William Peter Blatty

Also known as William P. Blatty, Bill Blatty

American writer and filmmaker (1928-2017)

Person · Open Library

Born: 1928
Died: 2017
Works: 25

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Country: US
Active from: 1928-01-07
Active to: 2017-01-12

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 246
Total plays: 8,565

Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

Cutoff criteria for fit indexes in covariance structure analysis: Conventional criteria versus new alternatives
· 1999 · cited 84,878x
VMD: Visual molecular dynamics
· 1996 · cited 61,493x
Theory of the firm: Managerial behavior, agency costs and ownership structure
· 1976 · cited 43,862x
A new method of classifying prognostic comorbidity in longitudinal studies: Development and validation
· 1987 · cited 42,188x
Comparison of simple potential functions for simulating liquid water
· 1983 · cited 38,972x

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Quotes

“Being a Catholic, I believe that we all have a foot in two worlds. The one that we’re conscious of is in time, but now and then a freak like me gets a flash from the other foot, and that one, I think, is in eternity, where time does not exist and so the future and the past are both the present. So now and again when I’m feeling a tingling in that other foot, I believe that I’m seeing the future.”
“And yet even from this — from evil — there will finally come good in some way; in some way that we may never understand or even see. … Perhaps evil is the crucible of goodness … And perhaps even Satan — Satan, in spite of himself — somehow serves to work out the will of God.”

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Key facts

Born: ( 1928-01-07 ) January 7, 1928, New York City , U.S.
Died: January 12, 2017 (2017-01-12) (aged 89), Bethesda, Maryland , U.S.
Occupation: Novelist screenwriter film director
Education: Georgetown University ( BA ), George Washington University ( MA )
Genre: Horror drama comedy
Children: 7; including J. T. Blatty
Relatives: Germanos Mouakkad (great-uncle) Mika (second nephew)

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Commons category: William Peter Blatty
date of death: 2017-01-12
name in native language: William Peter Blatty
date of birth: 1928-00-00
start of work period: 1959-00-00

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Article

William Peter Blatty (January 7, 1928 – January 12, 2017) was an American writer, director and producer. He is best known for his 1971 novel The Exorcist and for his screenplay for the 1973 film adaptation. Blatty won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for The Exorcist, and was nominated for Best Picture as its producer. The film also earned Blatty a Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama as producer.

Born and raised in New York City, Blatty received his bachelor's degree in English from Georgetown University in 1950, and his master's degree in English literature from the George Washington University. Following completion of his master's degree in 1954, he joined the United States Air Force and served in the Psychological Warfare Division where he attained the rank of first lieutenant. After service in the air force, he worked for the United States Information Agency in Beirut.