

Billy Wilder
- screenwriter
- film director
- film producer
- writer
- journalist
- director
- producer
- film screenwriter
- filmmaker
- Born 1906-06-22
- Died 2002-03-27 (aged 95)
- Nationality United States, Austria, Cisleithania
- Years active 1929–1981
Biography
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Known for
Filmography
See full filmography- 1974The Front PagedirectorMovie
age 68 - 1972Avanti!directorMovie
age 66 - 1966The Fortune CookiedirectorMovie
age 60 - 1963Irma la DoucedirectorMovie
age 57 - 1961One, Two, ThreedirectorMovie
age 55 - 1960The ApartmentdirectorMovie
age 54 - 1959Some Like It HotdirectorMovie
age 53 - 1957Love in the AfternoondirectorMovie
age 51 - 1957Witness for the ProsecutiondirectorMovie
age 51 - 1955The Seven Year ItchdirectorMovie
age 49 - 1954SabrinadirectorMovie
age 48 - 1953Stalag 17directorMovie
age 47
| Role | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | The Front Page | Movie | director | 68 |
| 1972 | Avanti! | Movie | director | 66 |
| 1966 | The Fortune Cookie | Movie | director | 60 |
| 1963 | Irma la Douce | Movie | director | 57 |
| 1961 | One, Two, Three | Movie | director | 55 |
| 1960 | The Apartment | Movie | director | 54 |
| 1959 | Some Like It Hot | Movie | director | 53 |
| 1957 | Love in the Afternoon | Movie | director | 51 |
| 1957 | Witness for the Prosecution | Movie | director | 51 |
| 1955 | The Seven Year Itch | Movie | director | 49 |
| 1954 | Sabrina | Movie | director | 48 |
| 1953 | Stalag 17 | Movie | director | 47 |
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Career timeline
Award won Role or nomination
1906 age 0
Born1939 age 33
1944 age 38
1945 age 39
1950 age 44
1951 age 45
1953 age 47
1954 age 48
1955 age 49
1957 age 51
1959 age 53
1960 age 54
1961 age 55
1963 age 57
1966 age 60
1972 age 66
1974 age 68
2002 age 95
Died
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Photos
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Quotes
An actor entering through the door, you've got nothing. But if he enters through the window, you've got a situation.
Billy Wilder, CC BY-SA 4.0
A bad play folds and is forgotten, but in pictures we don't bury our dead. When you think it's out of your system, your daughter sees it on television and says, My father is an idiot.
Billy Wilder, CC BY-SA 4.0
Eighty percent of a picture is writing, the other twenty percent is the execution, such as having the camera on the right spot and being able to afford to have good actors in all parts.
Billy Wilder, CC BY-SA 4.0
Die Österreicher haben das Kunststück fertiggebracht, aus Beethoven einen Österreicher und aus Hitler einen Deutschen zu machen.
Billy Wilder, CC BY-SA 4.0
I have ten commandments. The first nine are, thou shalt not bore. The tenth is, thou shalt have right of final cut.
Billy Wilder, CC BY-SA 4.0
I just made pictures I would've liked to see.
Billy Wilder, CC BY-SA 4.0
TV appearances
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Facts
Personal details
- Nationalities
- United States, Austria, Cisleithania
- Cause of death
- pneumonia
- Languages
- German, English
- Years active
- 1929–1981
- Notable works
- Double Indemnity, Sunset Boulevard, Ace in the Hole, Stalag 17, Sabrina, The Seven Year Itch, Witness for the Prosecution, Some Like It Hot, The Apartment, The Fortune Cookie
- Education
- University of Vienna




The Front Page
Avanti!
The Fortune Cookie
Irma la Douce
One, Two, Three
The Apartment
Love in the Afternoon
Witness for the Prosecution
The Seven Year Itch
Sabrina
Stalag 17