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- Some Like It Hot1959
- The Apartment1960
- Double Indemnity1944
- Sabrina1954
- Witness for the Prosecution1958
- The Seven Year Itch1955
- The Ed Sullivan Show1948
- Stalag 171953
- The Lost Weekend1946
Irma La Douce1963- The Front Page1974
- Ace in the Hole1951
- One, Two, Three1961
- Love in the Afternoon1957
- The Fortune Cookie1966
- The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes1970
- Avanti!1972
Billy Wilder filmography. Wilder in 1950 with actress Gloria Swanson. 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 ...
13. The Spirit of St. Louis. 1957 2h 15m Approved. 7.1 (8.6K) Rate. Charles 'Slim' Lindbergh struggles to finance and design an airplane that will make his New York to Paris flight the first solo transatlantic crossing. Director Billy Wilder Stars James Stewart Murray Hamilton Patricia Smith. 14.
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- 'One, Two, Three' (1961) Starring: James Cagney, Liselotte Pulver, Horst Buchholz. Going from one extreme to another, while Ace in the Hole is one of the most bitter and downbeat Billy Wider films, One, Two, Three – made a decade later – is one of his funniest and breeziest.
- 'Ace in the Hole' (1951) Starring: Kirk Douglas, Jan Sterling, Robert Arthur. Ace in the Hole is a movie that shows how movies can be satirical without necessarily also being comedies.
- 'Stalag 17' (1953) Starring: Robert Strauss, William Holden, Don Taylor. While Stalag 17 is, on the surface, a movie about prisoners of war, it does manage to be surprisingly funny for a film within such a genre.
- 'Irma la Douce' (1963) Starring: Shirley MacLaine, Jack Lemmon, Lou Jacobi. Shortly after the immensely successful The Apartment, Billy Wilder, Jack Lemmon, and Shirley MacLaine re-teamed to make the good – yet not quite as great – Irma la Douce three years on from that aforementioned Oscar winner.
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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20 titles. Sort by List order. 1. Sunset Boulevard. 1950 1h 50m Approved. 8.4 (237K) Rate. 94 Metascore. A screenwriter develops a dangerous relationship with a faded film star determined to make a triumphant return. Director Billy Wilder Stars William Holden Gloria Swanson Erich von Stroheim. 2. Double Indemnity. 1944 1h 47m Approved. 8.3 (168K)
May 22, 2023 · The Austrian-born filmmaker counts on an astounding five decades-long career that features many recognizable films — including Sabrina and Sunset Boulevard — and gracefully stands the test of...
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His career in Hollywood spanned five decades, and he is regarded as one of the most brilliant and versatile filmmakers of Classic Hollywood cinema. He received seven Academy Awards (among 21 nominations), a BAFTA Award, the Cannes Film Festival 's Palme d'Or and two Golden Globe Awards .
