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
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Recurring tags
- Romantic Comedy 9
- Classic Hollywood 7
- Witty Dialogue 6
- Historical Setting 5
- Social Satire 4
- Character-Driven 3
- Sophisticated Humor 3
- Classic Screwball Comedy 3
- Sharp Dialogue 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, Bluebeard's 8th Wife, Five Graves to Cairo, +9 more
I. A. L. DiamondWriterSome Like It Hot, The Apartment, The Front Page, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, Irma la Douce, +7 more- DDoane HarrisonEditorDouble Indemnity, The Lost Weekend, Five Graves to Cairo, The Major and the Minor, A Foreign Affair, +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, 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- KKonstantin Irmen-TschetCinematographerThe Man in Search of His Murderer, Princess, At Your Orders!, A Blonde Dream, Her Grace Commands, Happy Ever After
John F. SeitzCinematographerSunset Boulevard, Double Indemnity, The Lost Weekend, Five Graves to Cairo, Adorable
Miklós RózsaComposerDouble Indemnity, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, The Lost Weekend, Fedora, Five Graves to Cairo- AArthur P. SchmidtEditorSome Like It Hot, Sunset Boulevard, Sabrina, Ace in the Hole, The Spirit of St. Louis
- WWerner R. HeymannComposerNinotchka, Bluebeard's 8th Wife, A Blonde Dream, Her Grace Commands, Adorable
Movies and TV shows
31960s
1 title · average score 80
80
One, Two, Three (1961)
Producer, Director
1950s
1 title · average score 90
90
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Screenplay, Director
