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Caption: Best Actress Jane Fonda (Klute) flanked by The French Connection winners Philip DAntoni (Best Picture), Gene Hackman (Best Actor), and William Friedkin (Best Director) at the 44th Academy Awards.
About William Friedkin
Director, Producer, Writer
Born: August 29, 1935
Star sign: Virgo
Height: 6' (1.83 m)
Known for: The Exorcist (1973), The French Connection (1971), Killer Joe (2011), Rules of Engagement (2000)
Source: IMDB
Friedkin's mother was an operating room nurse. His father was a merchant seaman, semi-pro softball player and ultimately sold clothes in a men's discount chain. Ultimately, his father never earned more than $50/week in his whole life and died indigent. Eventually young Will became infatuated with Orson Welles after seeing Citizen Kane (1941). He ...
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