FILM DIRECTOR

William Wyler

1902 - 1981

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William Wyler (; born Willi Wyler (German: [ˈvɪli ˈvi:lɐ]); July 1, 1902 – July 27, 1981) was a German-born American film director and producer. Known for his work in numerous genres over five decades, he received numerous awards and accolades, including three Academy Awards. He holds the record of twelve nominations for the Academy Award for Best Director. For his oeuvre of work, Wyler was awarded the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award, the Directors Guild of America Lifetime Achievement Award, and the American Film Institute Life Achievement Award. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Wyler is the 69th most popular film director (up from 77th in 2019), the 607th most popular biography from France (up from 608th in 2019) and the 8th most popular French Film Director.

William Wyler is most famous for directing and producing the film "Ben-Hur" in 1959. He also directed "Mrs. Miniver" in 1942, which won him the Academy Award for Best Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, William Wyler ranks 69 out of 2,041. Before him are Werner Herzog, Éric Rohmer, Lars von Trier, Sergei Parajanov, Frank Capra, and Sydney Pollack. After him are Claude Chabrol, Chuck Jones, Luc Besson, David Cronenberg, Elia Kazan, and John Waters.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1902, William Wyler ranks 24. Before him are Walter Houser Brattain, Arne Tiselius, Talcott Parsons, André Michel Lwoff, Josemaría Escrivá, and Alva Myrdal. After him are Margaret Hamilton, Nâzım Hikmet, Andrew Irvine, Marcel Breuer, Meyer Lansky, and Mikhail Suslov. Among people deceased in 1981, William Wyler ranks 14. Before him are Frederica of Hanover, Claude Auchinleck, Soong Ching-ling, Max Euwe, Odd Hassel, and Hideki Yukawa. After him are Harold Urey, Béla Guttmann, William Holden, Marcel Breuer, Max Delbrück, and Karl Böhm.

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In France

Among people born in France, William Wyler ranks 607 out of 6,770. Before him are Hector Malot (1830), Niki de Saint Phalle (1930), René of Anjou (1409), Édouard Lalo (1823), Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Viscount of Turenne (1611), and Nadia Boulanger (1887). After him are Marcel Lefebvre (1905), Peter II of Courtenay (1155), Claude Chabrol (1930), Marcel Mauss (1872), Marine Le Pen (1968), and Gabriel Marcel (1889).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In France

Among film directors born in France, William Wyler ranks 8. Before him are François Truffaut (1932), Jean-Luc Godard (1930), Georges Méliès (1861), Roger Vadim (1928), Jean-Jacques Annaud (1943), and Éric Rohmer (1920). After him are Claude Chabrol (1930), Luc Besson (1959), Alain Resnais (1922), Robert Bresson (1901), René Clair (1898), and Jacques Audiard (1952).

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