Directing
Billy Wilder
- Titles
- 94movies12TV shows
- Career
Active from 1927 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
- Classic Screwball Comedy 3
- Character-Driven 3
- Sharp Dialogue 3
- Satirical 3
- Sophisticated Humor 3
- Screwball Comedy 3
- Situational 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, Ball of Fire, +9 more
I. A. L. DiamondWriterSome Like It Hot, The Apartment, Irma la Douce, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, The Front Page, +7 more- DDoane HarrisonEditorDouble Indemnity, The Lost Weekend, Five Graves to Cairo, A Foreign Affair, The Major and the Minor, +3 more
Daniel MandellEditorWitness for the Prosecution, The Apartment, Irma la Douce, One, Two, Three, The Fortune Cookie, +3 more
Jack LemmonActorSome Like It Hot, The Apartment, Irma la Douce, The Front Page, Avanti!, +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- AArthur P. SchmidtEditorSome Like It Hot, Sunset Boulevard, Sabrina, Ace in the Hole, The Spirit of St. Louis
Miklós RózsaComposerDouble Indemnity, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, The Lost Weekend, Fedora, Five Graves to Cairo
John F. SeitzCinematographerSunset Boulevard, Double Indemnity, The Lost Weekend, Five Graves to Cairo, Adorable
Joan ShawleeActorSome Like It Hot, The Apartment, Irma la Douce, Buddy Buddy
William HoldenActorSunset Boulevard, Sabrina, Fedora, Stalag 17
Movies and TV shows
151970s
3 titles · average score 70
68
Fedora (1978)
Producer, Director
75
Avanti! (1972)
Director, Screenplay
66
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970)
Director, Producer
1960s
5 titles · average score 76
67
The Fortune Cookie (1966)
Producer, Director
69
Kiss Me, Stupid (1964)
Producer, Director
72
Irma la Douce (1963)
Producer, Director
80
One, Two, Three (1961)
Director, Screenplay
90
The Apartment (1960)
Director, Producer
1950s
7 titles · average score 79
90
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Screenplay, Director
73
Love in the Afternoon (1957)
Producer, Director
76
The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
Director, Screenplay
77
The Seven Year Itch (1955)
Screenplay, Producer
73
Sabrina (1954)
Screenplay, Director
84
Stalag 17 (1953)
Director, Writer
81
Ace in the Hole (1951)
Writer, Producer