Billy Wilder
Personal Info
Know For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1906-06-22 (96 years old)
Deathday
2002-03-27
Place of Birth
Sucha, Galicia, Austria-Hungary
Also known As
Samuel Wilder
빌리 와일더
Billie Wilder
Billy Wilder
Biography
Billy Wilder, born Samuel Wilder; June 22, 1906, 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 Ninotch...
Acting
2016
as Self (archive footage)
2006
as Self (archive footage)
2006
as Self (archive footage)
2019
as Self (archive footage)
1992
as Self
2014
as Self (archive footage)
2020
as Self - Filmmaker (voice) (archive footage)
2000
as Self (archive footage)
1993
as Self
1996
2007
as Self (archive footage)
1998
2006
as Self - Filmmaker
2009
as Self (archive footage)
2017
as Self (archive footage)
1996
2014
as Self (archive footage)
1989
as Self
1986
as Self
1997
2006
as Self (archive footage)
2001
as Self (archive footage)
Production
1959
as Director
1959
as Producer
1960
as Producer
1960
as Director
1930
as Screenplay
1961
as Director
1944
as Director
1961
as Producer
1974
as Director
1944
as Screenplay
1974
as Screenplay
1961
as Screenplay
1950
as Director
1950
as Screenplay
1953
as Producer
1939
as Screenplay
1966
as Director
1966
as Producer
1966
as Screenplay
1963
as Screenplay
1963
as Producer
1963
as Director
1931
as Screenplay
1935
as Screenplay
1954
as Screenplay
1955
as Screenplay
1955
as Producer
1955
as Director
1970
as Director
1970
as Producer
1970
as Writer
1982
as Screenplay
1954
as Director
1954
as Producer
1954
as Screenplay
1933
as Screenplay
1938
as Screenplay
1939
as Screenplay
1951
as Producer
1951
as Director
1951
as Writer
1972
as Director
1972
as Screenplay
1972
as Producer
1945
as Screenplay
1981
as Director
1941
as Original Story
1941
as Screenplay
1957
as Screenplay
1957
as Director
1943
as Screenplay
1943
as Director
1948
as Director
1948
as Director
1948
as Screenplay
1942
as Writer
1942
as Director
1957
as Director
1957
as Screenplay
1957
as Director
1957
as Screenplay
1934
as Director
1964
as Director
1941
as Writer
1978
as Director
1978
as Writer
1978
as Producer
1960
as Screenplay
1973
as Screenplay
1940
as Story
1931
as Screenplay
1938
as Writer
2006
as Thanks
2006
as Thanks
1932
as Writer
1940
as Screenplay
1948
as Writer
1981
as Writer
1933
as Writer
1934
as Story
1964
as Screenplay
1964
as Producer
1953
as Writer
1932
as Writer
1953
as Director
1945
as Director
1959
as Screenplay
1939
as Screenplay
1937
as Story
1932
as Screenplay
1935
as Screenplay
1931
as Writer
1995
as Original Film Writer
1931
as Writer
1932
as Story
1947
as Additional Writing
1932
as Writer
1934
as Writer
1936
as Original Story
1934
as Screenplay
1948
as Story
1931
as Story
1957
as Producer
1929
as Writer
1931
as Writer
1957
as Producer
1933
as Screenplay
1932
as Writer
1945
as Editor
1945
as Director
1932
as Writer
2018
as Original Story
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