutionary horror movie The Exorcist. The text also chronicles his work across different decades, noting his later shift toward opera direction and his final film, The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial; appendices also list his complete filmography and numerous awards received throughout his life.

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