Billy Wilder
Austrian and American filmmaker (1906–2002)
Also known as Samuel Wilder
- Born
- June 22, 1906
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Sources- 1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2015-10-15
- 2.Stated in BnF authoritiesRetrieved 2015-10-10
- 3.Stated in SNACRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 4.Stated in Internet Broadway DatabaseRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 5.Stated in Find a GraveRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 6.Stated in Wilder, Billy (22 June 1906–27 March 2002), motion-picture directorRetrieved 2017-10-09
- June 22, 1906
- Died
- March 27, 2002
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Sources- 1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2015-10-15
- 2.Stated in BnF authoritiesRetrieved 2015-10-10
- 3.Stated in SNACRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 4.Stated in Internet Broadway DatabaseRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 5.Stated in Find a GraveRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 6.Stated in Wilder, Billy (22 June 1906–27 March 2002), motion-picture directorRetrieved 2017-10-09
- March 27, 2002
- Birthplace
- Place of death
- Citizenship
- Occupation
- screenwriter
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Sources- 1.Stated in HOLLISid.lib.harvard.edu/alma/99156828462303941/catalogRetrieved 2023-09-22
- 2.Stated in HOLLISid.lib.harvard.edu/alma/99157880266003941/catalogRetrieved 2024-07-30
- 3.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2026-04-20
- , film director
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Sources- 1.Stated in HOLLISid.lib.harvard.edu/alma/99156828462303941/catalogRetrieved 2023-09-22
- 2.Stated in HOLLISid.lib.harvard.edu/alma/99157880266003941/catalogRetrieved 2024-07-30
- 3.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2026-04-20
- , film producer
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Sources- 1.Stated in HOLLISid.lib.harvard.edu/alma/99157880266003941/catalogRetrieved 2024-07-30
- 2.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2026-04-20
- +6 more
- screenwriter
- Education
- Languages spoken, written or signed
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- Awards
- Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany(2000)
- Great Golden Medal of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria
- National Medal of Arts
- Directors Guild of America Award
- honorary citizen of Vienna(2000)
- BAFTA Fellowship(1995)
- Goethe Medal(1994)
- Berliner Bär(1993)
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- European Film Academy Lifetime Achievement Award(1992) statement is subject of: 5th European Film Awards
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Sources- 1.europeanfilmacademy.org/European-Film-Awards-Winners-1992.81.0.htmlRetrieved 2019-12-08
- Kennedy Center Honors(1990)
- AFI Life Achievement Award(1986)
- Academy Award for Best Director(April 17, 1961) for work: The Apartment · statement is subject of: 33rd Academy Awards
- Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay(April 17, 1961) for work: The Apartment · statement is subject of: 33rd Academy Awards · together with: I. A. L. Diamond
- Academy Award for Best Picture(April 17, 1961) for work: The Apartment · statement is subject of: 33rd Academy Awards
- BAFTA Award for Best Film(1961) for work: The Apartment
- Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay(1955) for work: Sabrina
- Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay(March 29, 1951) for work: Sunset Boulevard · statement is subject of: 23rd Academy Awards · together with: Charles Brackett, D. M. Marshman, Jr.
- Golden Globe Award for Best Director(1951) for work: Sunset Boulevard
- Academy Award for Best Director(March 7, 1946) for work: The Lost Weekend · statement is subject of: 18th Academy Awards
- Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay(March 7, 1946) for work: The Lost Weekend · statement is subject of: 18th Academy Awards · together with: Charles Brackett
- Palme d'Or(1946) for work: The Lost Weekend
- National Board of Review Award for Best Film
- Golden Globe Award for Best Director(1946) for work: The Lost Weekend
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
- David di Donatello for Best Foreign Director
- Nominations
- Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay(February 20, 1967) for work: The Fortune Cookie · statement is subject of: 39th Academy Awards · together with: I. A. L. Diamond
- Academy Award for Best Director(February 27, 1961) for work: The Apartment · statement is subject of: 33rd Academy Awards
- Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay(February 27, 1961) for work: The Apartment · statement is subject of: 33rd Academy Awards
- Academy Award for Best Picture(February 27, 1961) for work: The Apartment · statement is subject of: 33rd Academy Awards
- Academy Award for Best Director(February 22, 1960) for work: Some Like It Hot · statement is subject of: 32nd Academy Awards
- Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay(February 22, 1960) for work: Some Like It Hot · statement is subject of: 32nd Academy Awards · together with: I. A. L. Diamond
- Academy Award for Best Director(February 18, 1958) for work: Witness for the Prosecution · statement is subject of: 30th Academy Awards
- Academy Award for Best Director(February 12, 1955) for work: Sabrina · statement is subject of: 27th Academy Awards
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- Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay(February 12, 1955) for work: Sabrina · statement is subject of: 27th Academy Awards · together with: Samuel A. Taylor, Ernest Lehman
- Academy Award for Best Director(February 15, 1954) for work: Stalag 17 · statement is subject of: 26th Academy Awards
- Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay(February 11, 1952) for work: Ace in the Hole · statement is subject of: 24th Academy Awards · together with: Lesser Samuels, Walter Newman
- Academy Award for Best Director(February 12, 1951) for work: Sunset Boulevard · statement is subject of: 23rd Academy Awards
- Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay(February 12, 1951) for work: Sunset Boulevard · statement is subject of: 23rd Academy Awards
- Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay(February 10, 1949) for work: A Foreign Affair · statement is subject of: 21st Academy Awards · together with: Charles Brackett, Richard L. Breen
- Academy Award for Best Director(January 27, 1946) for work: The Lost Weekend · statement is subject of: 18th Academy Awards
- Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay(January 27, 1946) for work: The Lost Weekend · statement is subject of: 18th Academy Awards
- Academy Award for Best Director(February 3, 1945) for work: Double Indemnity · statement is subject of: 17th Academy Awards
- Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay(February 3, 1945) for work: Double Indemnity · statement is subject of: 17th Academy Awards · together with: Raymond Chandler
- Academy Award for Best Story(February 6, 1942) for work: Ball of Fire · statement is subject of: 14th Academy Awards · together with: Thomas Monroe
- Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay(February 6, 1942) for work: Hold Back the Dawn · statement is subject of: 14th Academy Awards · together with: Charles Brackett
- Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay(February 11, 1940) for work: Ninotchka · statement is subject of: 12th Academy Awards · together with: Charles Brackett, Walter Reisch
- Birth name
- Samuel Wilder
- Sex or gender
- male
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Sources- 1.Stated in BnF authoritiesRetrieved 2015-10-10
- 2.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2024-07-05
- male
- Related category
- Category:Films directed by Billy Wilder category contains: film directed by this person
- Category:Films with screenplays by Billy Wilder category contains: film with screenplay by this person
- Name in native language
- Billy Wilder
- Documentation files at
- SAPA Foundation, Swiss Archive of the Performing Arts subject named as: Wilder, Billy
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- SAPA Foundation, Swiss Archive of the Performing Arts subject named as: Wilder, Billy
- Has works in the collection
- Harvard Film Archive
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Sources- 1.Stated in HOLLISid.lib.harvard.edu/alma/99156828462303941/catalogRetrieved 2023-09-22
- 2.Stated in HOLLISid.lib.harvard.edu/alma/99157880266003941/catalogRetrieved 2024-07-30
- Harvard Film Archive
- Copyright status as a creator
- works protected by copyrights applies to jurisdiction: countries with longer than 50 years pma
On other databases
184 identifiers linking Billy Wilder across the web's reference databases
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- Academy Awards Database nominee ID559
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