Billy Wilder
Born in Sucha, Galicia, Austria-Hungary — Jun 22 1906• Died Mar 27 2002
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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 e…
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The Oscars
Self
German Film Award
Self
The Kennedy Center Honors
Self
Film '72
Self
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self
Some Like It Hot
Directing
Sunset Boulevard
Directing
Witness for the Prosecution
Directing
Sabrina
Writing
Sabrina
Directing
The Apartment
Production
Audrey
Self - Filmmaker (voice) (archive footage)
Un film et son époque
Self (archive footage)
Stalag 17
Production
The Seven Year Itch
Directing
Double Indemnity
Directing
Ace in the Hole
Directing
Ninotchka
Writing
The Lost Weekend
Writing
One, Two, Three
Directing
Irma la Douce
Directing
Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy
Self
Fedora
Directing
The Front Page
Directing
Buddy Buddy
Directing
Love in the Afternoon
Directing
Ball of Fire
Writing
Avanti!
Directing
The Spirit of St. Louis
Directing
Bluebeard's 8th Wife
Writing
Witness for the Prosecution
Writing
Directed by William Wyler
Self
A Foreign Affair
Directing
Arise, My Love
Writing
Kiss Me, Stupid
Directing
The Bishop's Wife
Crew
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
Directing
The Major and the Minor
Directing
Midnight
Writing
A Song Is Born
Writing
Five Graves to Cairo
Directing
Death Mills
Editing
Double Indemnity
Writing
Hold Back the Dawn
Writing
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
Self
Music in the Air
Writing
The Man in Search of His Murderer
Writing
The Lottery Lover
Writing
What a Life
Writing
The Making of 'Some Like It Hot'
Self (archive footage)
The Fortune Cookie
Directing
People on Sunday
Writing
The Legend of Marilyn Monroe
One Exciting Adventure
Writing
Adorable
Writing
Klaus Kinski: I'm not an actor
Self (archive footage)
Sugar
Writing
Emil and the Detectives
Writing
Rhythm on the River
Writing
Nobody's Perfect: The Making of Some Like It Hot
Self (archive footage)
That Certain Age
Writing
The Winner
Writing
La Garçonnière
Writing
Billy Wilder Speaks
Self - Filmmaker
Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman
Self
Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough
Self
Fred MacMurray: The Guy Next Door
Self
First Offence
Writing
The Emperor Waltz
Directing
Infidelities
Writing
Emil and the Detectives
Writing
The Exiles
Self
Masquerade in Mexico
Writing
The Legacy of 'Some Like It Hot'
Self (archive footage)
A Blonde Dream
Writing
Sunset Boulevard
Writing
The fight with the dragon or: The tragedy of the lodger
Writing
Bad Seed
Directing
Portrait of a '60% Perfect Man': Billy Wilder
Self
Champagne Waltz
Writing
Never Be Boring: Billy Wilder
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood's Second World War
Self (archive footage)
Billy, How Did You Do It?
Self
Emil and the Detectives
Writing
Princess, At Your Orders!
Writing
Madame Wants No Children
Writing
What Women Dream
Writing
Scampolo, ein Kind der Straße
Writing
Once There Was a Waltz
Writing
Her Grace Commands
Writing
Happy Ever After
Writing
The Wrong Husband
Writing
Marilyn at the Movies
Directing
Der Teufelsreporter
Writing
Billy Wilder: Nobody's Perfect
Self (archive footage)
Where Is This Lady?
Writing
The Blue from the Sky
Writing
Billy, How Did You Do It?
Self