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William Wyler

AKA: Wilhelm Weiller
Birthday: 1902-07-01
Died: 1981-07-27
Birthplace: Mülhausen, Alsace-Lorraine, German Empire [now Mulhouse, Haut-Rhin, France]


William Wyler (July 1, 1902 – July 27, 1981) was a German-born film director, producer, and screenwriter. Notable works include Ben-Hur (1959), The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), and Mrs. Miniver (1942), all which won Wyler Academy Awards for Best Director, and also won Best Picture. He earned his first Oscar nomination for directing Dodsworth in 1936, sparking a 20-year run of almost unbroken greatness. Film historian Ian Freer calls Wyler a "bona fide perfectionist," whose penchant for retakes and an attempt to hone every last nuance "became the stuff of legend." His ability to direct a string of classic literary adaptations into huge box office and critical successes made him one of Hollywood's most bankable moviemakers during the 1930s and 1940s.

Filmography

Dodsworth
Character: Violin Player in Dance Orchestra (Uncredited)
Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema
Character: Self (archive footage)
Fun in the Big Country
Character: Self

Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic
Character: Self - Director (archive footage)
The Best Years of Our Lives
Character: Drug Store customer (uncredited)
Hollywood's Second World War
Character: Self (archive footage)

The Screen Director
Character: Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)
The Cold Blue
Character: Himself (archive footage)
Sword-and-Sandal: The Story of the Period Epic
Character: Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Stars of Cabaret
Character: Self (archive footage)
Directed by William Wyler
Character: Self
Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley'
Character: Self (archive footage)

Five Came Back
Character: Self (archive footage)
Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film
Character: Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Laurence Olivier: a life
Character: Self
Ben-Hur
Job: Director
Roman Holiday
Job: Director

Roman Holiday
Job: Producer
Jezebel
Job: Director

Jezebel
Job: Producer
How to Steal a Million
Job: Director
Wuthering Heights
Job: Director

The Children's Hour
Job: Director
Detective Story
Job: Director
Dodsworth
Job: Director

The Big Country
Job: Director
The Big Country
Job: Producer
The Children's Hour
Job: Producer

Mrs. Miniver
Job: Director
Dead End
Job: Director
The Heiress
Job: Director

The Memphis Belle
Job: Director
The Westerner
Job: Director
The Collector
Job: Director

Friendly Persuasion
Job: Director
Carrie
Job: Director
Funny Girl
Job: Director

The Little Foxes
Job: Director
The Good Fairy
Job: Director
The Letter
Job: Director

The Letter
Job: Producer
The Desperate Hours
Job: Director
The Desperate Hours
Job: Producer

These Three
Job: Director
The Gay Deception
Job: Director
Counsellor at Law
Job: Director

Come and Get It
Job: Director
A House Divided
Job: Director

The Love Trap
Job: Director
The Shakedown
Job: Director

The Fighting Lady
Job: Director
The Two Fister
Job: Director
Hell's Heroes
Job: Director

Her First Mate
Job: Director
Glamour
Job: Director
Carrie
Job: Producer

Ridin' for Love
Job: Director
Ridin' for Love
Job: Story
Don't Shoot
Job: Director

The Crook Buster
Job: Director
Thunderbolt
Job: Director
The Gunless Bad Man
Job: Director

Martin of the Mounted
Job: Director
The Horse Trader
Job: Director
Tom Brown of Culver
Job: Director

Friendly Persuasion
Job: Producer
The Heiress
Job: Producer
The Storm
Job: Director

The Stolen Ranch
Job: Director
Detective Story
Job: Producer
Mrs. Miniver
Job: Producer

The Cowboy and the Lady
Job: Co-Director
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Job: Assistant Director
Straight Shootin'
Job: Director

Blazing Days
Job: Director
Thunder Riders
Job: Director
The Fire Barrier
Job: Director

Desert Dust
Job: Director
The Memphis Belle
Job: Writer

The Love Trap
Job: Producer
Lazy Lightning
Job: Director
The Border Cavalier
Job: Director

The Memphis Belle
Job: Director of Photography
Hard Fists
Job: Director

Roman Holiday
Job: Writer
The Ore Raiders
Job: Director