
Billy Wilder
Directing
Born: 1906-06-22 · Sucha, Galicia, Austria-Hungary
Died: 2002-03-27
Biography
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
🎬 Movies (30)

Audrey
2020
Self - Filmmaker (voice) (archive footage)

Hollywood's Second World War
2019
Self (archive footage)

La Garçonnière
2018
Original Story

Never Be Boring: Billy Wilder
2017
Self (archive footage)

Billy Wilder: Nobody's Perfect
2016
Self (archive footage)

The Legacy of 'Some Like It Hot'
2006
Self (archive footage)

The Making of 'Some Like It Hot'
2006
Self (archive footage)

Billy Wilder Speaks
2006
Self - Filmmaker

Nobody's Perfect: The Making of Some Like It Hot
2001
Self (archive footage)
Klaus Kinski: I'm not an actor
2000
Self (archive footage)

Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy
1998
Self

Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough
1997
Self

Fred MacMurray: The Guy Next Door
1996
Self

Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman
1996
Self

Sabrina
1995
Original Film Writer

Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
1993
Self

Billy, How Did You Do It?
1992
Self

The Exiles
1989
Self

Directed by William Wyler
1986
Self

Portrait of a '60% Perfect Man': Billy Wilder
1982
Self

Witness for the Prosecution
1982
Screenplay

Sugar
1982
Original Film Writer

Buddy Buddy
1981
Director
Regie: Billy Wilder
1978
Self

Fedora
1978
Director

The Front Page
1974
Director

Double Indemnity
1973
Screenplay

Avanti!
1972
Director

The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
1970
Director

The Legend of Marilyn Monroe
1966
📺 TV Shows (12)

Un film et son époque
2003
Self (archive footage)
Sternstunde Kunst
1998
Self

Billy, How Did You Do It?
1992
Self

Film Lesson
1991
Self

The Kennedy Center Honors
1978
Self

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
Self

Spécial cinéma
1974
Self

The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
Self
Film '72
1971
Self

Cinépanorama
1956
Self

The Oscars
1953
Self
German Film Award
1951
Self