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Billy Wilder

Birth Name:Samuel Wilder

Birth Place:Sucha Beskidzka, Malopolskie, Poland

Profession Writer, Director, Producer, Actor, Soundtrack, Editorial department

Director

25 Credits
Buddy Buddy
Fedora
The Front Page
Avanti
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
The Fortune Cookie
Kiss Me, Stupid
Irma La Douce
One, Two, Three
The Apartment
Some Like It Hot
Witness for the Prosecution
Love in the Afternoon
The Spirit of St. Louis
The Seven Year Itch
Sabrina
Stalag 17
Ace in the Hole
Sunset Boulevard
A Foreign Affair
The Emperor Waltz
The Lost Weekend
Double Indemnity
Five Graves to Cairo
The Major and the Minor

excerpts from letters

1 Credit
Love, Marilyn

earlier screenplay

2 Credits
Sabrina
Emil und die Detektive

Writer

13 Credits
Witness for the Prosecution
Double Indemnity
Casino Royale
Ocean's Eleven
Ninotchka
The Bishop's Wife
Tales of Manhattan
That Certain Age
Emil and the Detectives
Es War Einmal Ein Walzer
Ihre Hoheit Befiehlt
Der Mann, Der Seinen Moerder Sucht
Ein Burschenlied Aus Heidelberg

written by

9 Credits
Buddy Buddy
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
The Fortune Cookie
The Apartment
Ace in the Hole
Sunset Boulevard
The Emperor Waltz
The Major and the Minor
Hold Back the Dawn

screenplay

19 Credits
Fedora
The Front Page
Avanti
Kiss Me, Stupid
One, Two, Three
Some Like It Hot
Love in the Afternoon
The Spirit of St. Louis
The Seven Year Itch
A Foreign Affair
Double Indemnity
What a Life
Midnight
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife
Lottery Lover
Music in the Air
Un Reve Blond
Emil und die Detektive
People On Sunday

writer

1 Credit
Irma La Douce

storyline consultant

1 Credit
Mutiny on the Bounty

screen play by

1 Credit
Witness for the Prosecution

story

4 Credits
Robert Montgomery Presents
Rhythm on the River
Champagne Waltz
One Exciting Adventure

film story

1 Credit
Lux Video Theatre

written for the screen by

2 Credits
Sabrina
Stalag 17

based on the story "From A to Z" by

1 Credit
A Song Is Born

screen play

4 Credits
The Lost Weekend
Five Graves to Cairo
Arise, My Love
Ninotchka

from an original story by

1 Credit
Ball of Fire

treatment

1 Credit
French Without Tears

additional dialogue

1 Credit
Under Pressure

story "Ihre Hoheit Befiehlt"

1 Credit
Adorable

story "Es War Einmal Ein Walzer"

1 Credit
Where Is This Lady?

idea

1 Credit
Seitensprünge

Actor

1 Credit
The Ed Sullivan Show

producer

15 Credits
Fedora
Avanti
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
The Fortune Cookie
Kiss Me, Stupid
Irma La Douce
One, Two, Three
The Apartment
Some Like It Hot
Love in the Afternoon
The Spirit of St. Louis
The Seven Year Itch
Sabrina
Stalag 17
Ace in the Hole

lyrics

1 Credit
Der Mann, Der Seinen Moerder Sucht

supervising editor

1 Credit
Death Mills

Self

12 Credits
Backstory
American Masters
Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough
Fred MacMurray: The Guy Next Door
Audrey Hepburn Remembered
Arena
Live From Lincoln Center
Hollywood Greats
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Today
The Jack Benny Show
The Ed Sullivan Show

consultant

1 Credit
Sabrina