FILM DIRECTOR

Billy Wilder

1906 - 2002

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Billy Wilder (; German: [ˈvɪldɐ]; born Samuel Wilder; June 22, 1906 – March 27, 2002) was an American filmmaker and screenwriter. His career in Hollywood spanned five decades, and he is regarded as one of the most brilliant and versatile filmmakers of classical Hollywood cinema. He received seven Academy Awards (among 21 nominations), a BAFTA Award, the Cannes Film Festival's Palme d'Or and two Golden Globe Awards. Wilder was born in Sucha Beskidzka, Austria-Hungary (the town is now in Poland). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Billy Wilder is the 35th most popular film director (up from 43rd in 2019), the 56th most popular biography from Poland (up from 59th in 2019) and the most popular Polish Film Director.

Billy Wilder is most famous for his comedies, which include Some Like It Hot, The Apartment, and The Lost Weekend.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Billy Wilder ranks 35 out of 2,041. Before him are Konstantin Stanislavski, Georges Méliès, Michelangelo Antonioni, Wim Wenders, Fritz Lang, and Michael Mann. After him are Vittorio De Sica, Quentin Tarantino, Emir Kusturica, James Cameron, Krzysztof Kieślowski, and John Ford.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Billy Wilder ranks 20. Before him are Emmanuel Levinas, Josephine Baker, Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten, Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein, Estée Lauder, and Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark. After him are Henri Charrière, Vladimir Prelog, Ernst Ruska, Albert Hofmann, Victor Vasarely, and Roberto Rossellini. Among people deceased in 2002, Billy Wilder ranks 10. Before him are Simo Häyhä, Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, Pierre Bourdieu, Hans-Georg Gadamer, Thor Heyerdahl, and Archer Martin. After him are Prince Claus of the Netherlands, John Rawls, László Kubala, Traudl Junge, Niki de Saint Phalle, and George Porter.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Billy Wilder ranks 56 out of 1,694. Before him are Paul Ehrlich (1854), Kurt Lewin (1890), Hans-Ulrich Rudel (1916), Emanuel Lasker (1868), Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen (1895), and Donald Tusk (1957). After him are Ernst Cassirer (1874), Jakob Böhme (1575), Sigismund I the Old (1467), Krzysztof Kieślowski (1941), Maximilian Kolbe (1894), and Władysław III of Poland (1424).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Poland

Among film directors born in Poland, Billy Wilder ranks 1. After him are Krzysztof Kieślowski (1941), Andrzej Wajda (1926), Dziga Vertov (1896), Fred Zinnemann (1907), Jerzy Grotowski (1933), Agnieszka Holland (1948), Jerzy Skolimowski (1938), Robert Wiene (1873), Jean Epstein (1897), Jerzy Stuhr (1947), and Krzysztof Zanussi (1939).

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