The Exorcist director William Friedkin has died aged 87.
Friedkin, who also won the best director Academy Award for The French Connection, died on Monday in Los Angeles, Sherry Lansing, his wife, producer and former studio head, told The Hollywood Reporter.
He followed with an even bigger blockbuster, The Exorcist, based on William Peter Blatty's best-selling novel about a 12-year-old girl possessed by the devil. His latest work - The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial - was due to hit screens at the Venice Film Festival beginning August 30.Friedkin in action.Friedkin started out his career in local television and documentary projects and then moved on to feature films.Other film credits included To Live and Die in LA, Cruising, Rules of Engagement and a TV remake of the classic play and Sidney Lumet movie 12 Angry Men.
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