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Billy Wilder

FULL NAME	Samuel Wilder
BORN	22 June 1906, Sucha, Austria-Hungary
DIED	27 March 2002 (aged 95), Bevery Hills, California, USA
ASSOCIATION	Director/writer
NATIONALITY	American (naturalized)
REVIEWED ENTRIES	5
MAX. RATING	½
MIN. RATING
AVERAGE RATING	4.00

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BIO

Few other filmmakers from the Golden Age of Hollywood can exhibit a versatility and such a high number of lasting classics as Billy Wilder. He was born in Austria to a family of Polish Jews and started his craft as a screenwriter in Europe before moving to Hollywood in 1934. There he quickly received writing credits, and in 1942 got the opportunity to direct his first film, The Major and the Minor, starring Ginger Rogers and Ray Milland. With his third Hollywood feature, Double Indemnity, in 1944, Wilder rose to the top of the heap, receiving his first Oscar nomination for Best Director and already his third for Best Screenplay. From this point on, Wilder regularly scored great successes with titles which today are hailed as among the best American films ever. He has four films on AFI's list of the 100 best American movies (tied second after Spielberg): Double Indemnity, Sunset Boulevard, Some Like It Hot, and The Apartment. And seven of his films are preserved in the United States National Film Registry as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant". Perhaps the greatest testament to Wilder's talents is that unlike several fine films from the Golden Age of Hollywood, Wilder's best titles still feel as crisp and relevant as ever. They have stood the test of time exceptionally well.

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