Billy Wilder
Dubbed "the Viennese pixie," Austrian-born writer-director Billy Wilder arrived in the world June 22, 1906. He became a newspaper reporter and eventually landed in Berlin, where he began penning scripts.
With the rise of the Third Reich in 1933, Wilder -- a Jew -- fled to Paris and later to America. His screenwriting talents ultimately earned him the chance to direct in 1942, debuting with The Major and the Minor. The signature cynical style that marks most of his films is abundantly evident in such classics as Double Indemnity (1944), The Lost Weekend (1945) -- which netted Wilder his first Best Director Oscar -- and Sunset Boulevard (1950).
Wilder also excelled at comedy, helming Sabrina (1954), The Seven Year Itch (1955), Some Like It Hot (1959) and The Apartment (1960), for which he bagged his second Academy Award for directing. He retired in 1981 and died of pneumonia March 27, 2002.
All Billy Wilder Movies
Billy Wilder Speaks (2006) | NR | |
Fedora (1978) | PG | |
The Front Page (1974) | PG | |
Avanti! (1972) | R | |
PG-13 | ||
The Fortune Cookie (1966) | UR | |
Kiss Me, Stupid (1964) | PG-13 | |
Irma La Douce (1963) | UR | |
One, Two, Three (1961) | NR | |
The Apartment (1960) | NR | |
Some Like It Hot (1959) | NR | |
Witness for the Prosecution (1957) | NR | |
Love in the Afternoon (1957) | NR | |
The Spirit of St. Louis (1957) | PG | |
The Seven Year Itch (1955) | NR | |
Sabrina (1954) | NR | |
Stalag 17 (1953) | NR | |
NR | ||
Sunset Boulevard (1950) | NR | |
NR | ||
The Lost Weekend (1945) | NR | |
Double Indemnity (1944) | NR | |
The Major and the Minor (1942) | NR | |
Mauvaise Graine (1934) | NR | |
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