Directing
Billy Wilder
- Titles
- 91movies12TV shows
- Career
Active from 1929 to 1982, busiest in 1932 with 7 main titles.
- Directed
- 27titles as director
- Average score
72/100
- Highest rated
Sunset Boulevard91/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 39 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical6.2average 2.6
- Wit & Wordplay6.6average 3.7
- Situational Comedy5.1average 2.7
- Nostalgia5.9average 3.7
- Romance5.9average 3.8
- Satire & Parody4.1average 2.3
- Wholesome4.4average 3.3
- Physical Comedy3.1average 2.4
Rarely in their work
- Violence2.0, average 4.2
- Contemporary Realism3.2, average 5.4
- Scare1.0, average 2.6
- Coming of Age1.6, average 3.0
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Romantic Comedy 8
- Classic Hollywood 7
- Witty Dialogue 6
- Social Satire 4
- Historical Setting 4
- Classic Screwball Comedy 4
- Character-Driven 3
- Screwball Comedy 3
- Sophisticated Humor 3
- Situational Humor 3
- Satirical 3
- Forbidden Love 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Charles BrackettWriterSunset Boulevard, Bluebeard's Eighth Wife, A Foreign Affair, The Lost Weekend, Ninotchka, +9 more
I. A. L. DiamondWriterSome Like It Hot, The Apartment, Avanti!, One, Two, Three, Fedora, +7 more
Daniel MandellEditorThe Apartment, Witness for the Prosecution, One, Two, Three, Irma la Douce, A Song Is Born, +3 more- DDoane HarrisonEditorDouble Indemnity, A Foreign Affair, The Lost Weekend, Five Graves to Cairo, The Major and the Minor, +3 more
Jack LemmonActorSome Like It Hot, The Apartment, Avanti!, The Front Page, Irma la Douce, +2 more
Charles LangCinematographerSome Like It Hot, Sabrina, A Foreign Affair, Ace in the Hole, Midnight, +1 more
Friedrich HollaenderActorSabrina, Bluebeard's Eighth Wife, A Foreign Affair, Midnight, The Man in Search of His Murderer
John F. SeitzCinematographerSunset Boulevard, Double Indemnity, The Lost Weekend, Five Graves to Cairo, Adorable- AArthur P. SchmidtEditorSome Like It Hot, Sunset Boulevard, Sabrina, The Spirit of St. Louis, Ace in the Hole
- KKonstantin Irmen-TschetCinematographerThe Man in Search of His Murderer, Princess, At Your Orders!, A Blonde Dream, Her Grace Commands, Happy Ever After
Miklós RózsaComposerDouble Indemnity, Fedora, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, The Lost Weekend, Five Graves to Cairo- WWerner R. HeymannComposerBluebeard's Eighth Wife, Ninotchka, Adorable, A Blonde Dream, Her Grace Commands
Movies and TV shows
74Upcoming
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2010s
1 title
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2000s
2 titles
1990s
1 title · average score 60
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1980s
3 titles · average score 61
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1970s
6 titles · average score 65
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1960s
5 titles · average score 77
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1950s
10 titles · average score 80
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1940s
14 titles · average score 75
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1930s
30 titles · average score 65
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