Billy Wilder

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Austrian-American film director film producer journalist screenwriter

Billy Wilder was an influential Austrian-American filmmaker renowned for his sharp wit and mastery of both comedy and drama in classic films such as "Sunset Boulevard," "Some Like It Hot," and "The Apartment."

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Austrian-American → film director → film producer → journalist → screenwriter →
awardReceived	Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay → Academy Award for Best Director → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay → Academy Award for Best Picture → BAFTA Award → Directors Guild of America Award → Golden Globe Award → Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award →
birthDate	1906-06-22 →
birthPlace	Austria-Hungary → Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria → Sucha Beskidzka →
causeOfDeath	pneumonia →
countryOfCitizenship	Austria → United States →
deathDate	2002-03-27 →
deathPlace	California → Los Angeles → United States →
directed	Ace in the Hole → Avanti! → Buddy Buddy → Double Indemnity → Fedora → Irma la Douce → One, Two, Three → Sabrina → Some Like It Hot → Stalag 17 → Sunset Boulevard → The Apartment → The Fortune Cookie → The Lost Weekend → The Seven Year Itch → Witness for the Prosecution →
employer	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer → Paramount Pictures →
ethnicGroup	Jewish →
fullName	Samuel Wilder →
genre	comedy film → drama film → film noir →
givenName	Samuel →
hasStarOn	Hollywood Walk of Fame →
languageOfWorkOrName	English → German →
movedTo	Berlin → Paris → United States →
movement	Classical Hollywood cinema →
nickname	Billy →
notableFor	blending comedy and drama → sharp wit →
notableWork	Ace in the Hole → Double Indemnity → Ninotchka → Sabrina → Some Like It Hot → Stalag 17 → Sunset Boulevard → The Apartment → The Lost Weekend → Witness for the Prosecution →
occupation	film director → film producer → journalist → screenwriter →
religion	Judaism →
spouse	Audrey Young → Judith Coppicus →
workedIn	Hollywood →
wroteScreenplayFor	Ball of Fire → Hold Back the Dawn → Midnight → Ninotchka →

Referenced by (17)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Some Like It Hot → The Apartment → The Lost Weekend → The Major and the Minor → Witness for the Prosecution →	director
Some Like It Hot → The Apartment → The Lost Weekend → The Major and the Minor → Witness for the Prosecution →	screenwriter
Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery →	hasNotableBurial
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay →	hasNotableMultipleWinners
United Artists →	notableCollaborator
Hollywood Golden Age →	notableDirector
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay →	notableMultipleWinner
The Apartment →	producer
Jack Lemmon →	workedWith