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William Wyler was born in Alsace-Lorraine and moved to America as a teenager. He became an Oscar-winning film director. He made three wartime documentaries, the most famous of which is 'The Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress' (1944). The skills of a wide variety of people were called upon to support the strategic bombing campaign.
The Best Years of Our Lives: Directed by William Wyler. With Myrna Loy, Fredric March, Dana Andrews, Teresa Wright. 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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William Wyler. When the trustees of The American Film Institute established the Life Achievement Award in 1973, the specified that the choice of the yearly recipient be based on the total career contribution of a man or woman — regardless of place of birth — whose talent has fundamentally advanced the art of American film or television, and ...
G | 212 min | Adventure, Drama. 8.1. Rate. 90 Metascore. After a Jewish prince is betrayed and sent into slavery by a Roman friend in 1st-century Jerusalem, he regains his freedom and comes back for revenge. Director: William Wyler | Stars: Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Stephen Boyd, Haya Harareet.
William Wyler was a German-born American film director, producer and screenwriter. Notable works included Ben-Hur (1959), The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), and Mrs. Miniver (1942), all of which won Academy Awards for Best Director, as well as Best Picture in their respective years, making him the only director of three Best Picture winners.
Jul 29, 2020 · William Wyler, the director whom Bette Davis once described as the most accomplished filmmaker the American cinema ever produced, has died after suffering a heart attack at his Los Angeles home.He ...
William Wyler. Highest Rated: 100% The Big Country (1958) Lowest Rated: 63% The Liberation of L.B. Jones (1970) Birthday: Jul 1, 1902. Birthplace: Mülhausen, Alsace, Germany. Few film directors ...
