Aug. 29, 2020

This Day in Halloween: Oscar-winning director William Friedkin is born in Chicago in 1935. / Illustration by Ashley Oliman.

William Friedkin is born in Chicago in 1935. The Oscar-winning director’s long career includes The Exorcist, The Guardian, Bug and the documentary The Devil and Father Amorth.  He also directed episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Twilight Zone, and Tales From The Crypt.