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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Billy Wilder canonical 108

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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 awards ⓘ
surface form: BAFTA Award

Directors Guild of America Award ⓘ
Golden Globe Award ⓘ
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award ⓘ
birthDate 1906-06-22 ⓘ
birthPlace Austro-Hungarian Empire ⓘ
surface form: Austria-Hungary

Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria ⓘ
Sucha Beskidzka ⓘ
causeOfDeath pneumonia ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Austria ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
deathDate 2002-03-27 ⓘ
deathPlace California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California

Los Angeles ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: 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 of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
movement Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
surface form: Classical Hollywood cinema
nickname Bill ⓘ
surface form: Billy
notableFor blending comedy and drama ⓘ
sharp wit ⓘ
notableWork Ace in the Hole ⓘ
Double Indemnity ⓘ
Ninotchka ⓘ
Sabrina ⓘ
Some Like It Hot ⓘ
Stalags ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ

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Hollywood Golden Age → notableDirector → Billy Wilder ⓘ
United Artists → notableCollaborator → Billy Wilder ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay → notableMultipleWinner → Billy Wilder ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay → hasNotableMultipleWinners → Billy Wilder ⓘ
Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery → hasNotableBurial → Billy Wilder ⓘ
Witness for the Prosecution → director → Billy Wilder ⓘ
Witness for the Prosecution → screenwriter → Billy Wilder ⓘ
Jack Lemmon → workedWith → Billy Wilder ⓘ
The Apartment → director → Billy Wilder ⓘ
The Apartment → screenwriter → Billy Wilder ⓘ
The Apartment → producer → Billy Wilder ⓘ
Some Like It Hot → director → Billy Wilder ⓘ
Some Like It Hot → screenwriter → Billy Wilder ⓘ
The Major and the Minor → director → Billy Wilder ⓘ
The Major and the Minor → screenwriter → Billy Wilder ⓘ
The Lost Weekend → director → Billy Wilder ⓘ
The Lost Weekend → screenwriter → Billy Wilder ⓘ
The Seven Year Itch → director → Billy Wilder ⓘ
The Seven Year Itch → screenwriter → Billy Wilder ⓘ
Marlene Dietrich → collaboratedWith → Billy Wilder ⓘ
Samuel Wilder → betterKnownAs → Billy Wilder ⓘ
Ace in the Hole → director → Billy Wilder ⓘ
Ace in the Hole → screenwriter → Billy Wilder ⓘ
Ace in the Hole → producer → Billy Wilder ⓘ
Ninotchka → screenwriter → Billy Wilder ⓘ
One, Two, Three → director → Billy Wilder ⓘ
One, Two, Three → producer → Billy Wilder ⓘ
One, Two, Three → screenwriter → Billy Wilder ⓘ
The Fortune Cookie → director → Billy Wilder ⓘ
The Fortune Cookie → producer → Billy Wilder ⓘ
The Fortune Cookie → screenwriter → Billy Wilder ⓘ
Avanti! → director → Billy Wilder ⓘ
Avanti! → screenwriter → Billy Wilder ⓘ
Avanti! → producer → Billy Wilder ⓘ
Fedora → director → Billy Wilder ⓘ
Fedora → screenwriter → Billy Wilder ⓘ
Fedora → producer → Billy Wilder ⓘ
Buddy Buddy → director → Billy Wilder ⓘ
Buddy Buddy → screenwriter → Billy Wilder ⓘ
Ball of Fire → screenwriter → Billy Wilder ⓘ
Hold Back the Dawn → screenwriter → Billy Wilder ⓘ
Midnight → screenwriter → Billy Wilder ⓘ
subject surface form: Midnight (1939 film)
Sunset Boulevard → director → Billy Wilder ⓘ
Sunset Boulevard → screenwriter → Billy Wilder ⓘ
Stalag 17 → director → Billy Wilder ⓘ
Stalag 17 → producer → Billy Wilder ⓘ
Stalag 17 → screenwriter → Billy Wilder ⓘ
Double Indemnity → director → Billy Wilder ⓘ
Double Indemnity → coWriter → Billy Wilder ⓘ
Irma la Douce → director → Billy Wilder ⓘ