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William Wyler was a Swiss-German-American director and producer. He is regarded as one of the most distinguished and versatile filmmakers for Classical Hollywood cinema, directing films during the silent era as well as the sound era, and in both black-and-white and technicolor film.
Director. Producer. Actor. IMDbPro Starmeter See rank. Play trailer 1:53. Friendly Persuasion (1956) 1 Video. 31 Photos. William Wyler was an American filmmaker who, at the time of his death in 1981, was considered by his peers as second only to John Ford as a master craftsman of cinema.
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15 titles. Sort by List order. 1. The Best Years of Our Lives. 1946 2h 50m Approved. 8.1 (71K) Rate. 93 Metascore. Three World War II veterans, two of them traumatized or disabled, return home to the American midwest to discover that they and their families have been irreparably changed.
In addition to his Best Picture and Best Director Oscar wins, 13 of Wyler's films earned Best Picture nominations. Other late Wyler films include The Children's Hour (1961), which was nominated for five Academy Awards. Later films included The Collector (1963), Funny Girl (1968), and his final film, The Liberation of L.B. Jones (1970).
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- July 27, 1981 (aged 79), Beverly Hills, California, U.S.
- 1925–1970
- Carl Laemmle Jr. (cousin)
- THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES (1946) Screenplay by Robert E. Sherwood, based on the novella ‘Glory for Me’ by MacKinlay Kantor.
- THE HEIRESS (1949) Screenplay by Ruth and Augustus Goetz, based on their play and the novel ‘Washington Square’ by Henry James.
- ROMAN HOLIDAY (1953) Screenplay by Dalton Trumbo, Ian McLellan Hunter, John Dighton, story by Trumbo. Starring Gregory Peck, Audrey Hepburn, Eddie Albert, Hartley Power, Harcourt Williams, Margaret Rawlings.
- WUTHERING HEIGHTS (1939) Screenplay by Charles MacArthur and Ben Hecht, based on the novel by Emily Bronte. Starring Merle Oberon, Laurence Olivier, David Niven, Flora Robson, Donald Crisp, Geraldine Fitzgerald.
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25 titles. Sort by List order. 1. The Best Years of Our Lives. 1946 2h 50m Approved. 8.1 (71K) Rate. 93 Metascore. Three World War II veterans, two of them traumatized or disabled, return home to the American midwest to discover that they and their families have been irreparably changed.
Notable works include Ben-Hur (1959), The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), and Mrs. Miniver (1942), all which won Wyler Academy Awards for Best Director, and also won Best Picture. He earned his first Oscar nomination for directing Dodsworth in 1936, sparking a 20-year run of almost unbroken greatness.
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