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.
- Historical6.4average 2.6
- Wit & Wordplay6.6average 3.7
- Situational Comedy4.9average 2.7
- Nostalgia5.9average 3.6
- Romance5.9average 3.8
- Satire & Parody4.0average 2.3
- Wholesome4.4average 3.3
- Physical Comedy3.1average 2.5
Rarely in their work
- Violence1.9, average 4.3
- Contemporary Realism3.1, average 5.2
- Scare1.0, average 2.6
- Adrenaline3.5, average 5.1
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Romantic Comedy 9
- Classic Hollywood 7
- Witty Dialogue 6
- Historical Setting 5
- Social Satire 4
- Sharp Dialogue 3
- Character-Driven 3
- Sophisticated Humor 3
- Classic Screwball Comedy 3
- Situational Humor 3
- Satirical 3
- Screwball Comedy 3
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Charles BrackettWriterSunset Boulevard, The Lost Weekend, Ninotchka, Five Graves to Cairo, Ball of Fire, +9 more
I. A. L. DiamondWriterSome Like It Hot, The Apartment, The Front Page, Irma la Douce, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, +7 more- DDoane HarrisonEditorDouble Indemnity, The Lost Weekend, Five Graves to Cairo, The Major and the Minor, A Foreign Affair, +3 more
Daniel MandellEditorThe Apartment, Witness for the Prosecution, Irma la Douce, The Fortune Cookie, One, Two, Three, +3 more
Jack LemmonActorSome Like It Hot, The Apartment, The Front Page, Irma la Douce, The Fortune Cookie, +2 more
Charles LangCinematographerSome Like It Hot, Sabrina, Ace in the Hole, A Foreign Affair, Midnight, +1 more
Friedrich HollaenderActorSabrina, Bluebeard's 8th 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, Ace in the Hole, The Spirit of St. Louis
Miklós RózsaComposerDouble Indemnity, The Lost Weekend, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, Five Graves to Cairo, Fedora- KKonstantin Irmen-TschetCinematographerThe Man in Search of His Murderer, Princess, At Your Orders!, A Blonde Dream, Her Grace Commands, Happy Ever After
- WWerner R. HeymannComposerNinotchka, Bluebeard's 8th Wife, Adorable, A Blonde Dream, Her Grace Commands
Movies and TV shows
312020s
1 title · average score 70
70
Audrey (2020)
Self - Filmmaker (voice) (archive footage)
2010s
3 titles
Hollywood's Second World War (2019)
Self (archive footage)
Never Be Boring: Billy Wilder (2017)
Self (archive footage)
Billy Wilder: Nobody's Perfect (2016)
Self (archive footage)
2000s
6 titles · average score 73
73
Billy Wilder Speaks (2006)
Self - Filmmaker
Un film et son époque (2003)
TV show · Self (archive footage)
Nobody's Perfect: The Making of Some Like It Hot (2001)
Self (archive footage)
Klaus Kinski: I'm not an actor (2000)
Self (archive footage)
1990s
9 titles · average score 78
Sternstunde Kunst (1998)
TV show · Self
Billy, How Did You Do It? (1992)
TV show · Self
Film Lesson (1991)
TV show · Self
1980s
3 titles · average score 71
1970s
6 titles · average score 60
The Kennedy Center Honors (1978)
TV show · Self
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche (1975)
TV show · Self
Spécial cinéma (1974)
TV show · Self
The American Film Institute Salute to ... (1973)
TV show · Self
60
Film '72 (1971)
TV show · Self
1950s
3 titles
Cinépanorama (1956)
TV show · Self
The Oscars (1953)
TV show · Self
German Film Award (1951)
TV show · Self