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William Friedkin
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Academy Awards, USA (2)
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA (5)
BAFTA Awards (1)
Cannes Film Festival (2)
Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival (2)
Cognac Festival du Film Policier (1)
Deauville Film Festival (1)
Directors Guild of America, USA (3)
Primetime Emmy Awards (1)
Golden Globes, USA (2)
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (1)
Locarno International Film Festival (1)
Melbourne International Film Festival (1)
Munich Film Festival (2)
Palm Beach International Film Festival (1)
Razzie Awards (2)
Venice Film Festival (3)
Walk of Fame (1)
Empire Awards, UK (1)
Oldenburg Film Festival (1)
Kinema Junpo Awards (2)
Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards (1)
Lisbon & Estoril Film Festival (1)
Online Film & Television Association (2)
The Guardian's Best Films (1)
23 wins & 18 nominations
Academy Awards, USA
1974 Nominee
Oscar
Best Director
The Exorcist
1972 Winner
Oscar
Best Director
The French Connection
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
2013 Nominee
Saturn Award
Best Director
Killer Joe
2013 Winner
Lifetime Achievement Award
1999 Winner
President's Award
1993 Nominee
Saturn Award
Best Director
Rampage
1991 Winner
George Pal Memorial Award
BAFTA Awards
1973 Nominee
BAFTA Film Award
Best Direction
The French Connection
Cannes Film Festival
2006 Winner
FIPRESCI Prize
Quinzaine des réalisateurs
Bug
2006 Nominee
C.I.C.A.E. Award
Bug
Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival
2017 Winner
Honorary Grand Prize
2007 Winner
Time-Machine Honorary Award
Cognac Festival du Film Policier
1986 Winner
Audience Award
To Live and Die in L.A.
Deauville Film Festival
1988 Nominee
Critics Award
Rampage
Directors Guild of America, USA
1998 Nominee
DGA Award
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Specials
12 Angry Men
1974 Nominee
DGA Award
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
The Exorcist
1972 Winner
DGA Award
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
The French Connection
Shared with:
Paul Ganapoler
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William C. Gerrity
·
Terence A. Donnelly
Primetime Emmy Awards
1998 Nominee
Primetime Emmy
Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries or a Movie
12 Angry Men
Golden Globes, USA
1974 Winner
Golden Globe
Best Director - Motion Picture
The Exorcist
1972 Winner
Golden Globe
Best Director - Motion Picture
The French Connection
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
2014 Winner
Special Prize for Outstanding Contribution to World Cinema
Locarno International Film Festival
2009 Winner
Leopard of Honor
Melbourne International Film Festival
2014 Nominee
People's Choice Award
Best Narrative Feature
Sorcerer
8th Runner-up (For the restored version)
Munich Film Festival
2012 Nominee
ARRI Award
Best International Film
Killer Joe
2007 Winner
CineMerit Award
Palm Beach International Film Festival
2000 Winner
Lifetime Achievement Award
Directing
Razzie Awards
1981 Nominee
Razzie Award
Worst Director
Cruising
1981 Nominee
Razzie Award
Worst Screenplay
Cruising
Venice Film Festival
2013 Winner
Career Golden Lion
2011 Nominee
Golden Lion
Killer Joe
2011 Winner
Golden Mouse
Killer Joe
Walk of Fame
1997 Winner
Star on the Walk of Fame
Motion Picture
On 14 August 1997. At 6925 Hollywood Blvd.
Empire Awards, UK
1999 Winner
Movie Masterpiece Award
The Exorcist
Oldenburg Film Festival
2020 Winner
German Independence Honorary Award
Retrospective
Kinema Junpo Awards
1973 Nominee
Kinema Junpo Award
Best Foreign Language Film
The Boys in the Band
Sixth place
1973 Nominee
Kinema Junpo Award
Best Foreign Language Film
The French Connection
Tenth place
Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards
2012 Nominee
DFCC
Best Director
Killer Joe
3rd place
Lisbon & Estoril Film Festival
2011 Winner
Lifetime Achievement Award
Online Film & Television Association
2023 Winner
OFTA Film Hall of Fame
Architect
1998 Nominee
OFTA Television Award
Best Direction of a Motion Picture or Miniseries
12 Angry Men
The Guardian's Best Films
2010 Winner
The Greatest Films of All Time
Horror
The Exorcist
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