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His most notable works include the war films Mrs. Miniver (1942), The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), and the biblical epic Ben-Hur (1959), all three went on to receive the Academy Award for Best Picture.
William Wyler. Director: The Best Years of Our Lives. 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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- 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.
He was Oscar-nominated for Dodsworth (1936), Wuthering Heights (1939), The Letter (1940), The Little Foxes (1941), The Heiress (1949), Detective Story (1952), Roman Holiday (1953), Friendly Persuasion (1956), and The Collector (1965).
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.
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Mar 2, 2024 · William Wyler was a prolific German-born American director active between 1925 and 1970. He made dozens of movies over those 45 years, both during the silent era and the dawn of talkies.
