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6 unusual facts about William Friedkin


Jennifer Nairn-Smith

In the 1970s she had a romantic relationship with director William Friedkin.

New Sarpy, Louisiana

The film Bug, directed by William Friedkin, includes scenes shot at Migliore’s Grocery and Boomerang’s Bar, in New Sarpy.

The Bold Men

The Bold Men was the first of three documentaries William Friedkin made for producer David Wolper.

The Dick Powell Show

It featured many future stars, producers and directors early in their careers, including Aaron Spelling, William Friedkin, and Bruce Geller.

The Pickle Brothers

In 1967 they starred in a pilot for their own series that was written by Gerald Gardner and Dee Caruso of The Monkees, and directed by William Friedkin of The French Connection and The Exorcist.

The Wages of Fear

Violent Road (aka Hell's Highway), directed by Howard W. Koch in 1958, and Sorcerer, directed by William Friedkin in 1977, are American remakes.


Birgit C. Muller

She resides in Beverly Hills, California and has worked in the film and television industry in the United States for Paramount, Sony, Disney and Universal Studios and others, with such noted directors as William Friedkin, David Lynch, Michael Bay, Francis Ford Coppola and Ridley Scott.

Horror film score

For The Exorcist, William Friedkin rejected a score by Lalo Schiffrin and used the temp track featuring assorted pieces of music including part of Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells.

Owen Roizman

Roizman is known for collaborating with film directors William Friedkin, Sydney Pollack and Lawrence Kasdan.

Paul Crump

William Friedkin produced and directed a documentary for television in 1962, titled The People vs. Paul Crump when Crump had been on death row for nine years.


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