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Billy Wilder (June 22, 1906 – March 27, 2002) was a screenwriter, film director and producer whose career spanned more than 50 years and 60 films. He is regarded as one of the most brilliant and versatile filmmakers of Hollywood's golden age. Many of Wilder's films achieved both critical and public acclaim.
Life and career
Origins
Born Samuel Wilder in Sucha Beskidzka, Austria-Hungary (now Poland) to Max Wilder and Eugenia Dittler, Wilder was nicknamed Billy by his mother. After dropping out of the University of Vienna to become a journalist, he moved to Berlin, Germany.Berlin
While in Berlin, and before his writing career became more successful, Wilder also allegedly worked as a taxi dancer. After writing crime and sports stories as a stringer for local newspapers, he was eventually offered a regular writing job at a Berlin tabloid. After gaining an interest in films, Wilder started working as a screenwriter. He worked with several other tyros (Fred Zinnemann and Robert Siodmak also worked with him on the 1929 feature People on Sunday). Wilder, who was Jewish, left for Paris and then the United States after the rise of Adolf Hitler. Wilder's mother, grandmother, and stepfather all died at the Auschwitz extermination camp. More on [ Billy Wilder ]
Best Director Academy Awards
Screenwriters :: Screenwriting
BBC - A Film Legend - Read the report about the Oscar-winning filmmaker.
Meta Description: [ Oscar-winning filmmaker Billy Wilder, who died on Thursday aged 95, was one of Hollywood's greatest ever directors. ]
Billy Wilder - Filmography and biography from the Internet Movie Database.
Meta Description: [ Billy Wilder - Filmography, Awards, Biography, Agent, Discussions, Photos, News Articles, Fan Sites ]
Billy Wilder - Richard Armstrong profile the writer/director for Senses of Cinema.
Meta Description: [ by Richard Armstrong - profile of film director Billy Wilder ]
Billy Wilder (1906-2002) - Biography from the German-Hollywood Connection.
Meta Description: [ Information about the Austrian director and screenwriter Billy Wilder and his films, including DOUBLE INDEMNITY, THE APARTMENT, and SOME LIKE IT HOT. ]
Billy Wilder - About Film Noir - Robert Porfirio interviews the director.
Meta Description: [ Billy Wilder: About Film Noir. An interview by Robert Porfirio. An excerpt from Film Noir Reader 3. ]
Billy Wilder's Grave - A photo of the grave at Westwood Memorial in Los Angeles.
Meta Description: [ A photo of the grave of director Billy Wilder, at Pierce Bros. Westwood Memorial Park, in Los Angeles, California. ]
Billy Wilder's Sophisticated Touch - Profile by M.S. Mason for The Christian Science Monitor.
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CNN.com - Billy Wilder Dead At 95 - Read the article about the death of the writer-director.
Meta Description: [ Writer-director Billy Wilder, whose films' cynical worldview was often at odds with their rousing humor, died of pneumonia Wednesday night in his Beverly Hills home. He was 95. ]
Elizabeth's Billy Wilder Page - A detailed filmography with posters.
Something Wilder - Quotations and biography from Christina Lui and Karl Hill.
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