Billy Wilder - Awards & Nominations

Date of Birth	22-June-1906
Place of Birth	Sucha Beskidzka (Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Sucha County, Poland)
Nationality	United States of America, Poland
Also know as	Samuel Wilder, The Viennese Pixie, Billie Wilder
Profession	Journalist, Screenwriter, Film Director, Film Producer, Artist
Billy Wilder was an Austrian-born American filmmaker, screenwriter, producer, artist and journalist, whose career spanned more than 50 years and 60 films. He is regarded as one of the most brilliant and versatile filmmakers of Hollywood's golden age. Wilder is one of only five people to have won Academy Awards as producer, director and screenwriter for the same film, and was the first person to accomplish this. Wilder became a screenwriter in the late 1920s while living in Berlin. After the rise of the Nazi Party, Wilder, who was Jewish, left for Paris, where he made his directorial debut. He moved to Hollywood in 1933, and in 1939 he had a hit when he co-wrote the screenplay for the screwball comedy Ninotchka. Wilder established his directorial reputation with Double Indemnity, a film noir he co-wrote with mystery novelist Raymond Chandler. Wilder earned the Best Director and Best Screenplay Academy Awards for the adaptation of a Charles R. Jacksen story The Lost Weekend, about alcoholism. In 1950, Wilder co-wrote and directed the critically acclaimed Sunset Boulevard. From the mid-1950s on, Wilder made mostly comedies. Among the classics Wilder created in this period are the farces The Seven Year Itch and Some Like It Hot, satires such as The Apartment, and the drama comedy Sabrina. He directed fourteen different actors in Oscar-nominated performances. Wilder was recognized with the American Film Institute Life Achievement Award in 1986. In 1988, Wilder was awarded the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award. In 1993, he was awarded the National Medal of Arts.

Awards by Billy Wilder

Check all the awards nominated and won by Billy Wilder.

2000

PGA Hall of Fame - Motion Pictures	Honored for : Some Like It Hot

1997

German Film Award for Lifetime Achievement
PGA Lifetime Achievement Award in Motion Pictures

1996

Nominations 1996 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy	Sabrina

1995

BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award

Nominations 1995 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award

1992

European Film Academy Lifetime Achievement Award

1991

DGA Preston Sturges Award

1990

Kennedy Center Honors

1986

AFI Life Achievement Award

1985

DGA Lifetime Achievement Award

1975

David di Donatello for Best Foreign Director

Honored for : The Front Page

Nominations 1975 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Comedy	The Front Page

1973

German Film Award - Special Award for Outstanding Contributions to German Cinema

(For their continued outstanding individual contributions to the german film over the years.)

Nominations 1973 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Golden Globe Award for Best Director - Motion Picture	Avanti!
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Comedy	Avanti!
Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy	Avanti!

1971

Nominations 1971 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Comedy	The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes

1967

Nominations 1967 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written Comedy	The Fortune Cookie

1966

Nominations 1966 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay	The Fortune Cookie

1964

Nominations 1964 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written Comedy	Irma la Douce

1962

Nominations 1962 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written Comedy	One, Two, Three
Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy	One, Two, Three

1961

Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written Comedy

Honored for : The Apartment

Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

Honored for : The Apartment, Song Without End

BAFTA Award for Best Film

Honored for : The Apartment

Nominations 1961 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Golden Globe Award for Best Director - Motion Picture	The Apartment
BAFTA Award for Best Film	The Apartment
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written Comedy	The Apartment
Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy	The Apartment

1960

Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written Comedy

Honored for : Some Like It Hot

Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay

Honored for : The Apartment

Academy Award for Best Director

Honored for : The Apartment

Academy Award for Best Picture

Honored for : The Apartment

DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film

Honored for : The Apartment

Nominations 1960 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film	The Apartment
Academy Award for Best Director	The Apartment
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written Comedy	Some Like It Hot
BAFTA Award for Best Film	Some Like It Hot
Academy Award for Best Picture	The Apartment
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay	The Apartment

1959

Nominations 1959 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Director	Some Like It Hot
DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film	Some Like It Hot
Academy Award for Best Writing Adapted Screenplay	Some Like It Hot

1958

Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written Comedy

Honored for : Love in the Afternoon

Nominations 1958 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Golden Globe Award for Best Director - Motion Picture	Witness for the Prosecution
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written Comedy	Love in the Afternoon
Edgar Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay	Witness for the Prosecution
Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy	Love in the Afternoon

1957

Nominations 1957 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Director	Witness for the Prosecution
DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film	Witness for the Prosecution

1956

Nominations 1956 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written Comedy	The Seven Year Itch

1955

Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written Comedy

Honored for : Sabrina

Nominations 1955 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film	The Seven Year Itch
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written Comedy	Sabrina

1954

Nominations 1954 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Director	Sabrina
DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film	Sabrina
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written Comedy	Stalag 17
Academy Award for Best Screenplay	Sabrina

1953

Nominations 1953 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film	Stalag 17
Academy Award for Best Director	Stalag 17

1951

Golden Globe Award for Best Picture

Honored for : Sunset Boulevard

Golden Globe Award for Best Director - Motion Picture

Honored for : Sunset Boulevard

Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written Drama

Honored for : Sunset Boulevard

Nominations 1951 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Golden Globe Award for Best Director - Motion Picture	Sunset Boulevard
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written Drama	Sunset Boulevard
Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama	Sunset Boulevard

1950

Academy Award for Best Story and Screenplay

Honored for : Sunset Boulevard

Nominations 1950 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film	Sunset Boulevard
Academy Award for Best Director	Sunset Boulevard
Academy Award for Best Story and Screenplay	Sunset Boulevard

1949

Nominations 1949 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written Musical	The Emperor Waltz
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written Comedy	A Foreign Affair

1948

Nominations 1948 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Writing Adapted Screenplay	A Foreign Affair
Academy Award for Best Screenplay	A Foreign Affair

1946

Golden Globe Award for Best Picture

Honored for : The Lost Weekend

Golden Globe Award for Best Director - Motion Picture

Honored for : The Lost Weekend

Nominations 1946 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Golden Globe Award for Best Director - Motion Picture	The Lost Weekend
Golden Globe Award for Best Picture	The Lost Weekend

1945

Academy Award for Best Screenplay

Honored for : The Lost Weekend

Academy Award for Best Director

Honored for : The Lost Weekend

Nominations 1945 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Director	The Lost Weekend
Academy Award for Best Screenplay	The Lost Weekend

1944

Nominations 1944 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Director	Double Indemnity
Academy Award for Best Screenplay	Double Indemnity

1941

Nominations 1941 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Writing Adapted Screenplay	Hold Back the Dawn
Academy Award for Best Story	Ball of Fire
Academy Award for Best Screenplay	Hold Back the Dawn

1939

Nominations 1939 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Writing Adapted Screenplay	Ninotchka
Academy Award for Best Screenplay	Ninotchka