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Director
William Wyler
Defining Films
Profile
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 reta
Filmography (73)
The Best Years of Our Lives
Ben-Hur
Roman Holiday
Directed by William Wyler (Aviva Slesin
Directed by William Wyler (Aviva Slesin
The Liberation of L.B. Jones
Funny Girl
How to Steal a Million
The Collector
The Children’s Hour
The Big Country
Friendly Persuasion
The Desperate Hours
“Producers’ Showcase”
“Producers’ Showcase”
Carrie
Detective Story
The Heiress
Thunderbolt
The Fighting Lady
The Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress
Mrs. Miniver
The Little Foxes
The Letter
The Westerner
Wuthering Heights
Jezebel
Dead End
Dodsworth
These Three
Come and Get It
The Good Fairy
Barbary Coast
The Gay Deception
Glamour
Counsellor at Law
Her First Mate
Tom Brown of Culver
A House Divided
The Storm
Hell’s Heroes
The Love Trap
The Shakedown
Anybody Here Seen Kelly?
Thunder Riders
Desert Dust
Daze of the West
Daze of the West
The Lone Star
The Two Fister
Shooting Straight
Tenderfoot Courage
Tenderfoot Courage
Kelcy Gets His Man
Kelcy Gets His Man
The Border Cavalier
Hard Fists
Gun Justice
The Haunted Homestead
The Haunted Homestead
Galloping Justice
Galloping Justice
The Home Trail
The Horse Trader
The Ore Raiders
The Ore Raiders
The Phantom Outlaw
The Phantom Outlaw
The Silent Partner
The Square Shooter
Blazing Days
Don’t Shoot
The Fire Barrier
Lazy Lightning
The Stolen Ranch
The Gunless Bad Man
The Gunless Bad Man
Ridin’ for Love
Martin of the Mounted
The Pinnacle Rider
The Pinnacle Rider
Ben-Hur (Fred Niblo, ) Assistant Director
Ben-Hur (Fred Niblo, ) Assistant Director
Crook Buster
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Wallace Worsley, ) Assistant Director
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Wallace Worsley, ) Assistant Director