Musician Dictionary

Billy Wilder

Austrian and American filmmaker (1906–2002) · film director

DescriptionAustrian and American filmmaker (1906–2002)
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Born1906-06-22
Source: MusicBrainz, Wikidata
BirthplaceSucha Beskidzka Sucha Beskidzka
Source: MusicBrainz, Wikidata
Died2002-03-27
Source: MusicBrainz, Wikidata
Place of deathBeverly Hills Beverly Hills
Source: MusicBrainz, Wikidata
AreaUnited States
Source: MusicBrainz
CountryUS
Source: MusicBrainz
CitizenshipAustria United States Cisleithania
Source: Wikidata
Occupationwriter director journalist film screenwriter screenwriter film producer producer film director filmmaker
Source: Wikidata
Member ofWriters Guild of America West
Source: Wikidata
AwardsBerliner Bär Academy Award for Best Picture David di Donatello for Best Foreign Director Directors Guild of America Award Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay National Medal of Arts Kennedy Center Honors star on Hollywood Walk of Fame BAFTA Award for Best Film Academy Award for Best Director European Film Academy Lifetime Achievement Award Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Golden Globe Award for Best Director National Board of Review Award for Best Film Palme d'Or BAFTA Fellowship Great Golden Medal of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria honorary citizen of Vienna AFI Life Achievement Award Goethe Medal Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay
Source: Wikidata

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