Biography: life and films
Billy Wilder was an American film director, screenwriter and producer. He was born in Sucha, Galicia, Austria-Hungary on 22nd June 1906 and died in West Los Angeles, California, USA on 27th March 2002, aged 95.His best films as a screenwriter include Stalag 17 (1953), Witness for the Prosecution (1957), Some Like It Hot (1959), The Apartment (1960) and The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970), and whose best work as a film director include Double Indemnity (1944), Sunset Boulevard (1950), Witness for the Prosecution (1957), Some Like It Hot (1959) and The Apartment (1960).
Billy Wilder scripted 67 films, directed 26 films and appeared in 2 films.
He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Hans Steinhoff (3 films), Victor Janson (2), Mitchell Leisen (2), Howard Hawks (2), Hanns Schwarz (2) and Ernst Lubitsch (2).
His most frequent genres include: comedy (31 films), comedy-romance (22), comedy-drama (15), drama (13), romance (10), Thriller (4) and War (3).
Our average rating for Billy Wilder over all films is: 3.5
Filmography
Key: d = director; w = writer; a = actor
Der Teufelsreporter (1929) [a,w]
Ein Burschenlied aus Heidelberg (1930) [w]
Menschen am Sonntag (1930) [w]
Der Mann, der seinen Mörder sucht (1931) [w]
Der falsche Ehemann (1931) [w]
Emil und die Detektive (1931) [w]
Ihre Hoheit befiehlt (1931) [w]
Princesse, à vos ordres! (1931) [w]
Seitensprünge (1931) [w]
Das Blaue vom Himmel (1932) [w]
Der Sieger (1932) [w]
Ein blonder Traum (1932) [w]
Es war einmal ein Walzer (1932) [w]
Scampolo, ein Kind der Straße (1932) [w]
Un peu d'amour (1932) [w]
Un rêve blond (1932) [w]
Where Is This Lady? (1932) [w]
Adorable (1933) [w]
Madame ne veut pas d'enfants (1933) [w]
Madame wünscht keine Kinder (1933) [w]
Was Frauen träumen (1933) [w]
Mauvaise graine (1934) [d,w]
Music in the Air (1934) [w]
One Exciting Adventure (1934) [w]
Emil and the Detectives (1935) [w]
The Lottery Lover (1935) [w]
Under Pressure (1935) [w]
Champagne Waltz (1937) [w]
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (1938) [w]
That Certain Age (1938) [w]
Midnight (1939) [w]
Ninotchka (1939) [w]
What a Life (1939) [w]
Arise, My Love (1940) [w]
Rhythm on the River (1940) [w]
Ball of Fire (1941) [w]
The Major and the Minor (1942) [d,w]
Five Graves to Cairo (1943) [d,w]
Double Indemnity (1944) [d,w]
The Lost Weekend (1945) [d]
A Foreign Affair (1948) [d,w]
A Song Is Born (1948) [w]
The Emperor Waltz (1948) [d,w]
Sunset Boulevard (1950) [d,w]
Ace in the Hole (1951) [d,w]
Stalag 17 (1953) [d,w]
Emil und die Detektive (1954) [w]
Sabrina (1954) [d,w]
The Seven Year Itch (1955) [d,w]
Love in the Afternoon (1957) [d,w]
The Spirit of St. Louis (1957) [d,w]
Witness for the Prosecution (1957) [d,w]
Some Like It Hot (1959) [d,w]
Ocean's Eleven (1960) [w]
The Apartment (1960) [d,w]
One, Two, Three (1961) [d,w]
Irma la Douce (1963) [d,w]
Kiss Me, Stupid (1964) [d,w]
The Fortune Cookie (1966) [d,w]
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970) [d,w]
Avanti! (1972) [d,w]
The Front Page (1974) [d,w]
Fedora (1978) [d,w]
Buddy Buddy (1981) [d,w]
The Exiles (1989) [a]
Sabrina (1995) [w]
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