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.
2018 | La Garçonnière - Original Story |
2006 | The Legacy of 'Some Like It Hot' - Thanks |
2006 | The Making of 'Some Like It Hot' - Thanks |
1995 | Sabrina - Original Film Writer |
1982 | Witness for the Prosecution - Screenplay |
1981 | Buddy Buddy - Director |
1981 | Buddy Buddy - Writer |
1978 | Fedora - Director |
1978 | Fedora - Producer |
1978 | Fedora - Writer |
1974 | Manşet - Director |
1974 | Manşet - Screenplay |
1973 | Double Indemnity - Screenplay |
1972 | Avanti! - Director |
1972 | Avanti! - Producer |
1972 | Avanti! - Screenplay |
1970 | Sherlock Holmes’un Özel Hayatı - Director |
1970 | Sherlock Holmes’un Özel Hayatı - Producer |
1970 | Sherlock Holmes’un Özel Hayatı - Writer |
1966 | Şans Kurabiyesi - Director |
1966 | Şans Kurabiyesi - Producer |
1966 | Şans Kurabiyesi - Screenplay |
1964 | Kiss Me, Stupid - Director |
1964 | Kiss Me, Stupid - Producer |
1964 | Kiss Me, Stupid - Screenplay |
1963 | Sokak Kızı İrma - Director |
1963 | Sokak Kızı İrma - Producer |
1963 | Sokak Kızı İrma - Screenplay |
1961 | Bir, İki, Üç - Director |
1961 | Bir, İki, Üç - Producer |
1961 | Bir, İki, Üç - Screenplay |
1960 | Garsoniyer - Director |
1960 | Garsoniyer - Producer |
1960 | Garsoniyer - Screenplay |
1959 | Bazıları Sıcak Sever - Director |
1959 | Bazıları Sıcak Sever - Producer |
1959 | Bazıları Sıcak Sever - Screenplay |
1957 | Beklenmeyen Şahit - Director |
1957 | Beklenmeyen Şahit - Screenplay |
1957 | Love in the Afternoon - Director |
1957 | Love in the Afternoon - Producer |
1957 | Love in the Afternoon - Screenplay |
1957 | Atlantik Fatihi - Director |
1957 | Atlantik Fatihi - Producer |
1957 | Atlantik Fatihi - Screenplay |
1955 | Yaz Bekârı - Director |
1955 | Yaz Bekârı - Producer |
1955 | Yaz Bekârı - Screenplay |
1954 | Emil und die Detektive - Screenplay |
1954 | Sabrina - Director |
1954 | Sabrina - Producer |
1954 | Sabrina - Screenplay |
1953 | Casuslar Kampı - Director |
1953 | Casuslar Kampı - Producer |
1953 | Casuslar Kampı - Writer |
1951 | Büyük Karnaval - Director |
1951 | Büyük Karnaval - Producer |
1951 | Büyük Karnaval - Writer |
1950 | Sunset Bulvarı - Director |
1950 | Sunset Bulvarı - Screenplay |
1948 | A Song Is Born - Story |
1948 | A Foreign Affair - Director |
1948 | A Foreign Affair - Screenplay |
1948 | The Emperor Waltz - Director |
1948 | The Emperor Waltz - Writer |
1947 | The Bishop's Wife - Additional Writing |
1945 | Yaratılan Adam - Director |
1945 | Yaratılan Adam - Screenplay |
1945 | Death Mills - Director |
1945 | Death Mills - Editor |
1944 | Çifte Tazminat - Director |
1944 | Çifte Tazminat - Screenplay |
1943 | Five Graves to Cairo - Director |
1943 | Five Graves to Cairo - Screenplay |
1942 | The Major and the Minor - Director |
1942 | The Major and the Minor - Writer |
1941 | Ball of Fire - Original Story |
1941 | Ball of Fire - Screenplay |
1941 | Hold Back the Dawn - Writer |
1940 | Arise, My Love - Screenplay |
1940 | Rhythm on the River - Story |
1939 | Gülmeyen Kadın - Screenplay |
1939 | What a Life - Screenplay |
1939 | Midnight - Screenplay |
1938 | That Certain Age - Writer |
1938 | Bluebeard's Eighth Wife - Screenplay |
1937 | Champagne Waltz - Story |
1936 | First Offence - Original Story |
1935 | Emil and the Detectives - Screenplay |
1935 | The Lottery Lover - Screenplay |
1934 | Music in the Air - Screenplay |
1934 | One Exciting Adventure - Story |
1934 | Mauvaise graine - Director |
1934 | Mauvaise graine - Writer |
1933 | Adorable - Writer |
1933 | Was Frauen träumen - Screenplay |
1933 | Madame wünscht keine Kinder - Screenplay |
1932 | Das Blaue vom Himmel - Screenplay |
1932 | Where Is This Lady? - Story |
1932 | Scampolo, ein Kind der Straße - Writer |
1932 | Ein blonder Traum - Writer |
1932 | Happy Ever After - Writer |
1932 | Es war einmal ein Walzer - Writer |
1932 | Der Sieger - Writer |
1931 | Emil und die Detektive - Screenplay |
1931 | Princesse, à vos ordres! - Writer |
1931 | Der falsche Ehemann - Writer |
1931 | Seitensprünge - Story |
1931 | Ihre Hoheit befiehlt - Writer |
1931 | Der Mann, der seinen Mörder sucht - Screenplay |
1930 | Der Kampf mit dem Drachen oder: Die Tragödie des Untermieters - Writer |
1930 | Bir Pazar Günü - Screenplay |
1929 | Der Teufelsreporter - Writer |
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