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Billy Wilder‌

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calendar1906-06-22

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Billy Wilder

Sucha, Galicia, Austria-Hungary

Billy Wilder

Sucha, Galicia, Austria-Hungary

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1906-06-22

Popularity

star5.7

Biography

Billy Wilder (June 22, 1906 – March 27, 2002) was an Austrian-born director, screenwriter and producer who is regarded as one of the most excellent 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 Witness for the Prosecution (1957). With Some Like It Hot (1959) and The Apartment (1960) he made his most famous and probably most successful comedy films, the latter even receiving five Oscars. In One, Two, Three (1961), Wilder dealt with the conditions of the time in his former adopted country, Germany, and made the successful romantic comedy Irma la Douce (1963). In the two decades that followed, Wilder made seven more films, which were less well received by critics and audiences, although the German-French drama Fedora (1978) is viewed somewhat more favorably today by predominantly pretentious film experts. Some time later, Wilder was under discussion as director for Schindler's List, which he had wanted as the end of his long career, but ultimately had to turn it down due to his advanced age.

Movie Credits

Billy Wilder: Nobody's Perfect

Billy Wilder: Nobody's Perfect‌
star7.5
calendar 2016

A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies

A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies‌
star7.9
calendar 1995

Portrait of a '60% Perfect Man': Billy Wilder

Portrait of a '60% Perfect Man': Billy Wilder‌
star6.7
calendar 1982

The Legacy of 'Some Like It Hot'

The Legacy of 'Some Like It Hot'‌
star8.5
calendar 2006

The Making of 'Some Like It Hot'

The Making of 'Some Like It Hot'‌
star7.0
calendar 2006

Hollywood's Second World War

Hollywood's Second World War‌
star8.0
calendar 2019

Billy, How Did You Do It?

Billy, How Did You Do It?‌
star7.0
calendar 1992

Night Will Fall

Night Will Fall‌
star7.5
calendar 2014

Audrey

Audrey‌
star7.2
calendar 2020

Klaus Kinski: I'm not an actor

Klaus Kinski: I'm not an actor‌
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calendar 2000

Audrey Hepburn: Remembered

Audrey Hepburn: Remembered‌
star7.0
calendar 1993

Fred MacMurray: The Guy Next Door

Fred MacMurray: The Guy Next Door‌
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calendar 1996

Helmut by June

Helmut by June‌
star6.3
calendar 2007

Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy

Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy‌
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calendar 1998

Billy Wilder Speaks

Billy Wilder Speaks‌
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calendar 2006

Cinema's Exiles: From Hitler to Hollywood

Cinema's Exiles: From Hitler to Hollywood‌
star6.0
calendar 2009

Never Be Boring: Billy Wilder

Never Be Boring: Billy Wilder‌
star7.3
calendar 2017

Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman

Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman‌
star7.5
calendar 1996

And the Oscar Goes To...

And the Oscar Goes To...‌
star7.0
calendar 2014

The Exiles

The Exiles‌
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calendar 1989

Directed by William Wyler

Directed by William Wyler‌
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calendar 1986

Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough

Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough‌
star6.5
calendar 1997

Shadows of Suspense

Shadows of Suspense‌
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calendar 2006

Tv Credits

Un film et son époque

Un film et son époque‌
star10.0
calendar 2003

The Oscars

The Oscars‌
star7.0
calendar 1953

The Kennedy Center Honors

The Kennedy Center Honors‌
star7.2
calendar 1978

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

The American Film Institute Salute to ...‌
star4.5
calendar 1973

Spécial cinéma

Spécial cinéma‌
star0.0
calendar 1974

Deutscher Filmpreis

Deutscher Filmpreis‌
star6.0
calendar 1951

Billy, How Did You Do It?

Billy, How Did You Do It?‌
star0.0
calendar 1992

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche‌
star6.0
calendar 1975

Cinépanorama

Cinépanorama‌
star8.0
calendar 1956