William Wyler
Directing
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.
Known for
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movieFunny Girl
1968
Director
movieHow to Steal a Million
1966
Director
movieThe Collector
1965
Director
movieThe Children's Hour
1961
Director
movieBen-Hur
1959
Director
movieThe Big Country
1958
Director
movieFriendly Persuasion
1956
Director
The Letter
1956
Director
movieThe Desperate Hours
1955
Director
movieRoman Holiday
1953
Director
movieCarrie
1952
Director
movieDetective Story
1951
Director
movieThe Heiress
1949
Director
movieThunderbolt
1947
Director
movieThe Fighting Lady
1944
Director
movieThe Memphis Belle
1944
Director
movieMrs. Miniver
1942
Director
movieThe Little Foxes
1941
Director
movieThe Letter
1940
Director
movieThe Westerner
1940
Director
movieWuthering Heights
1939
Director
movieThe Cowboy and the Lady
1938
Co-Director
movieJezebel
1938
Director
movieDead End
1937
Director
movieCome and Get It
1936
Director
movieDodsworth
1936
Director
movieThese Three
1936
Director
movieThe Gay Deception
1935
Director
movieThe Good Fairy
1935
Director
movieGlamour
1934
Director
movieCounsellor at Law
1933
Director
movieHer First Mate
1933
Director
movieTom Brown of Culver
1932
Director
movieA House Divided
1931
Director
movieThe Storm
1930
Director
movieHell's Heroes
1929
Director
movieThe Love Trap
1929
Director
movieThe Shakedown
1929
Director
movieThunder Riders
1928
Director
Desert Dust
1927
Director
movieThe Border Cavalier
1927
Director
movieHard Fists
1927
Director
movieStraight Shootin'
1927
Director
movieBlazing Days
1927
Director
movieThe Two Fister
1927
Director
movieThe Stolen Ranch
1926
Director
movieLazy Lightning
1926
Director
movieMartin of the Mounted
1926
Director
movieDon't Shoot
1926
Director
movieRidin' for Love
1926
Director
movieThe Crook Buster
1925
Director
movieThe Hunchback of Notre Dame
1923
Assistant Director
Acting24
movieWilliam Wyler: Forty Takes Willy
2025
Himself (Archival)
movieHollywood's Second World War
2019
Self (archive footage)
movieSword-and-Sandal: The Story of the Period Epic
2019
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
movieThe Cold Blue
2018
Himself (archive footage)
movieFive Came Back
2017
Self (archive footage)
tvFive Came Back
2017
Self (archive footage)
movieStardust: The Bette Davis Story
2006
Self (archive footage)
movieBen-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema
2005
Self (archive footage)
Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film
2002
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieBackstory: 'How Green Was My Valley'
2000
Self (archive footage)
movieBen-Hur: The Making of an Epic
1993
Self - Director (archive footage)
movieStars of Cabaret
1956
Self (archive footage)
tvThe Oscars
1953
Self
The Screen Director
1951
Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)
movieThe Best Years of Our Lives
1946
Drug Store customer (uncredited)
movieDodsworth
1936
Violin Player in Dance Orchestra (uncredited)
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movieThe Children's Hour
1961
Producer
movieThe Big Country
1958
Producer
movieFriendly Persuasion
1956
Producer
The Letter
1956
Producer
movieThe Desperate Hours
1955
Producer
movieRoman Holiday
1953
Producer
movieCarrie
1952
Producer
movieDetective Story
1951
Producer
movieThe Heiress
1949
Producer
movieMrs. Miniver
1942
Producer
movieThe Letter
1940
Producer
movieJezebel
1938
Producer
movieThe Love Trap
1929
Producer
Writing3
Camera1
movieThe Memphis Belle
1944
Director of Photography