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Over his distinguished and varied career as a director he has received 21 Academy Award nominations winning six awards for The Lost Weekend, Sunset Boulevard, and The Apartment. He also earned two British Academy Film Award nominations and a win for The Apartment as well as seven Golden Globe Award nominations winning twice for The Lost Weekend ...
1997 Winner Lifetime Achievement Award. Billy Wilder was not present at the award's ceremony. The presentation was made at his home in Los Angeles and taped for inclusion in the broadcast. 1973 Winner Honorary Award.
- June 22, 1906
- March 27, 2002
Wilder received various honors for his distinguished career including the AFI Life Achievement Award in 1986, the Kennedy Center Honors in 1990, the National Medal of Arts in 1993 and the BAFTA Fellowship Award in 1995.
May 22, 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. Among his most notable films are Double Indemnity, The Lost Weekend, Sunset Boulevard, The Apartment, and Some Like It Hot.
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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.
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Check all the awards won and nominated for by Billy Wilder - PGA Hall of Fame - Motion Pictures (2000) , German Film Award for Lifetime Achievement (1997) , PGA Lifetime Achievement Award in Motion Pictures (1997) and more awards.
Jun 17, 2023 · He took home another screenwriting prize for the Hollywood noir “Sunset Blvd.” (1950), then snagged writing, directing and producing awards for the romantic comedy “The Apartment” (1960),...
