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Billy Wilder

Billy Wilder

Directing
Born: Jun 22, 1906 — Died: Mar 27, 2002
From: Sucha, Galicia, Austria-Hungary
Credits: 30 titles

Biography

Billy Wilder, born Samuel Wilder; (22 June 1906 - 27 March 2002) was an Austrian-born director, screenwriter and producer who is regarded as one of the most successful filmmakers of Hollywood's golden age. Today he is best known for his comedies, although he also directed dramas and film noirs. Wilder is one of only five people who have won Academy Awards as producer, director, and writer for the same film (The Apartment). Wilder's career began in Germany, where he worked as a writer for comedy films from 1930. After the Nazis seized power in 1933, he emigrated to the United States, where he continued to write screenplays, including Ernst Lubitsch's Ninotchka (1939) and Howard Hawks' Ball of Fire (1941). From the early 1940s, Wilder was allowed to film his own screenplays and thus made a name for himself as a director. Initially, his greatest successes included predominantly dramatic film noirs such as Double Indemnity (1944), The Lost Weekend (1945), Sunset Boulevard (1950) and Ace in the Hole (1951). It was only then that he increasingly turned to comedy, including Stalag 17 (1953), Sabrina (1954) and The Seven Year Itch (1955), although he made a small detour to courtroom drama with …

Filmography

Title Character Year Rating
Audrey Self - Filmmaker (voice) (archive … 2020 7.156
Hollywood's Second World War Self (archive footage) 2019 8.0
Never Be Boring: Billy Wilder Self (archive footage) 2017 7.3
Billy Wilder: Nobody's Perfect Self (archive footage) 2016 7.6
The Legacy of 'Some Like It Hot' Self (archive footage) 2006 8.5
The Making of 'Some Like It Hot' Self (archive footage) 2006 7.0
Billy Wilder Speaks Self - Filmmaker 2006 6.9
Un film et son époque TV Self (archive footage) 2003 10.0
Nobody's Perfect: The Making of Some Like It Hot Self (archive footage) 2001 7.0
Klaus Kinski: I'm not an actor Self (archive footage) 2000
Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy Self 1998 6.0
Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough Self 1997 6.5
Fred MacMurray: The Guy Next Door Self 1996 7.0
Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman Self 1996 7.5
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered Self 1993 7.6
Billy, How Did You Do It? Self 1992 7.0
Billy, How Did You Do It? TV Self 1992
Film Lesson TV Self 1991
The Exiles Self 1989 9.0
Directed by William Wyler Self 1986
Portrait of a '60% Perfect Man': Billy Wilder Self 1982 6.909
Regie: Billy Wilder Self 1978
The Kennedy Center Honors TV Self 1978 7.4
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche TV Self 1975 6.0
Spécial cinéma TV Self 1974 9.5
The American Film Institute Salute to ... TV Self 1973 6.3
The Legend of Marilyn Monroe 1966 6.714
Cinépanorama TV Self 1956 8.667
The Oscars TV Self 1953 7.0
German Film Award TV Self 1951 6.0
Quick Facts
Known forDirecting
Credits30
Born1906
FromSucha, Galicia, Austria-Hungary