Billy Wilder Biography

Birthday: June 22, 1906

One of Hollywood's most consistent and enduring filmmakers, Billy Wilder was also among its most daring. In feature after feature, in a wide variety of styles and genres, he explored the taboo subjects of the day with insight, wit, and trenchant cynicism; adultery, alcoholism, prostitution -- no topic was too controversial or too racy for Wilder's films. Unlike the majority of Hollywood's ...more
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Billy Wilder Filmography

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Billy Wilder Awards

  • 1993
  • Los Angeles Film Critics Association
  • Career Achievement Award
  • win
  • 1993
  • Berlin International Film Festival
  • Honorary Golden Bear
  • win
  • 1992
  • European Film Academy
  • Lifetime Achievement Award
  • win
  • 1987
  • Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie
  • Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
  • win
  • 1986
  • American Film Institute
  • Lifetime Achievement Award
  • win
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