Directing
Billy Wilder
- Titles
- 95movies11TV shows
- Career
Active from 1927 to 1982, busiest in 1932 with 7 main titles.
- Directed
- 27titles as director
- Average score
72/100
- Highest rated
Witness for the Prosecution93/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 38 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
- Wholesome4.3average 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
- Satirical 3
- Screwball Comedy 3
- Character-Driven 3
- Situational Humor 3
- Classic Screwball Comedy 3
- Sharp Dialogue 3
- Sophisticated Humor 3
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Charles BrackettWriterSunset Boulevard, The Lost Weekend, Ninotchka, Bluebeard's 8th Wife, A Foreign Affair, +9 more
I. A. L. DiamondWriterSome Like It Hot, The Apartment, Irma la Douce, The Front Page, One, Two, Three, +7 more
Daniel MandellEditorWitness for the Prosecution, The Apartment, Irma la Douce, One, Two, Three, The Fortune Cookie, +3 more- DDoane HarrisonEditorDouble Indemnity, The Lost Weekend, A Foreign Affair, The Major and the Minor, Five Graves to Cairo, +3 more
Jack LemmonActorSome Like It Hot, The Apartment, Irma la Douce, The Front Page, 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, Fedora, Five Graves to Cairo
Paul HörbigerActorScampolo, ein Kind der Straße, Once There Was a Waltz, Her Grace Commands, A Blonde Dream
Joan ShawleeActorSome Like It Hot, The Apartment, Irma la Douce, Buddy Buddy
Movies and TV shows
271980s
1 title · average score 59
59
Buddy Buddy (1981)
Director, Writer
1970s
4 titles · average score 71
67
Fedora (1978)
Writer, Director
72
The Front Page (1974)
Director, Screenplay
75
Avanti! (1972)
Screenplay, Producer
72
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970)
Director, Producer
1960s
5 titles · average score 75
67
The Fortune Cookie (1966)
Producer, Director
69
Kiss Me, Stupid (1964)
Director, Screenplay
71
Irma la Douce (1963)
Screenplay, Director
75
One, Two, Three (1961)
Producer, Director
91
The Apartment (1960)
Writer, Producer
1950s
9 titles · average score 82
91
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Screenplay, Director
93
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Director, Screenplay
75
Love in the Afternoon (1957)
Director, Screenplay
68
The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
Screenplay, Producer
70
The Seven Year Itch (1955)
Screenplay, Producer
87
Sabrina (1954)
Producer, Screenplay
83
Stalag 17 (1953)
Writer, Producer
79
Ace in the Hole (1951)
Writer, Producer
92
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Director, Screenplay
1940s
7 titles · average score 77
83
A Foreign Affair (1948)
Screenplay, Director
59
The Emperor Waltz (1948)
Director, Writer
77
The Lost Weekend (1945)
Screenplay, Director
70
Death Mills (1945)
Editor, Director
92
Double Indemnity (1944)
Director, Screenplay
87
Five Graves to Cairo (1943)
Screenplay, Director
72
The Major and the Minor (1942)
Director, Writer
1930s
1 title · average score 58
58
Bad Seed (1934)
Director, Writer