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Directing · Writing · 1906 to 2002

Billy Wilder

Best rated: Sunset Boulevard (8.4)

Films
26
Avg rating
7.38
Peak run
1957’63
Oscar wins
2 of 8
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Every film, by IMDb rating

The career

Billy Wilder, directing career by IMDb rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run
Peak 1957 to 1963, 8.0067891935194019451950195519601965197019751980Sunset Boulevard 8.4Buddy Buddy 6.5Career avg 7.38

Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.

Billy Wilder's career barcodecoolhot
193426 films1981
Current formLast 5: 6.94 vs career 7.38 (−0.44)
  1. LThe Private Life of Sherlock Holmes1970 · 7.0−0.4
  2. LAvanti!1972 · 7.1−0.3
  3. LThe Front Page1974 · 7.3−0.1
  4. LFedora1978 · 6.8−0.6
  5. LBuddy Buddy1981 · 6.5−0.9
As a director, films with 1,000+ votes

Billy by the numbers

Average
7.38
26 rated films
Vote weighted
7.47
bigger films count more
Median
7.3
half are better
Consistency
±0.66
rating spread
Career
48y
1934 to 1981
Total votes
1.61M
across every film
Best
8.4
Sunset Boulevard
Worst
6.5
Buddy Buddy
Newest first

Filmography

Directing filmography
1981Buddy Buddy6.55,601
1978Fedora6.85,986
1974The Front Page posterThe Front Page7.316,877
1972Avanti! posterAvanti!7.113,403
1970The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes posterThe Private Life of Sherlock Holmes7.015,092
1966The Fortune Cookie posterThe Fortune Cookie7.217,532
1964Kiss Me, Stupid6.99,569
1963Irma la Douce posterIrma la Douce7.324,603
1961One, Two, Three posterOne, Two, Three7.825,061
1960The Apartment posterThe Apartment8.3224K
1959Some Like It Hot posterSome Like It Hot8.2308K
1957Love in the Afternoon posterLove in the Afternoon7.118,604
1957The Spirit of St. Louis7.19,445
1957Witness for the Prosecution posterWitness for the Prosecution8.4165K
1955The Seven Year Itch posterThe Seven Year Itch7.046,176
1954Sabrina posterSabrina7.676,833
1953Stalag 17 posterStalag 177.960,619
1951Ace in the Hole posterAce in the Hole8.043,241
1950Sunset Boulevard posterSunset Boulevard8.4264K
1948The Emperor Waltz6.02,131
Better together?

Billy Wilder's regulars

The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.

Takes

On Billy Wilder

22 nominations, 7 wins

Awards record

  • Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award · Academy Awards 1988
    Billy Wilder
    Won
  • Best Original Screenplay · Academy Awards 1967
    Billy Wilder, I. A. L. Diamond
    Nominated
  • Best Director · Academy Awards 1961
    Billy Wilder
    Won
  • Best Original Screenplay · Academy Awards 1961
    Billy Wilder, I. A. L. Diamond
    Won
  • Best Picture · Academy Awards 1961
    Billy Wilder, Producer
    Won
  • Best Director · Academy Awards 1960
    Billy Wilder
    Nominated
  • Best Adapted Screenplay · Academy Awards 1960
    Billy Wilder, I. A. L. Diamond
    Nominated
  • Best Director · Academy Awards 1958
    Billy Wilder
    Nominated
  • Best Adapted Screenplay · Academy Awards 1955
    Billy Wilder, Samuel Taylor, Ernest Lehman
    Nominated
  • Best Director · Academy Awards 1955
    Billy Wilder
    Nominated
  • Best Director · Academy Awards 1954
    Billy Wilder
    Nominated
  • Best Original Screenplay · Academy Awards 1952
    Billy Wilder, Lesser Samuels, Walter Newman
    Nominated
  • Best Original Screenplay · Academy Awards 1951
    Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder, D. M. Marshman, Jr.
    Won
  • Best Director · Academy Awards 1951
    Billy Wilder
    Nominated
  • Best Adapted Screenplay · Academy Awards 1949
    Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder, Richard L. Breen
    Nominated
  • Best Director · Academy Awards 1946
    Billy Wilder
    Won
  • Best Adapted Screenplay · Academy Awards 1946
    Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder
    Won
  • Best Adapted Screenplay · Academy Awards 1945
    Billy Wilder, Raymond Chandler
    Nominated
  • Best Director · Academy Awards 1945
    Billy Wilder
    Nominated
  • Best Original Story · Academy Awards 1942
    Billy Wilder, Thomas Monroe
    Nominated
  • Best Adapted Screenplay · Academy Awards 1942
    Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder
    Nominated
  • Best Adapted Screenplay · Academy Awards 1940
    Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder, Walter Reisch
    Nominated

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