William Wyler
Directing
Born 1902-07-01
Died 1981-07-27
Mülhausen, Alsace-Lorraine, German Empire [now Mulhouse, Haut-Rhin, France]
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William Wyler (July 1, 1902 – July 27, 1981) was a German-born film director, producer, and screenwriter. Notable works include Ben-Hur (1959), The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), and Mrs. Miniver (1942), all which won Wyler Academy Awards for Best Director, and also won Best Picture. He earned his first Oscar nomination for directing Dodsworth in 1936, sparking a 20-year run of almost unbroken greatness.
Film historian Ian Freer calls Wyler a "bona fide perfectionist," whose penchant for retakes and an attempt to hone every last nuance "became the stuff of legend." His ability to direct a string of classic literary adaptations into huge box office and critical successes made him one of Hollywood's most bankable moviemakers during the 1930s and 1940s.
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Great Performances
The Oscars
The Ed Sullivan Show
Ben-Hur
Roman Holiday
Cinépanorama
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Wuthering Heights
The Big Country
The Best Years of Our Lives
Funny Girl
How to Steal a Million
Five Came Back
Mrs. Miniver
The Collector
The Children's Hour
The Heiress
Jezebel
Friendly Persuasion
The Desperate Hours
Detective Story
The Letter
The Little Foxes
Dead End
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
The Liberation of L.B. Jones
Thunderbolt
The Westerner
Directed by William Wyler
Sword-and-Sandal: The Story of the Period Epic
The Good Fairy
Come and Get It
The Cowboy and the Lady
Carrie
Dodsworth
The Gay Deception
These Three
Counsellor at Law
Five Came Back
Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film
Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema
Stardust: The Bette Davis Story
The Cold Blue
The Letter
The Screen Director
Laurence Olivier: A Life
Hell's Heroes
Hollywood's Second World War
Fun in the Big Country
Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies
William Wyler: Forty Takes Willy
Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic
Martin of the Mounted
A House Divided
The Fighting Lady
The Storm
The Memphis Belle
Anybody Here Seen Kelly?
Glamour
Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley'
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