Billy Wilder

About

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...

Known for

Sunset BoulevardMovie • 1950The ApartmentMovie • 1960Some Like It HotMovie • 1959Witness for the ProsecutionMovie • 1957SabrinaMovie • 1954Double IndemnityMovie • 1944SabrinaMovie • 1995Bluebeard's Eighth WifeMovie • 1938The Seven Year ItchMovie • 1955Avanti!Movie • 1972The Lost WeekendMovie • 1945Ace in the HoleMovie • 1951The Bishop's WifeMovie • 1947The Private Life of Sherlock HolmesMovie • 1970The Spirit of St. LouisMovie • 1957Stalag 17Movie • 1953Irma la DouceMovie • 1963One, Two, ThreeMovie • 1961FedoraMovie • 1978NinotchkaMovie • 1939The Front PageMovie • 1974A Foreign AffairMovie • 1948The Fortune CookieMovie • 1966Five Graves to CairoMovie • 1943