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Billy Wilder was an Austrian-born American film director and screenwriter whose career spanned more than five decades. He is regarded as one of the most brilliant and versatile filmmakers of the Hollywood Golden Age of cinema. With The Apartment, Wilder became the first person to win Academy Awards as producer, director, and screenwriter for the same film.
Birth Name
Samuel Wilder
Born
Friday, 22 June 1906
Died
Wednesday, 27 March 2002
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Stan Lee | Self | 2023 |
| History by the Numbers | Self | 2021 |
| Audrey | Himself (audio recording) | 2020 |
| Hollywood Insider | Self | 2018 |
| Du sollst nicht langweilen: Billy Wilder | Self / Himself (archive footage) | 2017 |
| From Caligari to Hitler: German Cinema in the Age of the Masses | Self | 2015 |
| Night Will Fall | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2014 |
| Swan Song: The Story of Billy Wilder's Fedora | Self | 2014 |
| And the Oscar Goes to... | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2014 |
| Love, Marilyn | Self | 2013 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
Director Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| Buddy Buddy | 1981 |
| Fedora | 1978 |
| The Front Page | 1974 |
| Avanti! | 1972 |
| The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes | 1970 |
| The Fortune Cookie | 1966 |
| Kiss Me, Stupid | 1964 |
| Irma la Douce | 1963 |
| One, Two, Three | 1961 |
| The Apartment | 1960 |
| Some Like It Hot | 1959 |
| Witness for the Prosecution | 1958 |
| Love in the Afternoon | 1957 |
| The Spirit of St. Louis | 1957 |
| The Seven Year Itch | 1955 |
| Sabrina | 1954 |
| Stalag 17 | 1953 |
| Ace in the Hole | 1951 |
| Sunset Boulevard | 1950 |
| Sunset Blvd. | 1950 |
| A Foreign Affair | 1948 |
| The Emperor Waltz | 1948 |
| The Lost Weekend | 1945 |
| Death Mills | 1945 |
| Double Indemnity | 1944 |
| Five Graves to Cairo | 1943 |
| The Major and the Minor | 1942 |
| Bad Seed | 1934 |
Producer Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| Fedora | 1978 |
| Avanti! | 1972 |
| The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes | 1970 |
| The Fortune Cookie | 1966 |
| Kiss Me, Stupid | 1964 |
| Irma la Douce | 1963 |
| One, Two, Three | 1961 |
| The Apartment | 1960 |
| Some Like It Hot | 1959 |
| Love in the Afternoon | 1957 |
| The Seven Year Itch | 1955 |
| Sabrina | 1954 |
| Stalag 17 | 1953 |
| Ace in the Hole | 1951 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1973 | Golden Globe | Best Director - Motion Picture | Nominated |
| 1973 | Golden Globe | Best Screenplay - Motion Picture | Nominated |
| 1967 | Oscar | Best Writing, Story and Screenplay - Written Directly for the Screen | Nominated |
| 1961 | Oscar | Best Picture | Won |
| 1961 | Oscar | Best Director | Won |
| 1961 | Oscar | Best Writing, Story and Screenplay - Written Directly for the Screen | Won |
| 1961 | Golden Globe | Best Director | Nominated |
| 1960 | Oscar | Best Director | Nominated |
| 1960 | Oscar | Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium | Nominated |
| 1958 | Oscar | Best Director | Nominated |
| 1958 | Golden Globe | Best Director | Nominated |
| 1955 | Oscar | Best Director | Nominated |
| 1955 | Oscar | Best Writing, Screenplay | Nominated |
| 1955 | Golden Globe | Best Screenplay | Won |
| 1954 | Oscar | Best Director | Nominated |
| 1952 | Oscar | Best Writing, Story and Screenplay | Nominated |
| 1951 | Oscar | Best Director | Nominated |
| 1951 | Oscar | Best Writing, Story and Screenplay | Won |
| 1951 | Golden Globe | Best Director | Won |
| 1951 | Golden Globe | Best Screenplay | Nominated |
