- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- June 22, 1906
- Place of Birth
- Sucha, Galicia, Austria-Hungary
- Died
- March 27, 2002
Billy Wilder
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 fi…
Filmography
movieAudrey
2020 · Self - Filmmaker (voice) (archive footage)
movieHollywood's Second World War
2019 · Self (archive footage)
movieLa Garçonnière
2018 · Original Story
movieNever Be Boring: Billy Wilder
2017 · Self (archive footage)
movieBilly Wilder: Nobody's Perfect
2016 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Legacy of 'Some Like It Hot'
2006 · Self (archive footage), Thanks
movieThe Making of 'Some Like It Hot'
2006 · Self (archive footage), Thanks
movieBilly Wilder Speaks
2006 · Self - Filmmaker
tvUn film et son époque
2003 · Self (archive footage)
movieNobody's Perfect: The Making of Some Like It Hot
2001 · Self (archive footage)
Klaus Kinski: I'm not an actor
movieKlaus Kinski: I'm not an actor
2000 · Self (archive footage)
Sternstunde Kunst
tvSternstunde Kunst
1998 · Self
movieBilly Wilder: The Human Comedy
1998 · Self
movieWalter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough
1997 · Self
movieFred MacMurray: The Guy Next Door
1996 · Self
movieJack Lemmon: America's Everyman
1996 · Self
movieSabrina
1995 · Original Film Writer
movieAudrey Hepburn: Remembered
1993 · Self
tvBilly, How Did You Do It?
1992 · Self
movieBilly, How Did You Do It?
1992 · Self
tvFilm Lesson
1991 · Self
movieThe Exiles
1989 · Self
movieDirected by William Wyler
1986 · Self
movieWitness for the Prosecution
1982 · Screenplay
moviePortrait of a '60% Perfect Man': Billy Wilder
1982 · Self
movieSugar
1982 · Original Film Writer
movieBuddy Buddy
1981 · Director, Writer
tvThe Kennedy Center Honors
1978 · Self
movieFedora
1978 · Director, Writer, Producer
Regie: Billy Wilder
movieRegie: Billy Wilder
1978 · Self
tvLes Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975 · Self
movieThe Front Page
1974 · Director, Screenplay
tvSpécial cinéma
1974 · Self
movieDouble Indemnity
1973 · Screenplay
tvThe American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973 · Self
movieAvanti!
1972 · Director, Screenplay, Producer
Film '72
tvFilm '72
1971 · Self
movieThe Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
1970 · Director, Producer, Writer
movieThe Legend of Marilyn Monroe
1966
movieThe Fortune Cookie
1966 · Director, Producer, Writer
movieKiss Me, Stupid
1964 · Director, Screenplay, Producer
movieIrma la Douce
1963 · Screenplay, Producer, Director
movieOne, Two, Three
1961 · Director, Producer, Screenplay
movieThe Apartment
1960 · Producer, Director, Writer
movieSome Like It Hot
1959 · Director, Producer, Screenplay
movieWitness for the Prosecution
1957 · Screenplay, Director
movieLove in the Afternoon
1957 · Director, Screenplay, Producer
movieThe Spirit of St. Louis
1957 · Director, Screenplay, Producer
tvCinépanorama
1956 · Self
movieThe Seven Year Itch
1955 · Screenplay, Producer, Director
movieEmil and the Detectives
1954 · Screenplay
movieSabrina
1954 · Director, Producer, Screenplay
movieStalag 17
1953 · Producer, Writer, Director
tvThe Oscars
1953 · Self
movieAce in the Hole
1951 · Producer, Director, Writer
German Film Award
tvGerman Film Award
1951 · Self
movieSunset Boulevard
1950 · Director, Screenplay
movieA Song Is Born
1948 · Story, Original Film Writer
movieA Foreign Affair
1948 · Director, Screenplay
movieThe Emperor Waltz
1948 · Director, Writer
movieThe Bishop's Wife
1947 · Additional Writing
movieMasquerade in Mexico
1945 · Original Film Writer
movieThe Lost Weekend
1945 · Screenplay, Director
movieDeath Mills
1945 · Editor, Director
movieDouble Indemnity
1944 · Director, Screenplay
movieFive Graves to Cairo
1943 · Screenplay, Director
movieThe Major and the Minor
1942 · Writer, Director
movieBall of Fire
1941 · Original Story, Screenplay
movieHold Back the Dawn
1941 · Writer
movieArise, My Love
1940 · Screenplay
movieRhythm on the River
1940 · Story
movieNinotchka
1939 · Screenplay
movieWhat a Life
1939 · Screenplay
movieMidnight
1939 · Screenplay
movieThat Certain Age
1938 · Writer
movieBluebeard's 8th Wife
1938 · Screenplay
movieChampagne Waltz
1937 · Story
movieFirst Offence
1936 · Original Story
movieEmil and the Detectives
1935 · Screenplay
movieThe Lottery Lover
1935 · Screenplay
movieMusic in the Air
1934 · Screenplay
movieOne Exciting Adventure
1934 · Story
movieBad Seed
1934 · Director, Writer
movieAdorable
1933 · Writer
movieWhat Women Dream
1933 · Screenplay
movieMadame Wants No Children
1933 · Screenplay
movieThe Blue from the Sky
1932 · Screenplay
movieWhere Is This Lady?
1932 · Story
movieScampolo, ein Kind der Straße
1932 · Writer
movieA Blonde Dream
1932 · Writer
Happy Ever After
movieHappy Ever After
1932 · Writer
movieOnce There Was a Waltz
1932 · Writer
movieThe Winner
1932 · Writer
movieEmil and the Detectives
1931 · Screenplay
moviePrincess, At Your Orders!
1931 · Writer
movieThe Wrong Husband
1931 · Writer
movieInfidelities
1931 · Story
movieHer Grace Commands
1931 · Writer
movieThe Man in Search of His Murderer
1931 · Screenplay
The fight with the dragon or: The tragedy of the lodger
movieThe fight with the dragon or: The tragedy of the lodger
1930 · Writer
moviePeople on Sunday
1930 · Screenplay
movieDer Teufelsreporter
1929 · Writer
movieSunset Boulevard
— · Original Film Writer