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Awards and Nominations
Golden Globe
Best Director - Motion Picture
Won
Academy Award
Directing
Won
Nominated
Golden Globe
Best Director - Motion Picture
Won
Academy Award
Directing
Won
Nominated
William David Friedkin was an American film, television and opera director, producer, and screenwriter who was closely identified with the "New Hollywood" movement of the 1970s. Beginning his career in documentaries in the early 1960s, he is best known for his crime thriller film The French Connection (1971), which won five Academy Awards,...