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Billy Wilder ( / ˈwaɪldər /; German: [ˈvɪldɐ]; born Samuel Wilder; June 22, 1906 – March 27, 2002) was an Austrian-born filmmaker and screenwriter. His career in Hollywood spanned five decades, and he is regarded as one of the most brilliant and versatile filmmakers of Classic Hollywood cinema.
Billy Wilder. Writer: The Apartment. Originally planning to become a lawyer, Billy Wilder abandoned that career in favor of working as a reporter for a Viennese newspaper, using this experience to move to Berlin, where he worked for the city's largest tabloid.
Billy Wilder (1906–2002) was an Austrian filmmaker. Wilder initially pursued a career in journalism after being inspired by an American newsreel. [1] He worked for the Austrian magazine Die Bühne and the newspaper Die Stunde in Vienna, and later for the German newspapers Berliner Nachtausgabe, and Berliner Börsen-Courier in Berlin. [2]
Jun 17, 2024 · Billy Wilder was the six-time Oscar winner who left behind a series of classically quotable features from Hollywood’s Golden Age, crafting sharp witted and darkly cynical...
3. Five Graves to Cairo. 1943 1h 36m Approved. 7.3 (6.9K) Rate. In the North African campaign a British straggler manages to pass himself off as a waiter at the hotel commandeered as Rommel's headquarters. He has thoughts of assassinating Rommel but his cover may have an even better use.
Jun 18, 2024 · Billy Wilder, Austrian-born American motion-picture director and producer known for films that humorously treat subjects of controversy and offer biting indictments of hypocrisy in American life.
Feb 10, 2024 · From timeless comedies like The Apartment to film noir classics like Double Indemnity, this is a ranking of every movie Billy Wilder directed.
Feb 15, 2019 · Director Billy Wilder gave the world great movies across the genres of film noir, romantic comedy, and social realism. Here are his 10 best classics.
Billy Wilder is 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.
Billy Wilder, the master of the American comedy who wrote and directed the grand melodramas of SUNSET BOULEVARD and DOUBLE INDEMNITY. The hard-hitting dramatist who created the funniest movie ever made, SOME LIKE IT HOT.
