William Wyler

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American filmmaker film director film producer screenwriter

William Wyler was a renowned American film director and producer, celebrated for classics like "Ben-Hur," "The Best Years of Our Lives," and "Mrs. Miniver," and noted for his record number of Academy Award nominations for Best Director.

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Robert Wyler 1

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instanceOf American filmmaker ⓘ
film director ⓘ
film producer ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
activeYearsInFilm 1920s–1970s ⓘ
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ
Golden Globe Award for Best Director ⓘ
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award ⓘ
birthDate 1902-07-01 ⓘ
birthPlace Mülhausen, Alsace-Lorraine, German Empire ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Switzerland ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 1981-07-27 ⓘ
deathPlace Los Angeles, California, United States of America ⓘ
surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States
directed Ben-Hur ⓘ
Dodsworth (play) ⓘ
surface form: Dodsworth

Friendly Persuasion ⓘ
Funny Girl ⓘ
How to Steal a Million ⓘ
Jezebel ⓘ
Mrs. Miniver ⓘ
Roman Holiday ⓘ
The Best Years of Our Lives ⓘ
The Big Country ⓘ
The Collector ⓘ
The Heiress ⓘ
The Letter ⓘ
The Little Foxes ⓘ
Wuthering Heights (1939 film) ⓘ
surface form: Wuthering Heights
employer Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ
Samuel Goldwyn Productions ⓘ
Universal Pictures ⓘ
familyName Wyler ⓘ
genre drama film ⓘ
epic film ⓘ
war film ⓘ
givenName William ⓘ
influenced modern American cinema ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
madeDocumentary The Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress ⓘ
militaryService United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
name William Wyler self-link ⓘ
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ
notableAchievement record number of Academy Award nominations for Best Director ⓘ
notableWork Ben-Hur ⓘ
Funny Girl ⓘ
Mrs. Miniver ⓘ
Roman Holiday ⓘ
The Best Years of Our Lives ⓘ
The Heiress ⓘ
The Letter ⓘ
The Little Foxes ⓘ
Wuthering Heights (1939 film) ⓘ
surface form: Wuthering Heights
occupation film director ⓘ
film producer ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
participatedIn World War II ⓘ
spouse Margaret Sullavan ⓘ
Margaret Tallichet ⓘ
style meticulous direction of actors ⓘ
realism ⓘ

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Gregg Toland → collaboratedWith → William Wyler ⓘ
Ben-Hur → director → William Wyler ⓘ
Come and Get It → director → William Wyler ⓘ
Friendly Persuasion → director → William Wyler ⓘ
Funny Girl → director → William Wyler ⓘ
Roman Holiday → director → William Wyler ⓘ
The Big Country → director → William Wyler ⓘ
William Wyler → name → William Wyler self-link ⓘ
Friendly Persuasion → producer → William Wyler ⓘ
Roman Holiday → producer → William Wyler ⓘ
The Big Country → producer → William Wyler ⓘ
The Big Country → producer → William Wyler ⓘ
this entity surface form: Robert Wyler