William Wyler
Born in Mülhausen, Alsace-Lorraine, German Empire [now Mulhouse, Haut-Rhin, France] — Jul 01 1902• Died Jul 27 1981
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William Wyler (July 1, 1902 – July 27, 1981) was a German-born film director, producer, and screenwriter. Notable works include Ben-Hur (1959), The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), and Mrs. Miniver (1942), all which won Wyler Academy Awards for Best Director, and also won Best Picture. He earned his first Oscar nomination for directing Dodsworth in 1936, sparking a 20-year run of almost unbroken greatness. Film historian Ian Freer calls Wyler a "bona fide perfectionist," whose penchant for retakes and an attempt to hone every last nuance "became the stu…
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William Wyler's Credits
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Great Performances
Self
The Oscars
Self
Ben-Hur
Directing
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self
Roman Holiday
Production
Wuthering Heights
Directing
The Big Country
Directing
Funny Girl
Directing
The Best Years of Our Lives
Drug Store customer (uncredited)
How to Steal a Million
Directing
Mrs. Miniver
Directing
Jezebel
Directing
The Heiress
Directing
The Little Foxes
Directing
Dead End
Directing
Detective Story
Directing
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Directing
Dodsworth
Violin Player in Dance Orchestra (uncredited)
Friendly Persuasion
Directing
The Westerner
Directing
The Letter
Production
Directed by William Wyler
Self
These Three
Directing
The Collector
Directing
The Cowboy and the Lady
Directing
Five Came Back
Self (archive footage)
The Liberation of L.B. Jones
Directing
The Children's Hour
Directing
The Screen Director
Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)
The Good Fairy
Directing
Come and Get It
Directing
Glamour
Directing
The Desperate Hours
Directing
Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Carrie
Directing
Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies
Self
Counsellor at Law
Directing
Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema
Self (archive footage)
Laurence Olivier: a life
Self
Sword-and-Sandal: The Story of the Period Epic
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Her First Mate
Directing
The Gay Deception
Directing
A House Divided
Directing
The Memphis Belle
Directing
Hell's Heroes
Directing
Blazing Days
Directing
Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley'
Self (archive footage)
Thunderbolt
Directing
The Storm
Directing
Tom Brown of Culver
Directing
The Cold Blue
Himself (archive footage)
William Wyler: Forty Takes Willy
Himself (Archival)
Stars of Cabaret
Self (archive footage)
Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic
Self - Director (archive footage)
Desert Dust
Directing
Fun in the Big Country
Self
Lazy Lightning
Directing
Hollywood's Second World War
Self (archive footage)
The Stolen Ranch
Directing
Roman Holiday
Writing
The Fighting Lady
Directing
The Two Fister
Directing
The Shakedown
Directing
The Love Trap
Directing
The Ore Raiders
Directing
Anybody Here Seen Kelly?
Directing
Martin of the Mounted
Directing
Thunder Riders
Directing
Don't Shoot
Directing
The Gunless Bad Man
Directing
Straight Shootin'
Directing
The Fire Barrier
Directing
The Border Cavalier
Directing
Hard Fists
Directing
The Crook Buster
Directing
Ridin' for Love
Directing
History Rediscovered: The Memphis Belle
Directing
The Horse Trader
Directing