
Known for
Directing
Born
June 22, 1906
Birthplace
Sucha, Galicia, Austria-Hungary
Died
March 27, 2002 (aged 95)
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 o...
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Original Film Writer
2020
as Self - Filmmaker (voice) (archive footage)
2019
as Self (archive footage)
2018
Original Story
2017
as Self (archive footage)
2016
as Self (archive footage)
2006
as Self (archive footage), Thanks
2006
as Self (archive footage), Thanks
2006
as Self - Filmmaker
2003
2001
as Self (archive footage)
2000
as Self (archive footage)
1998
1998
1997
1996
1996
1995
Original Film Writer
1993
as Self
1992
1992
as Self
1991
1989
as Self
1986
as Self
1982
Screenplay