I tend to be attracted to characters who are up against a wall with very few alternatives. And the film then becomes an examination of how they cope with very few options. And that's, I guess, what interests me in terms of human behavior.

A. Strangelove though it was generally savaged by critics. Early life
Friedkin was born in Chicago Illinois the son of Rae (née Green) and Louis Friedkin a semi-professional softball player merchant seaman and men's clothing salesman.

Some of his other films include Sorcerer Cruising To Live and Die in L. The Guardian Jade Bug and Killer Joe. William Friedkin (born August 29 1935) is an American film director producer and screenwriter best known for directing The French Connection in 1971 and The Exorcist in 1973; for the former he won the Academy Award for Best Director.