From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. William Wyler (July 1, 1902 – July 27, 1981) was a leading American motion picture director, producer, and screenwriter. Notable works included Ben-Hur (1959), The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), and Mrs. Miniver (1942), all of which won Wyler Academy Awards for Best Director, and also won Best Picture. He earned his first Oscar nomination for directing Dodsworth in 1936, starring Walter Huston and Mary Astor, "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. Other popular films include Funny Girl (1968), How to Steal a Million (1966), The Big Country (1958), Roman Holiday (1953), The Heiress (1949), The Letter (1940), The Westerner (1940), Wuthering Heights (1939), Jezebel (1938), Dodsworth (1936), A House Divided (1931), and Hell's Heroes (1930). Description above from the Wikipedia article William Wyler, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
William Wyler
01-07-1902
Mülhausen, Alsace, Germany [now Mulhouse, Haut-Rhin, France]
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Director William Wyler Filmography
Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema
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English )
Director:
Michelle Redmond
Release date:
13-09-2005
The Liberation of L.B. Jones
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English )
Director:
William Wyler
Music Director:
Robert Surtees
Release date:
18-03-1970
La calúmnia
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English )
Director:
Lillian Hellman
Music Director:
Leoda Richards
Release date:
19-12-1961
Ben-Hur
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English )
Director:
William Wyler
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Alberto Cardone
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Alberto Cardone
Music Director:
Miklós Rózsa
Release date:
18-11-1959
Friendly Persuasion
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English )
Director:
William Wyler
Music Director:
Dimitri Tiomkin
Release Year:
1956
The Desperate Hours
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English )
Director:
Joseph Hayes
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Charles C. Coleman
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Hugo Grenzbach
Music Director:
Lee Garmes
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Robert Swink
Release date:
05-10-1955
Roman Holiday
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English )
Director:
Dalton Trumbo
Music Director:
Henri Alekan
Release date:
27-08-1953
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